My Solo Task 2 What I've learnerd from the Video.
As John suggested, I started watching Video 16, but at a certain point I paused and decided to watch Videos 1 to 16. My appropach worked for me as I got a deeper insight into what John was talking about concerning listening and reflecting on your learners' learning.
I will start from the main lesson:
As teachers, we have to make sure that learning (not only teaching) is happenning. Certainly, the transcript produced by the students themselves could work as evidence demonstrating what is really going on in learners' heads. Additionally, repeated exposure to language structures in 'Listen-Think-Write' activity will certainly do a lot of good. Namely, students can see their own progress and, who knows, maybe, one day they 'won't need a teacher' :)
Besides, by doing the listening activity with the group, John demonstrates to the students that it is natural from the very beginning to err and skip certain points, which will essentially boost their motivation.
Finally, the classroom is relaxed, everyone has a 'no rush' mood, doing things at their own pace, which could be praised as a good way of faclitating self-discovery.
As John suggested, I started watching Video 16, but at a certain point I paused and decided to watch Videos 1 to 16. My appropach worked for me as I got a deeper insight into what John was talking about concerning listening and reflecting on your learners' learning.
I will start from the main lesson:
As teachers, we have to make sure that learning (not only teaching) is happenning. Certainly, the transcript produced by the students themselves could work as evidence demonstrating what is really going on in learners' heads. Additionally, repeated exposure to language structures in 'Listen-Think-Write' activity will certainly do a lot of good. Namely, students can see their own progress and, who knows, maybe, one day they 'won't need a teacher' :)
Besides, by doing the listening activity with the group, John demonstrates to the students that it is natural from the very beginning to err and skip certain points, which will essentially boost their motivation.
Finally, the classroom is relaxed, everyone has a 'no rush' mood, doing things at their own pace, which could be praised as a good way of faclitating self-discovery.
M, WOW! You watched all 16?
ReplyDeleteAt some point view some with a few of your students and have them write comments in general and then ask to what extent the students and teachers illustrate ways that they can learn on their own which is one of the purposes of the videos.
You say that having the students see that missing items and then making changes can boost their motivation.
Motivation is one of the most frequent words in all conversations about teaching. And when I look at titles of presentations at conferences, at least one third of the titles contain the word "motivation". I do not think I use the word once in any of my books--doing a fact check would be difficult--but at least I used it rarely.
I think it is a dangerous word. During class you can ask me why if this is puzzling to you. In the meantime consider how such a word so frequently use by teachers and school principals and other people who talk about students can be dangerous.
"As teachers, we have to make sure that learning (not only teaching) is happening." <-- This resonates with me, mostly because it's something that is so easy to forget when I get caught up in a lesson plan!
ReplyDeleteAnne Hendler Great point! I have been thinking a lot about it.Teaching--Learning--Thinking--Observing--Feeling---Exploring .... so many things are going on. I want students to be comfortable and relaxed. The learning will happen.
ReplyDeleteAnne and Renata, What resonates is important and not getting caught up in a lesson plan is important. Write one or two ways to not get caught up in your plans and ensure learning is happening.
ReplyDeleteJohn Fanselow I guess one way is to not plan lessons at all! In that case, the teacher would "just" have to focus on what students needs are and what they bring to class.
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