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My ideal teacher

2005-08-04T01:26:00.000-07:00

My ideal teacher isn't changed. I think teachers interest students in studying English. Therefore, teachers have to use many teaching materialss.Teachers use anything as teaching materials. First, teachers use pictures and originals. This materials help students to understand English sentences. Second, teachers use some ways of teaching grammar. It is important to understand grammar, because grammar teach students some differences of English and Japanese. If students can understand and memorize grammar, students don't forget grammar easily. Third, teachers use some reading methods. Direct experience or hands on learning can help students to learn English and reading theatre have students being both of reader and listener.Fourth, teacher can use games and exercises. Interesting games and exercises make studying English happy, and students will want to use English worde. Fifth, teachers can use tecxtbooks and handouts. However, teachers shouldn't use only textbooksStudentts will be tired and can't understand easily. Sixth, teachers use themselves. If teachers have good characters, such as ironsides and kind persons, students likes teachers and follow instructions. In addition, if teachers have many experiences they failed in studying English, teachers can advise students with accurancy. These methods interest students in studying English and have teachers to be ideal teachers.
I have many experiences, and I can advise students. However, I still feel I don't have enough knowledgee to teach. And I have a question "Why do I want to be English teacher?". If teachers hesitate, teachers can't interest students in English. This point is the weakest point.

Team KMKM's lesson

2005-07-05T13:21:00.000-07:00

Team KMKM's lesson had many good ideas. First idea was introducing using characters of animations had some settings. We understood what teamKMKM wanted to teach this class. Second idea was setting the aim in this class. Third idea was practicing numbers using characters' telephone numbers. I have never seen this ideas. Mr. Abdoreim and us could practice numbers many times and telephone numbers was intelligible. Fourth idea was mimicking characters' voices. It was interesting and funny. We could study numbers and how to ask name, age, and telephone numbers through participating in this class. However, I thought this class hadn't collecting lesson. I wanted them to collect this class in order to understand easily.

Team Y's lesson

2005-07-05T12:59:00.000-07:00

I thought this team did their best, but members of the team were only three people. the team's good points were three points. First point was introducing themselves in English. After saying "Nice to meet you", they said "Nice to meet you, too" because they wanted Mr. abdoreim us difference between "Nice to meet you" and "Nice to meet you, too", and how to use "too". Second point was showing short play two times. I thought it was useful to show after practicing new words, because second short play became review of new words, and practicing new words helped Mr.Abdoreim to understand content. Third point was confirming the meaning of new word asking us. This pointwas new, and Mr. Abdoreim try to memorize harder than teaching the meaning directly. And I found a point could improve. It was asking Mr. Abdoreim directly without asking all class members. I thought it wasn't useful way if Mr. Abdorein couldn't answer and teachers didn't prepare for the way helped Mr. Abdoreim to answer the question.

Key points of English Grammar

2005-06-28T17:13:00.000-07:00

English has 8 Key points of Teaching Grammar. First Key Point is Good rules can help students. We understood this point though explanation of Some and Any. This grammar has rules. If students undersand this rules, they can use this grammar easily. Second Key Point is Encourage students to see patterns. This example is how to arrange the irregular verbs' past forms. Third Key Point is Understanding involves example (showing), explanation (telling) and practice (Mechanical and Communicative) Forth Key Poin t is Beehive. First student say "Hallo.what your name?", and second students answer. And that second student ask the third student. This activity continue untill all students over. Fifth Key Point is Some games can be used with key grammatical points. This examples are Hangnan and Who am I? Sixth Key point is Free situations are important. Seventh Key point is Grammar learning can be fun! And Eighth Key point is Grammar is a receptive skill! All of key points are useful, because those points touch a the weak points having students and help students.
I think Real things , Movement, Use picturesare good ideas for introducing, Pattern Practice, Substitution Table, Open sentence practice, and C0nversion are useful ideas for practicing, and all of ideas are useful ideas for communicative Activities.I think those activities get students imageine and understand new grammars. And I think Quizzes is not useful ideas for introducing , and Mimicry is not useful ideas for practicing, because those ideas are difficult to know rules and practice well. f

Team A Lesson

2005-06-20T17:45:00.000-07:00

I was suprised that Mr. Abdoreim memoried last class lesson and understood the today's thema as soon as TeamA showed the short play. So, I thought TeamA's short play was lucid, and the explanation was unnecessary. Karuta game was so funny and I wanted to adopt the game. In addition, I thought Teacher's position was good. TeamA were divided into two groups. One was in front of a black boad, the other was the opposite side. TeamA successfully teach well differences between "this" and "that" using this position.

