While acquiring new language, four things are very important while doing so ; be exposed to it, understand its meaning, understand how it’s constructed and be able to practice and produce it...
This unit emphasizes the importance of planning the entire lesson prior to teaching so that things go smoothly, the teacher has a guide to refer to as the lesson progresses, the lesson is presented in a logical order so the students remain engaged and to maximize learning...
The second last unit in our course dealt with teaching individuals who have special needs when approaching learning English as an additional language...
productive skills are speaking and writing skills that we use to communicate with each other, so in order to get the students to communicate you must create a need or desire in them to do so...
In this unit I learned what makes a good teacher and what makes a good student and their qualities, roles and responsibilities of a teacher and their students...
In order to maintain this disciplined, yet friendly setting, the teacher must show the same respect towards the students as he or she expects from them...
I have learned how to teach speaking activities in the classroom: controlled activities (drilling and prompting), guided activities (model dialogues and guided role-play), creative communication (free role-play, discussions, debates, simulations, communication games, information gap)...