Journal

Micro Teaching

2007-07-06T16:04:00.001+09:00

Hello!! Thank you for listening our micro teaching.

-strong point
We tried to do our micro teaching in ten minutes, so contents were really simple.
We wanted to take much time to practice sentences.In the time of practicing, we could check each students' answer.

-weak point
I was really nervous in front of students. I could not speak louder and clearly.
Because we used the only one sentence, it wasn't in student's brain already.We should have used more sentences or more interesting context.

I want to say "thank you" to you again. All of you pronounced the sentences loudly and raised your hand positively.
It was really helpful. And also, some of you asked me something as a student. You acted like a real student for us. Thank you so much.

This experience was benefit for me.Thank you, Mr. Hall and everyone.

Manning

Comments about last class

2007-06-27T17:26:00.000+09:00

I learned that how junior high school and junior high school students are at the last class. A teacher of Ueda junior high school came to our class and teached about junior high school. I learned a lot of things. He said that teachers work is mainly to change the students, the order is important in the teaching and so on. These were benefit for me.
I'm going to teach English at Ueda Junior High School, so I want to prepare for it hardly.

Two Approaches

2007-05-24T00:16:00.000+09:00

Today we learn about two approaches for teaching vocabulary: the Teach and Learn Approach and the Learning through Input Approach.You can see a PowerPoint presentation of the approaches here. I would like to tell you about the strengths and weaknesses of each approach as well as the approach I would use as a Junior High School English teacher.

*Present and Learn

strengths
-Students can get new words' meanings and pronunciations easily in Present and Learn Approach.
-Students learn how to use the new words.

weaknesses
-If there are some students who already know the new words, they think about this class is boring, so teacher should devise many ways.

*Teaching through Input Approach

strengths
-Students can memorize the new words and they don't forget them long time.

weaknesses
-Teachers have to set example sentenses or ways of input at all new words.
-Some students forget the new words after thier test.

If I become a teacher, I would like to use flash cards and group conversation. When I went to English conversation class, the teacher use flash cards. It was very good for me to understand the meaning and memorize them. And also, I recommend to practice to speak the new words in English conversation because they can image this situation. It helps to understand the new wards.

My English Experience

2007-04-23T15:38:00.000+09:00

I like to speak English, so when I was jounior high school student, practicing conversation class was most enjoyable for me. But the teacher told us about grammer so long time in another class. It was boring and least valuable experience.
If I teach English, I want students to read many books or somthing to read and think about them. And also I demand abilities of their expression in English.

Self introduction

2007-04-19T15:15:00.000+09:00

Hi! I'm Manning. I came from Iwate in Japan. I learn English education. My hobbies are reading a book, playing basketball and cooking. I'd like to study abroad, so I try hard to study English. Nice to meet you!