I think that teaching
English to children is not the easiest work in the world, actually it could be very
hard because I expect to have the similar experiences that I had when I was teaching
to children in the church where I have realized that there are many children that
are so energetic that most of the time it is difficult to catch their attention
and make them to learn. On the other hand, there is another type of children that
are so quiet and they never like to participate during the class, so it is very
difficult to help them in their learning process. However, I am very sure that after
this first period in the subject “Teaching Practicum I” in which I have been reading
and investigating a lot about children’s development in the different areas
such as physical, Cognitive, and Psychosocial. I have created another
perspective about children because nowadays I know many of the reasons why
children behave in different ways, I am conscious about the importance of
stimulation, and I have discovered through all the topics discussed in classes many
parameters that can guide me on my coming practice with children. Thus, I
expect to do my best effort and all the time that it is going to be required to
review the topics presented during this first period, I will start to read them
again and look for some ideas in order to elaborate the most appropriate materials
for the classes and the activities that children can perform. Finally, I know
that with God’s help and doing my best, I will be able to achieve my goal for the coming practice which is learn a lot
about how to teach English to
children in the most efficiently way.
I agree with you because teaching children is one of the most difficult jobs for the different aspects that It implies, such as, knowing how students physical, cognitive and psychosocial processes are. Moreover, we as teachers have to learn how to identify the learning styles of our students, in that way we can look for different methods that make the teaching process easy for learners.
ResponderEliminarAdding to this, it important to identify the skills that our students perform well, also the ones that are difficult for them. It is truth that all the things studied in class will be very useful for us. for the coming practice with children.
Thanks for your comment Yudi! :) and I'm glad that you have provided me more details about the essential things that I should take in to account for my coming practice. In addition, I consider that what you mentioned about to discover the learning styles of our students is very important because in that way we can know what teaching methods are more apropriate to the students.
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ResponderEliminarI'm glad yaneli that you have changed your point of view. All readings have helped us to clarify the doubts that children at certain age they behave as they do. I agree that you begin to read and look for materials to prepare your activities according to the age of children. After your first experience teaching children you will acquire more experience and could apply better things to futures students. In addition, you'll see that working with children is going to be a tremendous experience.
ResponderEliminarThanks for your important comment Carla! I agree yor comment. I know that teaching English to children is going to be a memorable experince for my life, but at the same time I believe that it is going to be very important because I am going to get a lot of experiences about how to teach to children. :)
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