Second Language Acquistion

based on failure& successful experience.

Be challenge!

by

Stefane

(Cho Yeon Jeong)

Course:TESOL Weekday Class

Due Date:14th April,2010

Teacher:David Mcgrill

Introduction

A: study of my English over 10 years.

B: Failure and Success Environment.

Body

A: English learning of Traditional Classrooms.

(a failure factor 1)

B: Teacher's Explainer Style.

(a failure factor 2)

C: Successful English Environment.

a. Pre-tesol Course.

b. Enabler style.

c. Teaching method

Conclusion

successful class and chance to be challenage

I have learned English over 10 years  since middle school day. When I was a middle and high school student, I experienced a failure. However I had a successful experience after a university day. Recently I underwent different environment through TESOL course. So I'd like to tell you a reason of failure and success with my experiences about my school day and Pre-tesol class.

When I learned English in middle&high school, most class was traditional classrooms. There were too much students and I had less chance to speak English. I only had to look at textbooks and simply memorized voca and grammar. I focused on receptive skills with listening and reading for getting a good score. So I was passive student. Speaking and writing was terrible. I was afraid of talking to a foreigner because of speaking skill. So I think education of English must change by little and little.

Next, here is teacher's style. As you know, teaching style has three categories. One is explainer, the other is involver and third is enabler. I generally met explainer style teacher

from my school days. So everyone did. They know subject and give a lot of information. Also they used chalk, blackboard and textbooks. Therefore the class was boring and not interesting. There had been little students' participation. With the change of the times, I think enabler style teacher is better than explainer. Teaching type will be able to effective to develop English skill matching three style.

Unlike my failure factor, I'll explain to have English learning of successful experience. This is about a university class and pre-tesol course which took a few week ago. Generally speaking, audlt learners have a belief, knowledge and  life experience like me. In addition adult is goal oriented, relevancy oriented and independent. What I remember lately, I met foreigner teachers at pre-tesol course and at university. In the class, usually a native teacher led some activities using some dialogues or debates about various topics with pair-group or small group. The teaching type was effective to develop oral skills. After she gave to me presentation assignment at pre-tesol class, she gave  positive feedback and correction. She was walking around and monitoring. I had chance to communicate in English by eating lunch and talking private things. She could be a good friend and a teacher. This is enabler style which I've met. She not only helper and knows subject but also give me some advice.

Finally I have a unsuccessful experiences as well as successful experiences. I had explainer style teacher and took traditional classrooms. On the other hand I met enabler style teacher and I experienced modern classrooms, too. In my opinion four skill is very important.

Especially speaking and writing is first. It is effective three teaching style must match one another. As a perosn of learning and teaching English, I'd like to make learners realized the goal of their life and motivated. I've been on the low road for years about learning of English. But I'll jump up to the high road today based on successful experience. Even if I fall from a high place, it will be there to catch me. After I graduate this tesol course, I'll make an effort to be enabler teacher. I will have many ideas to make students more alive and active, and to gain their goal. Be challenge, knock the door and it will open.