October 5th, class reflection for session 1.

A teacher has to know...

Linguistic Competences: Socio- linguistic

Syntax                                                                                 Pragmatics

Pronunciation                                                                      Register form information

Grammar                                                                             Fit in the context

Vocabulary

There are three kind of students in the classroom:

1. The bright ones, who knows a lot about any topic and participate all the time in class.
2. The silent ones, who do not raise their hands, but they know!
3. The quiet ones, who do not know the answers, are shy and need more attention

and engage.

 

To create the Safe Learning Environment  in the classroom teachers have to make
the corresponding question (Open, ended or information), then the silence moment comes
to motivate the student’s participation, especially to the shy ones who need that approach
to get more confident. Students have to feel that it is okay to make mistakes or to say
‘I do not understand’ during the classes. Teachers have to bear in mind the body language
developed during the classes to achieve the comfort of the students inside them;
They should not be forced to participate, either picked or pointed because this must be
a natural process that takes place throughout the classes.

Teachers are not answer providers and they have forgot essential conceptions to develop
along the academic environment. For example, defining the concept of skill, teachers
concluded it is the ability to do something (Reading, writing, listening and speaking),
proficiency, capacity to understand, to be able to save problematic situations, knowing
how to do something and insights what we are able to do. They also talked about didactics
definition as the easy way to teach something, it is about material and a bridge between
teachers and students.