Team DHC's lesson

2005-06-20T17:27:00.000-07:00

The DHC' s Lesson was so funny. I laughed many times. Short play especially was nice. Team DHC's gestures were lucid, and I tought a good point was using originals, such as pens, a bat, and pictures. In partner games, I could understand the game's rule. However, I was a little confused "Do you play~?" with "Do you like ~?" when I asked a partner.We can ask "Do you play~?" and "Do you like~?" when we draw tennis, baseball, and soccer, but we choiced "Do you play~?" and said with all the students. I thought the point was a little difficult for Mis. Yosida, but I could choice "Do you play~?"

TeamT's Lesson

2005-06-06T22:21:00.000-07:00

I think the first good point is using Japanese effectively in short play. Toru greeted in Japanese at the begining of play, and he greeted in English again. I think it is good idea, because the student don't have knowledges of English.And I think the seco nd good point is teaching through the short play.TeamT showed the play and tried to get the student understand on his own. The third point is practices. Everyone practiced the greeting, and a student practiced the greeting. After that, we practiced pair works. Advancing practices is smoothly and effectively. However, I thought TeamT shouldn't use more explanations in Japanese. But TeamT tried to get the student understand the greeting through English short play, they gave up and taught in Japanese. Student could understand the greeting, so I think this class is successful. However , I wanted they to teach the student the greeting using less Japanese words. I think they should show the short play more times, and try to get the student understand.

Junior High School Grammar

2005-05-30T23:56:00.000-07:00

I think 一人称 , 二人称,助動詞, and 不定詞 are easist for me to learn as a student. I can use those elements easily, because I don't have to use the third person, the past form, and the past participle. I think 現在完了 and 比較級 were most difficult for me to understand. 現在完了 has some meaning, and 比較級 is special form. I had to memorize the form and meanings.
As a teacher, I have confidence in teaching 助動詞, be動詞, and一般動詞. I can teach be動詞 using signs and pictures. 一般動詞 are used like verbs in Japanese, so I can teach the element easily. And 助動詞 don't change the form of verb, so students can understand easily. However I think 現在完了 will be difficult. 現在完了 have some meanings, and it is difficult to teach nuances of the meanings.

2005-05-22T21:06:00.000-07:00

We teach three students numbers last Friday. We learn about many things from the experience. First, we noticed it is important to know student's level and so on. We could'nt narrow the matter teaching, and we were tensed up on acting before the students. Second, we thought we had to study how to teach this unit. We thought that we had to teach not only how to say numbers, but also how to use the numbers. We couldn't adopt how to use numbers, because we thought we had to teach how to say numbers to students who don't know how to say numbers rather than to teach how to use numbers. And we should have thought how to exercise students. Students practiced numbers through reptition and quiz. We could exercise students using games, action, and so on. Third, I realize that I need to acquire more instruction in English.If I have chance to teach students, I want to teach practical knowledge and skills using more instruction in English.

My first Spanish class

2005-05-08T23:39:00.000-07:00

1. First, teacher talk about teacher's family in Spanish. Second, teacher write teacher's family name on the blackboard. Third, teacher give us quiz.
2.I can understood Spanish because teacher write family name and use body language. And a friend of mine teach me and help.
3.The good thing is expending my knowledge and understanding how to understand foreign language at first time. I think body language and picture help student understanding foreign language very much.t

My ideal teacher

2005-04-24T23:34:00.000-07:00

1.My favorite English teacher was Ms Sinmyou. She was my homeroom teather when I was a freshman in junior high school.
2.This teacher was my favorite because her class was very good and she was tried making classes better. We supported her because she was ironside.
3.As a teacher, my greatest strength will be forgetting about bad happenings. I can forget about bad things, and get over the shock soon.
4.As a teacher, my greatest weakness will be insensitive. I sometimes make family angry or unpleasant feelings because of my saying and attitude.s