lunes, 22 de noviembre de 2010

"IN FRONT OF THE CLASS"

What struck you about in front of the class?
What really impressed me were the eagerness Brad had to teach and the power to demonstrate he could work as a teacher no matter what other people could think about him.

What did you learn about the teacher?
Sincerely, I learned to break and to destroy all fears if I want to teach, and if I want to really be an ELT teacher. Besides, I learned that being a humble sincere passionate teacher is more important than being famous and uncaring teacher.

What makes him a good teacher?
Principally, his perseverance makes him a very good teacher; then, his self-esteem makes him believe he could do it even when his own family sometimes made him feel disappointed, sad and so forth, he went ahead and gave his best showing that people like him have the same rights and capabilities than any other.

How would you describe Brad?
I would describe him as a great guy who could succeed in life and who also gave a big teaching or lesson for us people who sometimes do not want to do thing better because of fears and own obstacles we ourselves create in our mines. Above all, I would describe him as a sample of what is called a potential teacher.

What was the most interesting seen in the movie?
To be clear, I liked him and I liked the beautiful classes he gave in the movie. The way he treated his students and family every time he was in troubles was acceptable. And his patience with his teachers at college, I think, was amazing, too.

How may the movie empower future teachers?
Well, we future teachers can be affected, or I should say encourage with these kinds of document or literature in many ways because it can change the way of our thinking and behavior; this can gives us better expectations of becoming teachers. Indeed, This movie can make us become more courageous and loss fears and laziness, too.

domingo, 14 de noviembre de 2010


Hello friends! Kenny and I made a great team in the power point presentation! Or not?
I will never forget the amazing experience I had in the power pint presentation since I worked with Kenya, a friend of mine. We worked so hard during the whole week to do our best that we did not have enough time to study and learn the most important aspects of our topic. Anyway, we enjoyed that moment and tried to give our best there.

ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES TO TEACH KINDERGARTENERS


To tell the truth, I liked to teach English to kindergarteners, but to be sincere, it was somewhat hard since I had to prepare a great deal of materials to work with them. Some of the advantages to teach kindergarteners are, of course, that if I commit any mistake when writing or speaking English, they do not figure it out, so they can not correct me; if I ask them to do an activity, they do not complain about it; they just do it. Besides, if I am not knowledgeable enough, they do not care. Moreover, they easily acquire what I teach them. To teach them in a “very funny way” is easier because they can innocently laugh at me without making me feel embarrassed. They like to collaborate and cooperate with the teacher; their willingness to learn is amazing, all of which I like. To talk about the disadvantages is a difficult thing because I find only one as the most difficult, to prepare teaching material. When they can not read nor write, it is another disadvantage and it becomes a hard challenge for us teachers to make them learn. Finally, to deal with kindergarteners misbehavior is a big disadvantage, too.