There\nare many roles I would like to take on for the sake of my students. I would\nlike to be their aid in learning the English language, I would like for them to\nsee me as the authority on the English language, I would like to see them excel\nwith my help. With the right mindset and motivation, anything is possible\nwithin my classroom. I know learning English is not the easiest thing to do. In\nfact, learning any new language is difficult for a beginner. It can be very\nintimidating to speak in another language for fear of embarrassing oneself. I\nhope that my students will be comfortable speaking in my classroom, and I hope\nthey will understand that it is okay to make mistakes. Their mistakes will be corrected,\nand they will not be shamed for something like mispronouncing a word or using\nthe wrong verb tense. I know what it is like to learn a second language and how\nanxiety-inducing it can be. I hope that my experiences can translate into their\nexperiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\nhope that my students will be more than just students in my classroom. I would\nlike them to be comfortable with one another, and not treat each other like\nfellow students but fellow peers learning together. After all, they are there\nto learn together. I want them to be able to aid their fellow classmates and be\nable to lift each other up when one makes a mistake. It should be more like a\nsmall community rather than a suffocating classroom. I do not want my classroom\nto be just filled with memorization, test-taking and homework. I know how it\nfeels to be \u201clearning\u201d within the classroom where the teacher\u2019s only goal is to\nhave us memorize the material rather than actually learning it. While I will\nnot discount how important it is to track my student\u2019s progress through tests\nand homework, that is not what I want my class to solely be about. The students\nshould be able to have times where they take control of the activities, rather\nthan having me take full control of everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Learning\nis not as straight-forward as many people seem to think it is. Learning is\ndifferent for every individual. There is no one way where learning is achieved.\nEvery student has a goal for themselves, and I believe that is where the basis\nof learning begins. Whether they have several objectives, or just one long-term\ngoal does not matter. Those are the building blocks in which they will learn to\ndo their best to excel in my classroom. While memorizing things like conjugations\nand vocabulary is important, it should not be the only thing that my students\nare doing. Along with the memorization, it should be applied to everyday life,\nso these concepts stick in their minds rather than wilting away once they leave\nmy classroom. Being able to apply everything my students will learn in the\nclassroom to their everyday lives is important. It shows that they have truly\nlearned the material, rather than it just sitting in their brain for eternity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Communicative\nLanguage Teaching method is one of my favorite methods to utilize. Rather than\njust focusing on written work within the classroom, my students will be able to\nhave opportunities to interact with and communicate with objects\/people that\npertain to learning the English language. I find it to be much more effective\nfor language learning. However, that does not mean I shy away from other\nmethods. I find it best to integrate a mix of methods, rather than just sticking\nto one. For example, Game-Based Learning is also something that interests me\nteaching-wise. I have always been a fan of using games to help people learn, as\nit is something that helped me learn when I was younger. I know how excited I\nwas when the teacher told us we would be playing a game, so I expect the\nstudents to also receive educational-type games well in the classroom. It is a\ngood change of pace from the typical classroom setting of work and\nmemorization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
There are many roles I would like to take on for the sake of my students. I would like to be their aid in learning the English language, I would like for them to see me as the authority on the English language, I would like to see them excel with my help. With… <\/p>\n