Wednesday, February 21st 2018.
WEEK: 6
RANK: 5
Based on the article “Using Original Video and Sound
Effects to Teach English” by Shahla Yassaei.
TEACHING ENGLISH IN A CREATIVE WAY.
Through years teachers have been using different
methods that do not interest students the way teachers expect. There are some
activities that are repeated and that are used in daily classes, but they
should start using new activities. For example, mechanical exercises like true
and false, fill in the blank have become boring for students. It is something
that they do in most of their classes. In the article is mentioned that when
students see another type of activity, they react in a different way. They
start wondering “what is this class about?” “What are we going to study today?”
It is really important that teachers get familiar with technology and media
literacy in order to find newest activities to teach lessons.
Besides, something that
really called my attention is the role of television in the teaching English process.
It is mentioned that The Simpsons are a nice way to teach English lessons.
Nowadays are more than 100 TV shows that can help students to learn more
vocabulary, idioms and even grammar structures. It depends on the type of show.
A nice idea can be watching an episode during classes obviously related to the
topic of the class (if there is any). Also, the radio can be a great tool. In
our country we do not have a variety of broadcasting, but English music can be
another way to learn English. In my personal opinion, there is a huge amount of
ways we can improve and learn English or any other language. Before starting
the university I had a previous knowledge, I had heard music, watched videos
and a lot of movies. I would to point out that watching movies with English subtitles
is a nice way to learn vocabulary, native expressions like idioms. In
conclusion, teachers do not need to buy expensive materials, or high – tech things
to teach a topic.
Hello Pamela.
ResponderEliminarI agree with the points you mentioned. Very common activities such as fill the blank, true or false, or match the items can be monotonous and boring for many students.
But with the help of technology, it is possible to create interesting activities for students; or at least, less repetitive activities for the students. Showing fragments of series can be a great idea, since it is usually something interesting for young people and can be a useful method to learn vocabulary or simply to increase the desire of students to learn English.
I agree with you Pamela! I found the article very helpful with the ideas the writer shared, and as you mentioned we need teachers to find the best way to teach and how to get students in the class, and using internet is a great idea to do it.
ResponderEliminarAlso I support your idea on how watching movies help us learninhg english, I have tried that and it works, so we can also use it with our students.