Assalamualaikum and hi to all! I bet you’ve got the idea on what I am going to write today. Yes! Server down… What an unfortunate day for me and the rest for not being able to surf the net (isk…isk…). Nevertheless, we managed to complete 3 topics for the upcoming weeks! (Yay!) What an achievement! So, let me briefly talked about the subtopics namely the significance of the way we treat mistakes, reusing materials and listen and find.
Basically, the first subtopic focuses on the appropriate ways teachers should employ to treat children’s mistakes. I learn that, although we think it is a necessary to correct the children’s mistakes to avoid the “fossilization” - persistent lack of change in interlanguage patterns, even after extended exposure to or instruction in the target language (Spada, 2006) (as I used to pronounce the word “development” as “dae-ve-lep-men” before, but thank goodness, I pronounce it CORRECTLY now. Hehehe) but somehow we should not overdo it as that would result in constraint in fluency. Children will avoid to use the language if the teacher continuously correct him or her even from the start he or she opens her mouth to say something. So, the principle here, DO correct the errors when necessary but DO NOT OVERDO.
The second subtopic reveals how some teaching aids can be used over and over again for other activities to teach other language skills. I am amazed how from a single grid, the teacher can teach so many things. Save time, save cost, save energy. The keyword is simple, REUSE! (^_^)
The last subtopic exposes a stimulating activity called “The washing line game” where the children have to be very attentive, and listen to what the teacher says very carefully and quickly find the objects the teacher asks for and hang them on the line (or rope). I find this game very beneficial to polish children’s listening skill before they move on to speaking. This activity relates closely to Total Physical Response (TPR) by J. Asher which believes in how children acquire their first language. Yup! They do a lot of listening and respond to the language (spoken by the interlocutors) through physical actions. What an interesting game! Perhaps I may utilize it in my future classroom! (Who knows??? =P)
Well, that’s about it. Will upload the power points soon. Till then, feel free to comment!!! (^_^)
Basically, the first subtopic focuses on the appropriate ways teachers should employ to treat children’s mistakes. I learn that, although we think it is a necessary to correct the children’s mistakes to avoid the “fossilization” - persistent lack of change in interlanguage patterns, even after extended exposure to or instruction in the target language (Spada, 2006) (as I used to pronounce the word “development” as “dae-ve-lep-men” before, but thank goodness, I pronounce it CORRECTLY now. Hehehe) but somehow we should not overdo it as that would result in constraint in fluency. Children will avoid to use the language if the teacher continuously correct him or her even from the start he or she opens her mouth to say something. So, the principle here, DO correct the errors when necessary but DO NOT OVERDO.
The second subtopic reveals how some teaching aids can be used over and over again for other activities to teach other language skills. I am amazed how from a single grid, the teacher can teach so many things. Save time, save cost, save energy. The keyword is simple, REUSE! (^_^)
The last subtopic exposes a stimulating activity called “The washing line game” where the children have to be very attentive, and listen to what the teacher says very carefully and quickly find the objects the teacher asks for and hang them on the line (or rope). I find this game very beneficial to polish children’s listening skill before they move on to speaking. This activity relates closely to Total Physical Response (TPR) by J. Asher which believes in how children acquire their first language. Yup! They do a lot of listening and respond to the language (spoken by the interlocutors) through physical actions. What an interesting game! Perhaps I may utilize it in my future classroom! (Who knows??? =P)
Well, that’s about it. Will upload the power points soon. Till then, feel free to comment!!! (^_^)
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