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In listening section, the teacher used a CD, a personal computer (PC) and a speaker. She will play the CD and give each of the student a listening book. They have to answer based on what they had heard. Actually, at each table, there is a headphones which is used for listening. The teacher did not use it because the headphones did not link to the same spot. If the teacher use the headphone , I think it will be better for the students, because they can listen more clearly. When I interviewed the teacher about the students scored for listening, the teacher said that the result was quite good. Sometimes the teacher trained the students with songs and it showed a good improvement for listening score. Bringing the students to language lab is an effective method to teach their skill in listening.
language lab |
When I was observing the classroom, I imagined myself as the teacher. I would use a laptop with a modem and a LCD projector. I want them to explore more by using the internet. There are many resources for grammar. I can show them many creative question about grammar, so that they not only learn from me as a teacher but also from the world about grammar. When I have to teach them in the classroom about gerund, my team teaching provided a powerpoint game slide. They all are very enthusiastic. They felt that this is a good way to teach grammar. They not only get the knowledge but also fun. If I have to teach listening, I would like to use podcast. The pronounciation and the content of podcast is very good for learning English. For senior high school students, it is good for them if a teacher give them an intermediate level material for listening. They can gain more knowledge and practice their pronounciation based on what they heard. It is good for them in order to prepare the students to the real world of English.
Fresh teacher :) |
grace...
ReplyDeletesometimes i think using blackboard and chalks can be good as a media to deliver the material (although it was so conventional)... but did they think that the dust of the chalks can be not good for the class? for the person who wants to erase the writing, the dust can make respiratory disorder...
how about your respond grace? :)
ReplyDeleteDear Grace,
ReplyDeleteI think you mentioned a part about the listening section that has been held by the teacher in the language classroom learning. I agree about what you said that this is such an effective method to train the students' skill in listening. However, if the teacher only points this skill to train, and leave the other skill, like writing, speaking, and reading skill, how would that be? That was what we saw happening in this school, right?