Learning Reflections 6 of Seminar in English Language Teaching

 

Learning Reflections 6

Seminar in English Language Teaching

 

 

         Professor gave me; read data about Classroom learning Context: teachers' descriptions from Toward an Agenda for Understanding Classroom Management, and analyzed into the table. It is about Classroom management and Classroom learning context: teachers' descriptions in an English lesson in Malaysia, Mozambique and china.

                  

• In Malaysia, teacher read a story and then ask the students by using the simple question. Students sit around her/him at the front of class. Teacher starts the lesson that relate with the story and assigns homework when lesson finished.
• In Mozambique, students sit in pair. They are copying a dialogue from the blackboard. The teacher reads the dialogue aloud and students repeat after him/her. Students practice and act out the dialogue in front of class. Then students in pair write a similar dialogue and present.
• In China, students sit in rows and take note. Teacher give lecture and assignment. Students can ask the question around 5 to 10 minutes before the class ends. It is a straight and quiet classroom.

        And then, I worked with pair; answered 3 questions that I read above.

 My partner and I answered that;

 

1. Make comments on each classroom learning context?

 

       - An English lesson in Malaysia attract student to pay attention in the class by using short story. It make students focus on text because they have to bring the information to answer the task. In the other hand, we think that it is not suitable for all content. Sometime teacher can't relate the short story to the main topic.

       - An English lesson in Mozambique activate students to work with their peer; encourage students to speak and create the dialogue by their own.

       -  An English lesson in China, student can get the knowledge point, grammatical point and information but it is not attractive students and make them boring.

 

2. What are strengths and weaknesses of each classroom?

        - It is interesting but it has no enough knowledge for students.

        - It gives a chance to students to write task and speak confident, but loud noise.

        - It gives enough knowledge for students, but it emphasizes only teacher and just focus on lecture.

 

3. Which classroom do you like most? why?

      We like an English lesson in Mozambique because;

            - give a chance to students to create dialogue by their own.

            - improve speaking skill and writing skill of students.

            - encourage students to speak and write.

 

And professor taught about the research " Factors Affecting English Language Teaching and Learning in Higher Education".

 

        I find difficult about analyze some part of the data Classroom learning Context: teachers' descriptions from Toward an Agenda for Understanding Classroom Management.

        I find easy that I get the new knowledge about the classroom learning context in Malaysia, Mozambique and china.

        My attitude is good, I can get knowledge and information that I never get before.