Learning Outside The Classroom: "What Makes A Good Learner?, A Qualities of A Good Teacher, A Great Lesson.

 

This is ones of my learning outside the classroom and I think, it will benefits to my future career, an English teacher.

Learning Log, learning inside the classroom, 30th June, 2014

         

           In the past, some teachers might focus 3Ps teaching approach; presentation, practice and production. But my teacher realizes an important process to improve English skills of students, like Task-Based Learning (TBL). It's direct focus on students' pragmatic competence and do what students learnt. 

           Assigned work for today is group work, which according to cooperative learning. Teacher divided students in 6 groups, then took 4 English skills articles to each groups.The mission of students is conclude the articles and presents for 15 minutes show to their teacher and their friends, what is their given article about? The second work is solo work, write academic writing about "Teaching with technology" , and the structure of it consists of introduction in first paragraph, Body in next paragraph and conclusion in last paragraph of writing. Moreover should adding reference information in the writing. The last work for today, I have to take note of other groups' presentation information and have to summarize them into my blog.

           Conclusion, I received three works that I have to do and present to my teacher in next week. All of solo works and group work, which it support Task-Based Learning (TBL) and cooperative learning concept. all of considered, I thought, in the truth real learning is not limit of study and study just as studying in my class today. But it also include learning by doing. 

Learning outside the classroom of 1st week: Developing 4 English skills,reading and writing skills. (Wed, 25th June, 2014)

First of all, I would like to tell you about the background of the topic, English is a global language so it has played an important for international communication. Considering the function of the English language, both English and non-English speaker use the language for different purposes. For my reason, it’s very important for my future career, an English teacher. Nevertheless, I still weak on some skills, such listening and speaking, including to writing. Due to, I had studied English as ESL learner since my primary school. So I should learn and practice these skills more and more.

On my opinion, reading can help me to develop my writing skill because I will know and learn how to the native’s real speech and writing strategy. Some words or some sentences, not same what I had learnt from my grammatical book. I think it may be help me to improve about speaking and reading skills, too.

By the way, today I read a comic adventure book, Sinbad, retold by Janet Hardy-Gould. It about a man, who became a sailor after his father dead and his adventure experiences on sailing. The story told, the beginning of the story, Sinbad got his father’s treasure, after him dead. Sinbad was unhappy for a few days, and then he spent all money to pay happiness for him. But after a year, Sinbad has no more money. Moreover, he has into debt shopkeepers. Hence, Sinbad decided to sell his father’s best tables and chairs. With the money he bought some beautiful carpets. He thought to sail to sell the carpets for keep the money and turn to the shopkeepers. This is the beginning of Sinbad’s adventures surprisingly. Sinbad becomes the sailor and he spends many years at sea. He visits strange countries, and meet some strange people; cannibals. And some very frightening animals; a big whale, which he misunderstand that it a beautiful island, a Roc, big snakes. He is sometimes rich, sometimes poor. But he always can use his flair to solve the problems and can survive from the dangers. All the time he is learning from his adventures, until finally he returns home to Baghdad, an older and wiser man.

To summarize, the book have tests, both of pre- reading tests and post- reading tests. There is navigation between chapters, guessing what is happening in next chapter. It makes the book even more worth reading. I have learnt many techniques approach to the reading and writing in English, almost structure of grammar is used present tense. Besides, I got new vocabularies.

Vocabulary	Phonetic Symbol/ Pronunciation	Meaning
Barrel (n.) Roc (n.) Turban (n.) Valley (n.)	/ˈbar(ə)l/ /rɒk/ /ˈtəːb(ə)n/ /ˈvali/	A tall round box; you put thing to drink in it. A very big bird, a gigantic mythological bird described in the Arabian Nights Something, a man head’s covering consisting of a long length of material wound around the head, especially by Sikhs and Muslims. (ผ้าโพกศรีษะ) A low area of land between hills or mountains (หุบเขา)
Armour (n.) Aannibal (n.) Wreck Row (v.) Caliph (n.) Wise (adj.) Ivory (n.)	/ˈɑːmə/ /ˈkanɪb(ə)l/ /rɛk/ /rəʊ/ /ˈkeɪlɪf/ /wʌɪz/ /ˈʌɪv(ə)ri/	When you wear this, people can’t kill you. (ชุดเกราะ) A person who eats the flesh of other human. The destruction of a ship at sea; a shipwreck. To move a boat though water using oars (= long wooden poles with flat ends) A very important man in an Arab country. When a person understands a lot about many things. This is white and hard comes from the long tusks on an elephant’s face.

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Learning Log: inside the classroom, 1st

Every semester, I always learn various experiences and get new benefit knowledge, both of learning inside and outside the classroom for my major studying, English major of Education faculty.

          Today, Tue 24^th June, 2014. First time to meet between teacher and a new group of students the top topic not avoid to discuss that is the strategic and technique of the subject (Curriculum and Learning Management in English). Including, project and works that I must to do; own blog, the contents about learning logs what I learn about English inside and outside the classroom in daily life or one interested of a week. We also talked substantive contents that I’m going to studying in this course and we discussed indicators of English subject.

          All of consider, the new knowledge that I have learnt for today, learning new vocabularies about education and techniques in learning and teaching English. All of these will without any benefits if I don’t apply in real life or real situations in my classroom, in my opinion.