essay

31th weekday

nickname: john

name: seong min choi

second language acquisition assignment

it is difficult to explain teaching methods of my teachers in my school days.

a lot of time have past since I graduated from school  although there were a lot of english teachers, there were not teachers who I was interested . I think they all had a same methods. at the those times i think the atmosphere of my english class in school days was boring and uninteresting so. most students fell in asleep or chatted with their friends. and the teacher usually read textbooks or had students read the book.

and sometimes they gave students informal exam. when we didn't pass the exam, they gave us  punishment.  anyway the english teaching in my school days was focused largely on grammar and vocabulary. and the pronunciation is not important. so most students' is terrible (also me) in pronunciation  and we can not speak with foreign in english. although we get over 12years lesson on english.

anyway this teaching of my teachers is called grammar translation method that means dead method . but it is still used boardly in the world especially in korea. the class mostly consist of mother tongue and active use of target language is little used in class.

the reason the methode has been still used widely is education policy of korean is  more focused on entrance of examination of university than on using practically.

anyway I think  such the method can not give students practical usage of lanuage however this method also has advantage. if the student don't know grammar, student speaking well, he can't speak language deeply and elaborately.

but anyway it is not good to be focused on only one thing. everything need to be in harmony

to be practical teaching, I think we need to use all method according to education circumstance, student personality and age. if the student is kids, I think total physical response is the most useful. because the kids aren't motivated and haven't goal for english. and the kid less power of concentration than adults. if it the lesson is boring and uninteresting.  the kids  would not concentrate on the lesson. so I think the class should consist of amusing and activite materials.

although there is so loud in class. but it is very useful for kid to be familiar with second language

the  however if the student is adults who know enough grammar of second language, the direct method is most useful. because the adult is more motivated and more goal oriented than kids. the adults have more experience and knowldge about world or english . so the teacher should also have same mind with the adult. if they are goal oriented, the teacher could help them accomplish their goal.

if they have a lot of knowledge about the teacher also should use their knowdlge to match with the class subject. besides adult already has more formed personality than kids so the teach

anyway in the conclusion I believe the teacher should have affection and  respectful mind to student. if they don't have heartful mind to student, the students also don't have affection and respect to teacher. so eventually the class is going terrible and mess. to make english education better, the teacher have patience and love to student