( Week 4 ) VOA(Voice of America)

American Music Students in Kenya

Vocabulary	Pronnunciation	Meaning
exchange(N)	/ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒ, ɛks-/	-การแลกเปลี่ยน -  the act of giving something to someone and them giving you somethingelse: Ex; Several people were killed during the exchange of gunfire.
perform(N)	/pəˈfɔːm/	-ปฏิบัติหน้าที่ - to do an action or piece of work Ex; Most of the students performed well in the exam.
career(N)	/kəˈrɪə/	-อาชีพ,  การงาน -  the job or series of jobs that you do during your working life, especially  Ex; I took this new job because I felt that the career prospects were much better.
expand(V)	/ɪkˈspand, ɛk-/	-เจริญรุ่งเรือง - to increase in size, number, or importance, or to make something increase in this way Ex; The air in the balloon expands when heated.
neighboring(ADJ.)	/ˈneɪ.bər.ɪŋ/	-ที่อยู่ใกล้เคียง, ที่ตั้งอยู่ใกล้เคียง -  Neighbouring places are next to or near each other Ex; She married a man from the neighbouring village.
organizer(N)	/ˈɔːg(ə)nʌɪzə/	-ผู้จัดตั้ง,  ผู้จัด, ผู้จัดเตรียม, ผู้ก่อตั้ง -the person or group who plans and arranges an event or activity Ex; There aren't enough seats for all the guests - I must tell the organizers.

( Week 3 ) Chat with foreigner

Learning log 3(outside)

Teaching approaches: task-based learning

What is TBL?

 How often do we as teachers ask our students to do something in class which they would do in everyday life using their own language? Probably not often enough.

If we can make language in the classroom meaningful therefore memorable, students can process language which is being learned or recycled more naturally.

Task-based learning offers the student an opportunity to do exactly this. The primary focus of classroom activity is the task and language is the instrument which the students use to complete it. The task is an activity in which students use language to achieve a specific outcome. The activity reflects real life and learners focus on meaning, they are free to use any language they want. Playing a game, solving a problem or sharing information or experiences, can all be considered as relevant and authentic tasks. In TBL an activity in which students are given a list of words to use cannot be considered as a genuine task. Nor can a normal role play if it does not contain a problem-solving element or where students are not given a goal to reach. In many role plays students simply act out their restricted role. For instance, a role play where students have to act out roles as company directors but must come to an agreement or find the right solution within the given time limit can be considered a genuine task in TBL.

In the task-based lessons included below our aim is to create a need to learn and use language. The tasks will generate their own language and create an opportunity for language acquisition (Krashen*). If we can take the focus away from form and structures we can develop our students’ ability to do things in English. That is not to say that there will be no attention paid to accuracy, work on language is included in each task and feedback and language focus have their places in the lesson plans. We feel that teachers have a responsibility to enrich their students’ language when they see it is necessary but students should be given the opportunity to use English in the classroom as they use their own languages in everyday life.

Reference :  http://www.onestopenglish.com

( Week 3 ) Learning contract

Learning contract week 3

Days	Activities
Monday	Find the difficult vocabulary and tell the meaning in VOA Special English.
Tuesday	Do learning contract.
Wednesday	Learning logs outside
Thursday	Chat with foreigner.
Friday	Learning log

 

Learning log 3(inside)

 Today, is the third class for curriculum. My friends are presentations for this class. My friends present about “Content based learning”, “Listening teaching”, “Speaking teaching”, “Reading teaching”, “Writing teaching”, and “Vocabulary teaching.”

The first, “Content based learning”. It’s emphasize students to use abilities of English to find the new knowledge. This approach is fix learners. It’s emphasize experiential learning. This approach is learn from easy to be difficult.

The second, “Listening teaching”. This approach can teach both inside classroom and outside classroom. The translation will emphasize words and phrases. Teacher will give students to guess about story that they will listen before. Teacher should check about students’ interesting to improve listening skill.

The third, “Speaking teaching”. It’s emphasize structure, grammar, and speaking. It will teach students to speak sentences by use the pictures. And another step, teacher will give students to speak in real situation.

The fourth, “Reading teaching”. There are two kind of reading teaching. There are reading aloud and silent reading. It will emphasize in reading aloud, reading fluency, reading and look up, speed reading, and reading for accuracy.

The fifth, “Writing teaching”. Students can select about topic and they will write to the best. Writing teaching should teach about symbols and punctuation. Students should draft about story that they will write before.

The last, “Vocabulary teaching”. Vocabulary is the basic teaching for warm up to the lesson. Teacher should teach about the new vocabulary in context. Teacher should teach about pronunciation of vocabulary too.

To sum up, all most of them that can use all approaches to teach in English class. It will improve students to learn by many skills. It can help teacher to know about their students too. So, if I to be a teacher it’s the best way to me.