Teaching is as hard
as learning
As future teachers we have to make the compromise of looking for
the best for your students, and as students we have to make our best to learn.
In these past weeks I have learned how hard is to be in both places, sitting in
front on the teacher and standing in front of a whole class, but something I have
learned is that you need to feel confident and secure in both.
My style of teaching
is very reciprocal. I like to talk and being listened, and when a student wants
to talk I like to listen to him or her as well; I like to respect and being
respected, and I’m not going to ask back anything I haven’t given to my students
back. I think a can take a real advantage of this by expressing my feelings and
desires for the class and asking my students to talk back at me. If I ask them
to tell me what they want to do in my class and the do, I can take their pieces
of advice and apply them in the next class. In that way, my job is going to be
easier because I’m going to know what students want and they are going to feel
comfortable by knowing that I listened to them.
I think I have to
learn something about grouping because as a beginner in teaching, I’m always
concerned about the order in the classroom, and I think that if I do pair or
group work, it is going to be a disorganized class. I don’t know yet how to handle
a group of 20 or 30 five-year-old and it is always scaring to think that my
class is going to be a mess and everyone is going to be out of control. Also I have
to work a little bit on my classroom atmosphere, learn more ways to make my
class fun and interesting.
My long and short
term goals as an ELT practitioner are based on my weaknesses previously
mentioned. One of my short term goals is to learn more children songs and to
put into practice some fun activities in the classroom, for these, I’m going to
use internet and look for them. My long term goal is to become a better teacher
by studying hard and looking for extra material like vocabulary, grammar
exceptions and children teaching related books.
Here you have some
material that might be helpful:
In here you can find some very helpful and easy songs.
In here you can find a lot of English vocabulary
Here you can find a lot of children's books with activities
And in here you can find children's podcasts.
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