Comments on: English Teaching Methodology http://www.teflteachertraining.com/blog/english-teaching-methodology/ How to Teach English Sun, 22 Aug 2010 20:37:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Ted http://www.teflteachertraining.com/blog/english-teaching-methodology/comment-page-1/#comment-149 Ted Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:13:00 +0000 http://www.teflteachertraining.com/blog/?p=63#comment-149 Look in the Archives on the right side of the page - particularly start here: www.teflteachertraining .com/blog/2009/08/ and off you go! Good luck! Ted Look in the Archives on the right side of the page – particularly start here:
http://www.teflteachertraining
.com/blog/2009/08/ and off you go!
Good luck!
Ted

]]> By: ppdurdymuradov http://www.teflteachertraining.com/blog/english-teaching-methodology/comment-page-1/#comment-148 ppdurdymuradov Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:14:10 +0000 http://www.teflteachertraining.com/blog/?p=63#comment-148 need literature in English teaching methods need literature in English teaching methods

]]> By: Romulo Guedez Fernandez http://www.teflteachertraining.com/blog/english-teaching-methodology/comment-page-1/#comment-112 Romulo Guedez Fernandez Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:47:15 +0000 http://www.teflteachertraining.com/blog/?p=63#comment-112 After reading Bufaracha's comments I would like to make a comment that this question provokes, it is very much what I ask to myself when reflecting about students’ performance.. What can I do to improve, promote, develop and facilitate our students’ production? How to improve their communication skills? I think one of the possible answers to it is to try to teach the language we teach using a more communicative approach, utilising authentic materials, in the classroom implementing more social (collaborative) activities and very much important, to have student become reflective students (that they reflect on their learning process, make some resolution and put them into practice). We as teacher should do it as well. ‘Learning that does not daily increase will daily decrease’ this is a Chinese proverb. Our personal teaching philosophy and teaching style are important and students notice it. Student have at their reach a lot of resources but we as facilitators should guide them and allow them to learn to learn and to learn a language, and to use such resources conveniently. For example, motivate, enthuse your students in taking charge of their learning process, no-one will do it for them. The way we as teacher transmit or pass on to them such true is very much personal. No methods can be used for it. Cognitive factors are very important, but I think we have to take into account many other factors/parameter like: student’s personal learning styles, emotional traits, cultural and social context. So these are important as well are. Knowing well these parameters we will be in a better position to deliver a quality teaching service. And that is very much rewarding. Thanks. After reading Bufaracha’s comments I would like to make a comment that this question provokes, it is very much what I ask to myself when reflecting about students’ performance.. What can I do to improve, promote, develop and facilitate our students’ production? How to improve their communication skills?
I think one of the possible answers to it is to try to teach the language we teach using a more communicative approach, utilising authentic materials, in the classroom implementing more social (collaborative) activities and very much important, to have student become reflective students (that they reflect on their learning process, make some resolution and put them into practice). We as teacher should do it as well. ‘Learning that does not daily increase will daily decrease’ this is a Chinese proverb. Our personal teaching philosophy and teaching style are important and students notice it.
Student have at their reach a lot of resources but we as facilitators should guide them and allow them to learn to learn and to learn a language, and to use such resources conveniently.
For example, motivate, enthuse your students in taking charge of their learning process, no-one will do it for them. The way we as teacher transmit or pass on to them such true is very much personal. No methods can be used for it.
Cognitive factors are very important, but I think we have to take into account many other factors/parameter like: student’s personal learning styles, emotional traits, cultural and social context. So these are important as well are. Knowing well these parameters we will be in a better position to deliver a quality teaching service. And that is very much rewarding.
Thanks.

]]> By: Bufaracha Hecham http://www.teflteachertraining.com/blog/english-teaching-methodology/comment-page-1/#comment-105 Bufaracha Hecham Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:11:58 +0000 http://www.teflteachertraining.com/blog/?p=63#comment-105 I see no difference between the three methodologies.The PPP,ESA and GRO approaches involve deceiphering the meaning,understanding it and personlizing it.Above all, they are very fruitful in terms of teaching English as second language.Sometimes as a teacher of English language for foreign students whose mother tongue is Arabic,It becomes very problematic to implement these methodologies;students no longer have the ability to create and personalize their own language even if they know the context discussed in classroom;hence,we are unable to attain the gest of English learning process.I wonder if there might be any possibility that facilitates the production process that is to say the last stage? thanks I see no difference between the three methodologies.The PPP,ESA and GRO approaches involve deceiphering the meaning,understanding it and personlizing it.Above all, they are very fruitful in terms of teaching English as second language.Sometimes as a teacher of English language for foreign students whose mother tongue is Arabic,It becomes very problematic to implement these methodologies;students no longer have the ability to create and personalize their own language even if they know the context discussed in classroom;hence,we are unable to attain the gest of English learning process.I wonder if there might be any possibility that facilitates the production process that is to say the last stage? thanks

]]> By: Ted http://www.teflteachertraining.com/blog/english-teaching-methodology/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Ted Tue, 15 Sep 2009 04:17:50 +0000 http://www.teflteachertraining.com/blog/?p=63#comment-42 Excellent comments, Romulo! You are quite right, students need their classroom to be a place where they can make all the mistakes in the world. It is our job as teachers to help them organize it into useful and understandable speech. Thank you for your comments. Ted Excellent comments, Romulo!

You are quite right, students need their classroom to be a place where they can make all the mistakes in the world. It is our job as teachers to help them organize it into useful and understandable speech.

Thank you for your comments.

Ted

]]> By: Romulo Guedez Fernandez http://www.teflteachertraining.com/blog/english-teaching-methodology/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Romulo Guedez Fernandez Tue, 15 Sep 2009 04:12:53 +0000 http://www.teflteachertraining.com/blog/?p=63#comment-41 I teach Spanish as a foreign language. I find both methods are very much interesting. I encourage them to talk as much as possible, to be creative. I teach advanced level, so presentations some times are not the best because they create a lot of stress; they prefer to talk about things we read or listen to. When I teach students I encourage students to be daring and express their opinion not worrying much about how their utterances come out, I tell them that that is my task: to provide a possible way to express such (complex) opinion using simple and complex structures. I realise that it is not an easy task. I agree with you, it is important to motivate students so that they can move forward. I think that encouraging them on this daring attitude can help them tremendously. I teach Spanish as a foreign language.
I find both methods are very much interesting. I encourage them to talk as much as possible, to be creative. I teach advanced level, so presentations some times are not the best because they create a lot of stress; they prefer to talk about things we read or listen to. When I teach students I encourage students to be daring and express their opinion not worrying much about how their utterances come out, I tell them that that is my task: to provide a possible way to express such (complex) opinion using simple and complex structures.
I realise that it is not an easy task. I agree with you, it is important to motivate students so that they can move forward. I think that encouraging them on this daring attitude can help them tremendously.

]]> By: Adam http://www.teflteachertraining.com/blog/english-teaching-methodology/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Adam Tue, 25 Aug 2009 04:55:34 +0000 http://www.teflteachertraining.com/blog/?p=63#comment-9 I like your GRO method. He who writes it first owns it! Good idea. Solid review of basic methodology. Thx! AC I like your GRO method. He who writes it first owns it! Good idea. Solid review of basic methodology. Thx!
AC

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