What I learned from the transcripts is that our ideas and expectations and preparations for particular class are...
What I learned from the transcripts is that our ideas and expectations and preparations for particular class are not always same as what actually happens in the class. Looking at the transcripts we can notice that our teaching is like a river flow that we don't always know where will lead us.
Also I have noticed that if we record the pair work between our students, we can find out how they think, what they struggle with and will be much easier for us to help them learn the language.
Also I have noticed that if we record the pair work between our students, we can find out how they think, what they struggle with and will be much easier for us to help them learn the language.
I agree with what you wrote about recording pair work. I think it can also help the students to see what they need to work on through transcripts of recordings if you have students who would benefit from that kind of autonomy.
ReplyDeleteAnne Hendler I agree, yes!
ReplyDeleteYes, reality and our imagining are often different. And we can learn much from how students learn and how they can develop their autonomy from transcriptions.
ReplyDeleteBut consider another word for struggle--you say we can learn how students struggle. On the one hand they do but on the other hand they discover that they can do more than they think which is a slightly different description of how our students and we learn. I want learning to be joyful! Whatever that might mean.
John Fanselow The learning must be joyful, yes. With "struggle" I wanted to say what they find difficult.
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