The teacher in this clip (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h4q-bok644&feature=player_embedded#!)
uses many good techniques, she returns to what she has already said,
paraphrasing herself, to make sure all the students hear, and understand what
she has spoken about. She let’s the students read along with her when she
reads, so they can learn both visually, and aurally. She also uses feeling
words rather than exact words, so saying that she ‘feels’ a word should
included, rather than the fact is definitely should. This shows the students
that there is no right or wrong way to summarise, because with summarising, as
with many things in English, it’s not always the case of having all the
answers.
She gets the students to talk with their learning partners,
I would prefer, this early on in the lesson, for the students to be engaged in
a whole group discussion. Although, whole group discussions obviously work
better with older students, and this is a younger class.
In the second video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yStzJjLXdxM&feature=player_embedded#!)
, the teacher’s idea to let students have self study time,
where she is able to help, and give feedback, is an interesting and, I think,
great idea. The fact that she also tells students what is expected of them by
the end of the lesson, is also interesting and useful. This lesson isn’t very
interactive though, and you can see from the student’s faces that they are
bored by the lesson. Whilst she requires student interaction, in is minimal and
uniform. The students repeat what they’ve been told and students are not individualised
or asked to be creative in anyway. On a blooms scale, this lesson only catches
on to the lower bars. Not teaching anything higher than applying. Where as the
first lesson makes students analyse the text, and evaluate the words they’ve
chosen.
No comments:
Post a Comment