Cuisenaire rods in the language classroom

Cuisenaire rods in the language classroom

Journals in the Language Classroom

According to Scott J. Baxter in the article Journals in the Language Classroom that published on English Teaching Forum at number 4 2009.
I really agree with author. He had mentioned practical advice for using journals in the classromm. The main idea is "Writing to learn", yes, it's very important by thinking about the concept of writing to learn and start with a thought experiment.

Scott gives some suggestions that are considerate to think about:

1. Ask students buy a notebook they can easily carry around with them. So, they can take notes about what they think about in this moment.

2. The language of the journal could be English, but it could also be their first language. Because it consider of the level of students. So, even beginner students they can write down their ideas with their fisrst language.

3. Collect and read the journals on a regular basis, but do not correct.

4. Ask students to leave a blank page between entries for room to comment later. Teachers can write something they really like and what the student to know that.

5. Encourage students to write about wide variety of topics, but alway connect with the class.

6. Keep a journal along with students, and tell them what you expect for.

7. Look for ways to connect the journal with what you consider important in the class, and give activities at the end of the class.

I really like this article.

Common error

I remember that when most of language teachers make an evaluation rubric, they put check in the number box and also, they write down every wrong word, or imcomplete sentences.

However in the institution Britanico teach me that teachers have to make change in the way of evaluate students. Now, the correctly form is not write down the incorret sentences also correct parts and tell students that they do well with courage words to motivate them.

I really agree with that idea. Why do we always just pay attention to the black face?
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You are My All in All

Methodology course in Britanic Institution

More than 1 month I am taking the tteaching methodology course, so I am learning a lot of teaching technique. Normally , when we evaluate oral test, we take notes from our students, everything they made mistake, until today, they teach me that we have to write down the right things not wrong thing, so we are going to change the way of evaluated in the positive way and motivate our students.

Seven Life lessons of Chaos

Seven Life Lessons of Chaos, by John Briggs and F. David Peat.
Chaos Theory:
1. Be Creative: how to engage with chaos to find imaginative new solutions and live more dynamically.

2. Use butterfly power: how to let chaos grow local efforts into global results.

3. Go with the flow: how to use chaos to work collectively with others.

4. Explor what's Between: how to discover life's rich subtleties and avoid the traps of stereotypes.

5. See the Art of the world: how to appreciate the beauty of life's chaos.

6. Live within Time: how to utilize time's hidden depths.
7. Rejoin the whole: how to realize our fractal connectedness to each other and the world.

it will enlighten you to the possibilities of how to view life in the future. this is not eastern mysticism by scientists, but rather a clear statement of how uncertainlt in a world opposites and that alone provides limitless opportunity.