Reflectionwhat I have learnedin class 9/10/2013

Reflectionwhat I have learnedin class

        Least of students have learned several new things by self, they should be taught by teachers. Teachers should have learned knowledge around the world, since every subject should be related to the others. In English subject, teachers have to apply other subjects into English. For example, teachers teach foreign students to know how to cook this menu named “Tom-Yum-Kung.” According to this introduction, English is very important in communication with several people that we have met every place on the earth. In this section, I would like to talk about what I have learned from teaching on 9 October, 2013 inside classroom. There are six people who have tested teaching in this week. They presents various topics such as ordering food, occupation, asking and giving the directionrelated to places of Nakhon Si Thammarat, places of Satoon, etc.

        Ordering food is very important part to go on live. Two people have presented about how to order food in the restaurant. The first person presents interesting activity in warming-up step with game matching picture cards with word cards shown on the board. She offers it that differs from the others, but she does not show what correct answers are on the board. She allows students listen to dialogue that is the native speakers’ voice about ordering food. After students listen to the dialogue twice, they are given a paper in which is conversation sound script. It is good for students because it presents the native speakers’ sound. However, some low or moderated students cannot understand what happened in the dialogue. In good point, she can manage classroom as good. For using English, she rather uses it as fluency, but she usually pronounces vocabularies with “s,” and some words are incorrect pronounced. The difference between the first and second persons is using language as very fluency and accuracy. She also is good at using variety of materials that can motivate students’ interest during classroom activities, including jigsaw game, picture cards, power point, menu created by the Adobe Photoshop program, etc. She allows students to practise the conversation with two and three persons as pair work. She usually tells students after they pronounce some words incorrectly or do something wrong. The third person presents food of Trang province related to how to order food. In good point, she showed video that is cartoon. It is interested by students. She focuses on speaking skill. She uses English as fair.

        Everyone needs to work or get good occupations related to their abilities.The fourth person can teach students about occupations that are linked into local places. She starts the lesson by showing picture cards. She allows students to practise the conversation coupled with showing a picture cards. For example, a picture card named “soldier” as a following:

        A: What do you do?
        B: I am a/ an soldier.
        A: What does she/he do?
        B: She/ He is a/ an soldier.

In production step, she lets students to work in pair for asking another person about family members ‘occupations and practicing the conversation. What she should have developed is using language (pronunciation), grammar and classroom management. In addition, she should practice how to speak English as well as the native speakers or own language. However, she presents activity easy to understand.

        Asking and giving the direction are good when we lost. The fifth person presents the topic about places of Narathiwat province. She can entertain students and uses language as very fluency. She shows picture cards without included writing. She shows another video related to asking and giving the direction. She allows students to practise to converse with pair. The sixth person presents Nakhon Si Thammarat with picture cards and allows students for choosing them to place on the map. She uses English as influence but she can entertain students during class. She develops how to teach structure from the first teaching because she focuses on only one structure easy to apply into the real life situation. The seventh person therefore presents places of Nakhon Si Thammarat province. She would like students to join in game by matching picture cards (places of Nakhon Si Thammarat) with word cards (prepositions). She cannot control class during classroom activity. She rather uses language as fluency so she should practise more speaking English. The eighth person shows video about “places of Satoon province” and asks some questions How do you feel? What do you use to describe them? In good point, he uses interesting game that is word research. Students have to find vocabularies that are descriptive adjectives. Students can do several activities such as the whole class activity, pair work, and group work. What he has to develop is how to wear a correct uniform.

        Ordering food, asking and giving direction and working for good occupation are important factor for going on live. Besides teaching students to gain knowledge about grammatical structure, teachers should teach students to use English in their several real life situations. When students are lost and they can find anywhere, they have to use a map and ask someone who knows about there by using these structures “Could you tell me how to get to + place?/ Could you tell me the way to + place?/ Could you tell me how can I find + place?”. Moreover, they should gain experience about ordering food when going to have meal at the restaurant. They should understand these vocabularies (entrée, starter, and drink) and structures “What would you like? / What will you have?” “What would you like for entrée?/starter?” “Would you like anything to drink?” The last one is about occupation. Students can use this structure for asking about occupation “What do you do? / What does he/she do?” Students can answer those questions “I am a/an + occupation. / He/She is a/an + occupation.” According to this essay, three topics presented above are usually used in the real life situation by man. In my opinion, teachers should teach English related to another subject.