Learning log Week 4

Week 4

In class

Learning Log

         Today, 24th June, 2013. My friends present the methods of teaching English. There are six methods and I ever learnt last week. Its may old content but present again. They are lots of content and must make understand.

          The first method, vocabulary teaching is learning the new words by starting communicating. Teacher gives pictures or list the new words for learner think out the meaning of word. The second method, teaching pronunciation is speaking like a native speaker. Students must practice by listening friendly pronunciation. It helps students converse with native speaker in the social. There are 4 steps of teaching. The first steps, warmer; teacher are going to learn this class and use activities. The second step, listen; student listen the voice from teacher. The third steps, focus; teacher shows sound chart or phonetics symbol. The last step, pronunciation practice; divide student pair or group work and teacher walk around the classroom. The third method, culture teaching is teaching about each country such as greeting, foods, dress and festival. There are six ways for teaching such as describing, demonstrating, group work, role-play, learning outside and use CAI. <Aj. Anirut say that culture is very important of into Asian. Teacher use mini drama of culture or culture kid. > The forth method, communicative language teaching <CLT> is using teaching step <3P>; presentation, practice and production. Moreover, teacher can use pre  = present, while = practice and post = production. The last method, teaching English using <ICT> is using technology for teaching. Teacher can use 3 kinds of WBI such as stand – alone is “Students study by themselves and officer control them, web supported is teacher and student use web page for communicating and web pedagogical.” After that teacher Anirut gives the work. It’s syllabus design by student must crate it. Teacher gives plan for doing lesson plan correctly.

English for Thais student

หน่วยการเรียนรู้ที่ 1

Topic แผนการสอน	Vocabulary	Grammar/ Pronunciation	Skills/Function <Tasks>
Recycle
Sort out
The giving

         
           To sum up, the work is syllabus design and send next week. Student must think about  the topic, vocabulary, grammar and skill by themselves. The topic of work is English for Thais student and teacher give four unit, Local, Regional, global and glocal. Before doing, students think that “What grade do you want to teach?” showing the tool; rubric. Students must send next week.  For my opinion, I think that it has a lots of home work today and I must do learning log inclass and outclass. I’m very tried. However, I will do for the best working and try and try.

Writing week 4
Out class

The family

          Today, it’s good day because it’s my relax day. I open my laptop and open my face book. I find some people for writing with me. It finds difficult but I meet “ Fandee ”. I know that she studies in English Major. So, I practice about writing skill with her.

           From writing on my face book, I’m greeting her and she answers to me. Before writing, I must ask her that “Do you live with your parents?” He is busy but he answers to me. There are nine people in my family; my dad, my mom, 4 brother, 1 younger sister, 1 sister and me.

          To conclude, this writing is very friendly and greeting well because he’s good asking answering. Though, he is working and he can answers to me. In my opinion, I think that I should find the handsome sentence for writing this time and try to making conversation funny. I must think other sentences better.

Vocabulary about family.

Vocabulary	Meaning
parents ( n )	พ่อแม่,ผู้ปกครอง
live ( adj )	มีชีวิต
family ( n )	ครอบครัว
brother ( n )	พี่ชาย
sister ( n)	พี่หรือน้องสาว
members ( n )	สมาชิก
soon ( adv )	เร็วๆนี้

uLearning Contract (Week 4)

Day	Time	Week 4
Monday	10.24	Learning Log
Sunday	11.00	Writing skill

Learning log Week 3

Week 3

Learning Log

Out class

Reading skill

Should Kids Play Games in the Classroom?

                                                

On June 22, 2013

Andrew K. Miller //Nov. 12, 2012 // 8:00 AM

Week 3On June 22, 2013

Andrew K. Miller //Nov. 12, 2012 // 8:00 AM

              Our students are playing video games, whether we like it or not. In the United States, there are 183 million active gamers – people who play games for an average of 13 hours a week, according to Jane McGonigal in her book “Reality Is Broken.” Rather than viewing this as a waste of time, some educators are seeing this as an opportunity and are using games in the classroom.There is something about games that engages us, but how can teachers use them to teach important concepts? The answer is game based learning.            

          Why Games? - Games provide a learning environment that is often starkly different than the traditional learning environment. When you play a game, you have the opportunity to try and fail. In the classroom, students are often punished for practice, as it affects their grade. If you lose a game, you have the opportunity to try again.        

