The Audio-lingual Method. This method is very good especially if you want to learn how to speak and how to stablish a conversation.
In this method you can do many activities and something that is very important is that students are motivated to participate in class, to answer questions because this is one of the purposes of this method.
I think that we learn a lot of things if we listen first and then we repeat; remember that in english we have to use our memory a lot e.g: for verbs, adjectives etc.
The best way how you can learn things is by practicing them, if not, we are going to learn how to write but no how to talk, and this is no so good.
The only bad thing in this method is; it does not pay so much attention to writen and reading skills.
Actually we continue using this method in many schools in order to make people talk.
TPR Method.This is a very interesting method that I really liked because it offers comfort and a lot of things for students. I think that this method with the suggestopedia method are very nice because education is a process that has to be dynamic but in some cases this is boring and students do not desire go to school, but if we use this method we can change that.
It is nice when a teacher enjoys what he-she is doing because it makes students do the same and participate in the class.
One thing that is difficult, is to find dynamic teachers because here in our country most of teachers are serious and they do not like to move their bodies, sing a song or play with students. The most difficult is in the university because there are a lot of adults and people that prefer being sitting down,but it is not imposible because the teacher Aida uses this method and it makes the class very dynamic.
But I think that we can not apply this method in our country because most of our children are very rebel and if teachers let them to do what they want and learn when they want, this is going to be a disaster.
Whole language approach. This method seems interesant because this can help students to love reading and writing. When you read something that is interesting for you, you enjoy it and you desire continue reading and in this method this is nice because through these things students can learn vocabulary (when they do not understant the meaning of something, they ask for it), they enjoy to talk about what they read and the teacher can take advantage of this, but this means a lot of time preparing materials for students.
The thing is that they do not pay so much attention to speaking and listening skills because this is based on reading.I think that this method could be perfect if we mix it with the audio-lingual method.
sábado, 31 de julio de 2010
viernes, 30 de julio de 2010
Comments about Methods
The Direct Object. This method is an important method that can help teachers and students at the same time. It is good because the relation between the student and teacher is direct, they are friends and this help students to be sure and to feel comfortable. The most important in this is that this method help people to develop the 4 macro skills.
I think that this method would be perfect if we combine it with some others.
The Suggestopedia M . This can be one of the best methods for me because it offers a lot of things for students,and most of those things are necesities that we have.
I like this method because it says that students have to feel good with their learning: in sofas ( this is great because our desks in the university are so bad), you listen beautiful songs that can help you to learn vocabulaty and other kind of things, you play with your classmates and you are free to do different things like play the piano, sing a song etc.
I would like this method for me and my children,but I know that this method is very difficult because you have to have excellent teachers with a lot of abilities and the cost is very high.
The silent method. I think that this method is used in some schools by teachers that do not like to work. Maybe it can be used in countries where students are very resposibles about their learning, but here in El Salvador if we apply this and we let students learn by themselves, I think we are not going to get good results.
It is difficul to apply this method because most of students do not have clear objectives in their life, and they do not know the value of education.
For me this method is no so good, especially in El Salvador.
The Direct Object. This method is an important method that can help teachers and students at the same time. It is good because the relation between the student and teacher is direct, they are friends and this help students to be sure and to feel comfortable. The most important in this is that this method help people to develop the 4 macro skills.
I think that this method would be perfect if we combine it with some others.
The Suggestopedia M . This can be one of the best methods for me because it offers a lot of things for students,and most of those things are necesities that we have.
I like this method because it says that students have to feel good with their learning: in sofas ( this is great because our desks in the university are so bad), you listen beautiful songs that can help you to learn vocabulaty and other kind of things, you play with your classmates and you are free to do different things like play the piano, sing a song etc.
I would like this method for me and my children,but I know that this method is very difficult because you have to have excellent teachers with a lot of abilities and the cost is very high.
The silent method. I think that this method is used in some schools by teachers that do not like to work. Maybe it can be used in countries where students are very resposibles about their learning, but here in El Salvador if we apply this and we let students learn by themselves, I think we are not going to get good results.
It is difficul to apply this method because most of students do not have clear objectives in their life, and they do not know the value of education.
For me this method is no so good, especially in El Salvador.
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