viernes, 13 de noviembre de 2015

A Case Study:
            This case was observed in the last school year, in 7th grade section D. Before starting this English course, the teacher was more grammatical and strict in her form of evaluation, even though in the way that she treated her students. Her face was always serious and some rigorous; maybe those facts could influence in the learners behavior; even they could promote some challenging students into the class. Besides, the students just did what the teacher asked, but they did not have any interaction among them taking into consideration the language as a communicative tool. They just repeated and repeated all the structures given by the teacher without any conscious about that English is a way of communication. Even, they did not like to work in class; they always rejected to participate during the class and work together; is to say learners did not have a good attitude to learn English.
After starting the course and being applied some new strategies into the classroom, which were adapted from the course to the learners level, the teacher noticed a high difference in their attitudes toward the language, because they began to be more independent in terms of using it. They pronounced not so well but used more English in class, saying some words and phrases which were given at the beginning of the school year. In the same way, they began to communicate each other using a little bit more the language, maybe they were not conscious about the process of communication but they could exchange some phrases. It could be said that many of these learners could constructive their own knowledge themselves. In my own opinion, I think their process of learning was a little more effective than at the beginning of the first lapse.
At the end of the school year, they were more interested and motivated to the English language. They participated more actively in class; also there were times in which they asked for activities to do in class.   
            It is important to take conscious about that learners are not robots who just receive information; they are persons who think and feel. We as teachers must be aware and be clear in the way that they learn; otherwise teachers must not be repetitive, because young learners tend to bored quickly. By this, teachers should considerate the best strategies and techniques to be applied. They must be the most appropriate according to the levels of learners taking into account their kind of behavior.

1 comentario:

  1. It would have been great to know what strategies you applied, which ones they liked the most, did that influence on the results obtained at the end of the school year?

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