         Games also provide a “situated learning” environment. In the classroom, content is often disconnected from a relevant context. In a game, you learn content to perform tasks. Whether the game demands learning math content or social studies content, you are engaged because you are invested in winning.    Games also focus on critical thinking and solving complex problems. Instead of “drill and practice,” a good game demands that you use factual information to solve a complex problem.

     Here are two examples of how teachers are implementing game based learning:

         Games as Direct Lessons - iCivics uses educational games to teach a civics curriculum. Teachers are also using it to teach reading and argumentative writing, crucial foci in the Common Core Standards. In the game “Argument Wars,” players must evaluate arguments and evidence from a variety of court cases such as Brown v. Board of Education and Miranda v. Arizona.            

           Each case is a separate game, and the player takes on the role of a lawyer representing one side of the case. Students must identify the main idea of the argument they represent and choose the best supporting statements to satisfy the judge. They must also fend off the arguments of their opponent to win the case. The game is designed to be educational as well as fun. Teachers assess students through a written component, such as a traditional essay or persuasive letter to the Supreme Court. “Argument Wars” also tracks students’ answers and scores to give teachers more information on their progress.Games as Secondary Lessons        

          - Another popular game in the classroom is the puzzle game Portal, in which players have to create portals between two flat planes. The game was not designed to be educational, but teachers are creating contexts for students to learn science content while playing.                 

                For example, they can use Portal to help teach concepts like mass and velocity. After a traditional lesson on the topic, students are instructed to send cubes colliding in midair within the game environment. They can experiment with different speeds and collect data on the results. Teachers have students collaborate on different scenarios in the game to predict what will happen. The game provides an engaging and safe space to experiment and learn before applying the knowledge in an exam. These are just two samples of how teachers are implementing game based learning. Some teachers are using more low-tech games, and some teachers are even turning their classrooms into games where students play every day. We have a unique opportunity now to use game based learning in the classroom as a way to encourage students to learn AND play.

Sammarize:

                  More and more children like to play games, including game online. Moreover, our students are playing video games on Internet. Also, most of parents don’t agree with this because they think students who play video games don’t interest in learning. In the United States, there are 183 million active gamers playing for an average 13 hours per a week, according to a topic “Reality Is Broken” in a book of Jane McGonigal. Some teachers see this as a good opportunity to use games in classroom rather than a view as waste of time. The teacher can look for suitable games to use in the classroom to motivate the students to understand what they are interesting easily. There are many reasons that the teacher provides playing games to teaching such as providing situated learning environment than the traditional learning environment and focusing on critical thinking and solving complex problems. According to this passage, there are two examples how to achieve in games-based learning for using in real classroom, including teaching games as direct and secondary lessons.   

        Firstly, there is teaching focused on game-based learning as direct lesson. For example, some teachers apply games to teach skinning or skimming reading, argumentative or critical writing and grammatical structures. In this game named “Argument Wars,” the students have to evaluate arguments and find evidence from a variety of court cases such as Brown v. Board of Education and Miranda v. Arizona. In case are separate game, and some students act as a lawyer who represent one side of this case. Students must identify the main idea of the argument and choose the best supporting statements to respond in the judge. They must also fend off the arguments of their opponent to win the case. The teachers evaluate students on written assignments, such as a formal essay or persuasive letter to the Supreme Court. “Argument Wars” also tracks students’ answers and scores to give teachers more information on their progress. According to this teaching, game allows the students practice about law lesson connected with the real situation. Secondly, the teacher allows game teaching in learning as secondary lesson. Another game using in the classroom is the puzzle game, in which students have to create doors between two flat planes. The teachers can create contexts for students to learn science content such as mass and velocity. After that, the teacher guides them to send cubes touching in mid-air. They can test different speeds and select data with the results. Teachers want students collaborate on different situation in the game to expect what will happen. The game provides an interesting and safe place to experiment and learn before applying the knowledge in the other lesson.

Principles of effective teaching are application real materials in which the students more need and interest. In addition, using game teaching for children both increases cooperation and competition in the classroom.  

               Two samples of refer to how teachers use game based learning effectively. Some teachers are   usually low-tech games or the traditional teaching. Some teachers even change kinds of game in which students play in the classroom every day. In my opinion, I agree with allowing opportunity to apply game based learning in the classroom to encourage students to learn happily and they can spend valuably time.

Reference: 
 http://www.educationnation.com/index.cfm?objectid=9EC27B06-2C69-11E2-A3EB000C296BA163&aka=0

                        
           Should Kids Play Games in the Classroom?

