What I learned inside and outside the classroom: Learning Log, week 2

Week 2

In class

Learning Log

Today is the second week of learning on June 10, 2013 in classroom English subject. Beginning of class, a teacher tells the rule of the presentation, preparedness, speaks,uses complete sentence, posture and eye contact,using completed words easier to understand. In addition, there are two content and talk Thai and English .There are three teaching methods presented today; belief, content-based learning and problem-based learning.

The first teaching method presented is belief of teaching.Definitions of Belief about Language Learning. Some researchers viewed beliefs about language learning as a part of metacognitive knowledge.Principal characteristics> 1, The goal is to learn a language in order to read its literature or in order to benefit from the mental discipline and intellectual development. 2. Reading and writing are the major focus.3. vocabulary lists are based on reading texts and words are taught through bilingual word lists, dictionary study and memorization.4. The sentence is the basic unit of teaching and language practice.5. Accuracy is emphasized. 6. Grammar is taught deductively.7. The student is native language is the language of instruction.Pre-Reform Movement - The Frenchman C.Marcel (1793-1896) - The English T. Prendergast (1806-1886) -The Frenchman F. Gouin (1831-1896)The Pre- Reform Movement (an approach to language teaching)-During the 1880 is linguists like Henry Sweet (England) and Wilhelm Vietor (Germany)began to bring credibility and acceptance to reformist idea.Reformers Believed that: 1. Spoken language is primary (oralbased methodolology) 2. Phonetics in teaching. 3. Learner should listen before seeing language.

4. Words Presented in sentence5. Grammar taught inductively. 6. Avoid translation

The second teaching method is content-based learning focused on teaching by using the content on which the students are interesting mostly. For example, the teacher gives the students some worksheets and describes them until they deeply understand about “Past simple Tense”. After that, the teacher gives them to do homework by writing on paper in a topic “How about your last holiday?” by using grammatical structures of past tense correctly. The teacher can teach the students to apply English knowledge with the other subject. For example, the students can apply past simple tense with historical subject in summarizing about WAR I or WAR II that happened in previous era.

Problem-based learning is the third teaching method presented for this class. It is usually used to teach in science subject as case study. It is interesting teaching method focused on the main problem in motivation the students to learn effectively. They can search therefore new knowledge or experience by themselves and work in pair. There are seven steps in learning, including 1. Clarifying unfamiliar terms 2. Problem definition 3. Brainstorming 4. Analyzing the problem 5. Formulating learning issues 6. Self-study and 7. Reporting. This approach can be applied with the other subject about to save world save life by “reduce, reuse, and recycle.”

Above all, the teaching methods mostly are better for learning of the students. It is application problem with what the students have learned. Furthermore, they can help together to brainstorm new idea to solve each problem that they are facing. English teachers can use problem-based learning in teaching English. I think that every teaching approach is good for instruction depending on application with need and interesting of individual learners and another factor. Do you agree with each teaching approach all above? What do you think about them? How do you apply with your teaching?

Week 2
Out class
Learning Log
Reading skill

MOM BLOG: Mother's Day Wish Lists for Education.

Education Nation //May. 6, 2011 // 12:00 AM

For Mother's Day this year, The Learning Curve asked six delegates to Parenting magazine's annual Mom Congress to send us their educational wish lists. These "mom blogs" constitute an honest look at what's lacking in our school systems, a maternal reprimand of the current discourse, and a description of the dream school of the future.

Pearl Andrews - A Cure for "Pointing-Fingeritis" Andrews is a devoted wife of 23 years, a loving mother of three children, and a Tipton County school teacher for grades 6-12 at the Teen Learning Center, a court school in Covington, Tenn. A curious epidemic of "pointing-fingeritis" among adults is sweeping the nation, allowing kids to abdicate responsibility.

Cushon Bell - A Closure of the Achievement Gap Bell worked in the L.A. Unified School District for 14 years and now works for her pre-K and elementary school-aged sons in Pasadena, Calif. Closing the achievement gap once and for all might not happen overnight, but it needs to start happening now.

Melissa Bilash - A Means to Learn Something Each Day Bilash is one of only 78 federally trained child advocates in the country who says the only time her job feels like work is when she's away from her own kids in Philadelphia, Penn. The educational system should be responsive to each child's skills, so that every student gets the right to learn something every day.

Jennifer DeFranco - Smartboards, Gardens and a Global Classroom Defranco is a soccer coach, a Girl Scout Troop leader, a mother of two, and a bully to bullies in her hometown of Palatine, Ill. Even if your kids go to a nice suburban school, your educational wish list can be very long.

Kim Kuhlman - Safety, Technology, Philanthropy After nine and a half years as a stay-at-home mom, Kuhlman returned to work as a teaching assistant and a reading advocate. Schools need to look out not only for the needs of her own children, but of every child that walks through their doors.

Liza Weidle – Dorothy’s Ruby Slippers and a Return to Civility Weidle has held several positions in the Wake County, N.C. public school system – one that has garnered national attention recently for bitter protests over school assignments. A tornado is tearing through Wake County, kicking up dust around the needs of the children.

MOM BLOG: Mother's Day Wish Lists for Education.

Learning Contract (Week 2)

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What I learned inside and outside the classroom

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4. Words Presented in sentence5. Grammar taught inductively. 6. Avoid translation

MOM BLOG: Mother's Day Wish Lists for Education.

Education Nation //May. 6, 2011 // 12:00 AM

Cushon Bell - A Closure of the Achievement Gap Bell worked in the L.A. Unified School District for 14 years and now works for her pre-K and elementary school-aged sons in Pasadena, Calif. Closing the achievement gap once and for all might not happen overnight, but it needs to start happening now.

Jennifer DeFranco - Smartboards, Gardens and a Global Classroom Defranco is a soccer coach, a Girl Scout Troop leader, a mother of two, and a bully to bullies in her hometown of Palatine, Ill. Even if your kids go to a nice suburban school, your educational wish list can be very long.

Kim Kuhlman - Safety, Technology, Philanthropy After nine and a half years as a stay-at-home mom, Kuhlman returned to work as a teaching assistant and a reading advocate. Schools need to look out not only for the needs of her own children, but of every child that walks through their doors.

MOM BLOG: Mother's Day Wish Lists for Education.

Learning Contract (Week 2)