This post
is about last Friday!
It was a good lesson, in my opinion. I have
observed the same class and teacher so far. As I said before, I like teaching
style of the teacher. Last week, I noticed that she focused on unknown words
very much. This is great!
At the beginning of the course, there was a listening
activity. During the activity, students answered the listening questions. After
listening activity, it was group work time. Teacher wanted them to work in pairs
and write a dialog related to the topic of listening activity. All the groups
read their dialogs and the teacher gave feedback immediately.
It was a block course. I felt that the student
really got bored and they couldn’t focus on anything after an hour. When they said to the teacher they wanted to
have a break, she accepted their suggestion and gave a five minutes break. I
liked this attitude very much because this acceptance means that she trusts them and
understands their feelings. It was suitable for the situation. I believe that
teachers sometimes evince their affections. However, this shouldn’t become a
habit and I don’t think it will. When it is unnecessary, the teacher generally
prefers catching their attention instead of giving break. That is all for last
week. I hope this post is informative enough.
We should keep in our mind that if we ignore our students' needs, it is likely to fail during teaching progress. We should let our students explain themselves and be assertive voluntarily in our courses.
We should keep in our mind that if we ignore our students' needs, it is likely to fail during teaching progress. We should let our students explain themselves and be assertive voluntarily in our courses.
Hi Büşra
ReplyDeleteI read this post and I want to share my ideas about it. I think for a teacher İt is one of the most important thing is awareness of the students needs. While prepareing for the class or improving a material for lesson We need to consider what our students need and what they expect from the course.
Thank you for your comment İkra! I totally agree with you. Teacher who is unaware of his/her students' needs will fail. We should observe our students and change our teaching style or some other things. We should show that we care them. This is very important during learning process. Besides cognitive needs, in my opinion, we also try to find out their physical or psychological needs during our classes since these can affect their learning process.
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