            Week 3  Andrew K. Miller //Nov. 12, 2012 // 8:00 AM

Vocabularies	Pronunciation	Meaning
waste (v)	/weɪst/	ของเสีย to use more of sth than is necessary or useful Ex:  We got straight down to business without wasting time on small talk.
statements(n)	/steɪtmənt/	แถลงการณ์ something that you say or write that gives information or an opinion Ex:  Your statement is misleading.
engaged(adj)	/ɪnˈɡeɪdʒd /	ที่กำลังยุ่งอยู่กับ  busy doing sth Ex: They are engaged in talks with the Irish government.      They were engaged in conversation.

Week 3
In class

Learning Log

The two days are June 17th and 18th, 2013. Today, I learn about 6 methods for teaching English. They are different methods and focus different things. It’s depending on using method and situation for using in the classroom.

The first day, there are six methods for learning. The first method, task base learning is focus by task. Student must learn the content and make understand by themselves. They present the task from learning for example role-play “Student must understand about story and present correctly. After present, teacher must summaries for students.” This method is linking to 3P. There are present practice and production. The second method, project base learning is focus students because it uses teaching for outclass and student must do homework. Teacher just advice the project for student. After that, student make project by themselves and present next time.”Teacher Anirut say that content base and task base are relating to the project base learning”. The third method, listening teaching is listening teaching is listening for understanding with acting. Teacher Anirut say that if you were teacher, you will “How to teach listening?”. The forth method, speaking teaching use the easy language interest topic and teacher who an English moniter. The fifth method, reading teaching is understand the content before teaching. This method use the process that pre reading, while reading and post reading. The last method writing teaching is relating the translation because it uses “Contractive Analysis”. Teacher must control the student of writing.

          The next day, I learn 4 methods such as pronunciation teaching, teaching English using I.C.T, (CLT) and culture teaching.

         The first method, pronunciation teaching is focus pronunciation and linking the phonetic. This method is using a rubber for stretching syllable. The second method, teaching English using I.C.T. is motivating about learning of student. It presents pictures, sound and student can practice from authentic material. Student can learn by blog from another blog’s person, youtube , digital. The third method, communicative language teaching is from Europe and it’s specific teaching in Europe. For Thailand, it must bring it for applying this method. There are five steps for teaching; warm-up, presentation, practice, produce and wrap-up”Aj. “Anirut say inductive learning is giving the example before into lesson but deductive learning is giving the content before giving the example. Approach = content base learning(CBL), Task base learning(TBL), Project base learning(PBL), communicative language teaching (CLT), and Content and language in inter grated learning (CLIL). Moreover, I learn a word; paradigm is new thinking and doing. Teacher should use this method.

In conclude, from 2 days, I learn 10 methods for teaching. There are the different focus but it’s depending on bring of teacher for applying. Some method may technology for teaching. In my opinion, I like every methods but I should make understand again because it isn’t clearly. I think that “I can bring “communicative language teachings (CLT) for my teaching because it uses five steps for writing lesson plan and I can teach follow by step correctly.” 

Learning Contract (Week 3)

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Day	Time	Week 3
Monday	10.24	Reading skill
Wednesday	11.00	Learning Log

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.

Vocabularies	Pronunciation	Meaning
delegates (n)	/delɪɡət/	ตัวแทน a person who is chosen or elected to represent the views of a group of people and vote and make decisions for them Ex:The conference was attended by delegates from 56 countries.
assignments(n)	/əˈsaɪnmənt/	การมอบหมาย a task or piece of work that sb is given to do, usually as part of their job or studies Ex : You will need to complete three written assignments per semester.  She is in Greece on an assignment for one of the Sunday newspapers
advocate (v)	/ædvəkeɪt/	ผู้ให้การสนับสนุน to support sth publicly Ex:The group does not advocate the use of violence.
epidemic (n)	/epɪˈdemɪk/	การลุกลามอย่างรวดเร็ว  a large number of cases of a particular disease happening at the same time in a particular community Ex: Effectively, tobacco companies will be exporting an epidemic of smoking-related diseases, the campaign suggests.

Referent:
http://www.educationnation.com/index.cfm?objectid=55564002-781F-11E0-9C23000C296BA163&aka=0

Learning Contract (Week 2)

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Day	Time	Week 2
Monday	10.24	Learning Log
Wednesday	11.00	Reading skill