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Teach English in Suji Zhen - Heze Shi

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Teaching and learning are processes that go hand in hand with one another. Effective teachers are able to inspire and engage students with a desire to learn. They must be able to impart their abilities of learning into students in various ways. Through my personal teaching experiences, I firmly believe in establishing high, yet attainable expectations, creating a curriculum that is student centered, and providing real life experiences for students to grasp the concepts taught in the lesson. Effective classroom management is more than being a strict or authoritative figure, it requires a structured learning environment in which certain behaviors are promoted and others are discouraged. Establishing an effective classroom management plan must begin at the beginning of school, and consistently enforced throughout the school year. This is vital in developing relationships of trust, and upholding high expectations for learning behavior. In my personal teaching experiences and observations of other educators, when an effective classroom management plan was set and enforced, students were more engaged and self directed in their learning. Students’ attitudes were very different when expectations and procedures were clearly communicated. Clear explanations involved modeling, practicing, and reinforcing until students had a deep understanding of classroom expectations. The content of lessons should be meaningful and should adopt a student centered approach. Classroom activities should be linked to real life experiences. Especially with rigorous content, adopting innovative activities such as arts, graphics, storytelling, and mnemonics should follow meaningful assessments. When students are more involved in designing their learning experiences, they have a better grasp of the goal of the lesson and are more attached to learning outcomes. Asking open ended questions, encouraging student collaboration and group projects, and providing students with self-reflection assignments are vital in teaching students to become inquirers, rather than passive learners. Students are capable of achieving lifelong goals, which can enhance motivation in the classroom. By adopting a student centered approach, teachers act as a facilitator as opposed to an instructor. Interactive learning is a more hands on, real world process of relaying information in the classrooms. Students are invited to participate in the conversation. You help students become learners who explore an open ended question with imagination and logic rather than recalling memorized information. Through effective communication skills, the teacher will be able to address students’ needs, interests, and engagement in the learning process. Students will become more independent in their learning and display accountability. Students are at the center of the educational system. In order for it to be considered a student centered learning environment, it has to be open, dynamic, trusting, respectful, and support the different learning styles in the classroom. Teachers need to introduce student centered instruction for increasing students’ motivation, promoting peer communication, building student teacher relationships, and promoting active and interactive learning and responsibility for one’s learning. Third, students should be given meaningful lessons and assessments to apply to their own lives. Students learn in different ways. By adhering to students strengths, students can be engaged and connect their preexisting knowledge to new concepts. By following a student centered philosophy that emphasizes hands on learning, students can discover concepts taught by actively participating in lessons. Using visuals and other forms of realia is helpful in connecting concepts taught in real life examples. Listening to the radio with students, providing magazines to read, taking field trips to restaurants, grocery stores, museums, and libraries are also great hands on experiences. By considering the needs and interests of the students in the class, it can garner motivation and engagement as students work to complete assessments. In conclusion, students should be challenged with a learning experience that is rich and meaningful, hands-on, student centered approaches. Students should be given clear expectations to abide by in the classroom and should be provided with a variety of different instructions in various ways. Providing students with visuals, extra materials, a peer partner, along with various other ways can support and motivate them to work for success. Student centered approaches is key to providing opportunities for students to take ownership of their learning. Students will become inquirers rather than passive learners who merely memorize and regurgitate information. They can inquire deeply about the concepts they are learning in order to apply it to their own lives. By providing real life application and opportunities for students to display the understanding of concepts taught in the classroom, they will help to make deeper connections and growth in their fluency.


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