Tesol Essay for Second Acquisition

정인선 (Ellen)

#1 Essay TESOL 66th

3 years ago , one of the hottest issues was immersion education in elementary school. The government made a public commitment that students will be taught all subjects in English from elementary school.

The majority of incumbent teachers are worried about it, because there are not enough qualified people to teach all subjects in English.

Of course When I was student my teachers can't speak English.

The teachers were mainly focused on grammar and memorizing dialogues.

I felt English necessity after I graduated from university.

English is using everywhere in society. So I started to have interest in English and look for institute for learning. And then, I want to be a English teacher.

I'm working as a teacher teaching English for children. But I had failure experiences learning a second language. The teacher taught students using the grammar translation method (GTM) When I was learned a second language at school. It didn't improve language ability especially speaking skills. I learned in the Tesol module1 there are three kinds of teacher.

In past, there are many students in the classroom. So teachers taught us with traditional teaching. They can't try to modern teaching.

In fact, I try to use my drama skills in the class room. We just have a fixed idea of education. "The teacher teaches and the students learn" But students should find their own way of learning. If I can apply some skills used in drama education can learn using their whole body. It can have a positive learning impact on the students. The most important thing is that teachers have the ability to adapt their own teaching method to real classroom activities.

In my case, one of the good aspects about using many activities is that it helps students concentrate on their learning.

It prevents them from thinking about other things that are not related to their studying. Another good aspect is that they can provide opportunities to use the language through various ways.

Above all using English in activity is more efficient for remembering the key study points.

In the conclusion, the most important thing in effective teaching is helping students to find high motivation goal.

As you know, English is  a very important subject for students and an authentic language at the same time.

So I make my students speak English very much during the class.

I think the most important thing in learning English in to give students a lot of chances to speak the language.

I also make my class very fun. I mean by doing many activities( game, song, role play... ) my students get a lots of motivation which makes enjoy English.

And,  I believe when I finish  TESOL course I will be a better teacher.