What is teaching English in my life?

I have 4 years experience teaching English in English academy. I taught English from 3years old to elementary school students. Here's what I learned and felt when I taught. I realized that I need to change the way I teach for each age. It was more effective to teach English as a group activities when I taught elementary students. On the other hand  it was more effective for children ages 3 to 5 to teach something individually.

Because they couldn't work together and recognize each other. I thought I have to use different methods of teaching depending on age.  The other thing I became to know is that most students are influenced by external motivation.

Skinner is very famous psychologist that is representative of this theory.  I am going to tell about Skinner's theory.

Skinner's theory is a psychological model that views human behavior as something  that is conditioned. It concludes that humans are products of their environments and all behaviors are positively reinforced, negatively reinforced, or punished.

Learning or modifying can be divided into two processes which is classical and operant conditioning. There are four possible consequences to behavior. They are positive reward, negative reward, positive  punishment, and negative punishment.

First, positive is Giving a good consequence when a response is performed.

I have given candies or stickers to students when they got the correct answer.

Secondly, negative reward is removing a bad consequence when a response is performed. I haven't given any homework when students focused well in class.

Thirdly, positive  punishment is Giving a bad consequence when a response is performed. I have extended the class for ten minutes when they didn't participate well in the class.

Fourth, negative punishment is Removing a good consequence when response is performed. I haven't given break time when they didn't do their homework.

Positive reinforcement generally serves to condition wanted behavior, while negative punishment eliminates undesired behavior.

I experienced this kind of case a lot when I taught students. I didn't give break time when they didn't pay attention to class. And I gave candies or stickers when student did good attitude during the class. Then they kept good attitude and finished their homework. I think Skinner's theory works in common with all the ages I taught.

I wanted to be an English teacher when I was a teenager. Teaching  somebody makes me come up with a new idea and gives me pleasure.

I want to teach elementary school and kindergarten again after getting a Tesol certificate. I know teaching is not easy for me but I will try to teach as I learned in class. I will teach children more effectively if I apply what I learn and experience.