-TESOL Essay and Evaluation Criteria for Essay-(1)

(77기/weekdays T) 정 효주(Lisa)

People must have a clear purpose in learning English. They must know why they want to learn English. The awareness of the lesson for leaning gives you the right motivation and focus. English can be learned for several purposes.

At first, Nowadays in the competitive job market needs to speak English. So if you learn English you will have a better chance  more.

Second, Many books, newspapers, airports and air-traffic control, technology, sports, pop music and advertising have the English as the dominant language.

Thus, I think we must learn English.

I had taught English to elementary students and middle students at Academy about 4 years. but I didn't work the same place. to get some career and some another experience, I had work swimming safety guard at Jamsil sports complex. Of course, when some foreigner came , I used English.

When I started teaching, I found that my basic image of what a teacher's job was and how a teacher should behave were drawn largely from what I had seen my own teachers doing. These internal images were quite deeply held and quite hard to challenge.

Among them, My most memorable teaching experience was 2 things.

I think that when teach English to elementary students, the most important is fun, interesting, and optical effects like visual materials. (play, movies, picture etc.)

I usually used to see some photos, words and make think today's topic.

Also   sometimes while studying with storybooks I aroused to students interest in English. Among students , there was a student who wasn't interested in English. He often said that "My hate subject is English because it is difficult and boring to me"

So I tried to talks a lot to him constantly, tells stories and jokes, played the game, above all made amuse atmosphere.  a few month later, he became interested in English slowly. Also his mother called me and said "because of my son, I worried. he usually said I hate go at Academy and I don't like to learn English. but these days ,

I like English and I feel fun. thanks to you.  I'd like to take this opportunity to say "Thank You" ". I felt rewarding.

Another experience was when I taught middle students. Most of them thought that the most important is grade in school. I used 4 language skills( Listening, writing, Reading, Speaking). At first, I always said "You should memorize every new word in text" and took a dictation. and then , I taught in grammar and gave some question to impress . The last , I asked them to read in text and what the topic is.

Among them, there was a student who had a good grade in school. But he only got a bad grade in English. I didn't know that why he only got a bad grade.

I unconditionally made him to memorize whole text and to write about interpretation in text and I taught him impassionedly , but there was no use in doing. I studied his test paper and agonized what his problem was.

Finally, I found out that his problem. that was his personality. We know, if the test problem isn't hard , we use to solve that quickly and easily. so, we don't read the whole example and text. but, it isn't a good way. I had spoken that "The answer of question  is on the text. Be careful. "  After, he  changed his personality and he got a good grade in English. Also, he improved about 20 marks.

I knew their subject matter well, but have limited knowledge of teaching methodology. I relied mainly on 'explaining' or ' lecturing' as a way conveying information to the students. I had an enthusiasm about my lecture and I tried to teach  interesting and faithfully. The students are listening, occasionally answering question and making notes, but were mostly not being personally involved or challenged. I usually had lectured grammar, lexis and discourse. Also I made them to be individual work and mostly I  was centered.

When we learned English in middle, high student, we memorized through simple repetition . At first , teachers explained prescriptive grammar of target text and vocabulary. After their explanation, we memorized that. and then, teachers translated into native language or they let translate us .

Until now, I had been these affected so I seem to teach that.

If there is another chance to teach, now I will change the class methods.

At first,  I will make subject matter come alive, I will be a teacher who listen to students and give influence students in many ways either positively or negatively.

Second, no based  lecture on , I will base  student's actives  on and focus on communicates. also, I'm not centered , I am going to make student-centered classroom. And I have heard that the four modes of languages are mutually supportive, so I'll have consist of these modes at once.

Third, I will focus on not only what to say but how to say it.

As I mentioned before, I think that it is important to make the atmosphere which fun,  interesting and at the same time students naturally can gladly participate in the class activities.

In addition, the language acquisition process shouldn't be a rote memorization,

should be an education that understanding through thinking.