วันอังคารที่ 29 กรกฎาคม พ.ศ. 2557

Learning Log (Inside the Classroom)

          From each group presentation I was listening. There are six topics for teaching: teaching reading, teaching with technology, teaching writing, teaching listening, teaching speaking, and assessing and testing.
          First, reading is an interactive process that goes on between the reader and the text, resulting in comprehension. The text presents letters, words, sentences, and paragraphs that encode meaning. The reader uses knowledge, skills, and strategies to determine what that meaning is. There are two kinds of reading are extensive reading and intensive reading. Extensive reading is reading as much as possible, for your own pleasure, at a difficulty level at which you can read smoothly and quickly without looking up words or translating to English as you go. Intensive Reading occurs when the learner is focused on the language rather than the text.
          Second, technology is very important for our life in many ways. It may be cause from we are going to be a student in 21st century. So schools should know that how to mix and match technologies in the classroom for teach their student in efficiently. For teach their student with technology teacher can do in many ways. They can use board and other showing technology or software in the classroom such as a research online, presenting online, internet programs for learning, and etc. Second way, they can use pictures, cards and strips of paper for show the meaning of the word or describe the picture. Next, they can use real and other device for classroom activities or classroom games.
          Third, writing instruction often takes a backseat to phonics, handwriting skills, and reading comprehension. The four steps of the writing process are prewriting, drafting, editing, revising, and publishing. Prewriting is the type of writing a student is attempting; the prewriting stage can be the most important. Drafting is a stage of the writing process during which a writer organizes information and ideas into sentences and paragraphs. Editing is carefully examining a paper to see that it contains no errors of grammar, spelling, or punctuation. Revising is changing and rewriting a draft to make it better. Publishing is the writer prepares a document to be distributed to an audience. This may involve printing the work or duplicating it in some other way in a format that permits public use and response.
          Next, listening is a critical element in the competent language performance of adult second language learners, whether they are communicating at school, at work, or in the community. Listening is the language modality that is used most frequently. In school, listening visually is important to students. Listen is taking note sometime. Most easily for students to learn theirs stuffs in school is by listening to the teacher. In here, students need to listen to the teacher by the time they teach, because students could compare their own opinion with the teacher, or learn some new things, or go deep in the subject. So, listening is very important for students during school time, because they need to listen to understand more about the detail of the subject.
          Fifth, many people feel that speaking in a new language is harder than reading writing or listening. However, they can improve their English speaking skill in many ways. The first way, teacher give students practice with both fluency and accuracy. Second, teachers provide opportunities for students to talk by using group work or pair work, and limiting teacher talk. Pair work and group work activities can be used to increase the amount of time that learners get to speak in the target language during lessons. Third, design classroom activities that involve guidance and practice in both transactional and interactional speaking.
          Last, learn about the assessment and testing process used to diagnose learning disabilities. Learn how tests and assessments are used in schools to identify learning disabilities and develop programs. There are 8 types of assessment such as formative, summative, informal, diagnostic, placement, progress, achievement and proficiency. Formative assessment or diagnostic testing is a range of formal and informal assessment procedures employed by teachers during the learning process in order to modify teaching and learning activities to improve student attainment. It typically involves qualitative feedback for both student and teacher that focus on the details of content and performance. Summative assessment refers to the assessment of participants, and summarizes their development at a particular time. In contrast to formative assessment, the focus is on the outcome of a program. Informal assessment is a procedure for obtaining information that can be used to make judgments about children's learning behavior and characteristics or programs using means other than standardized instruments. Placement Testing is about the placement tests that colleges and universities use to assess college readiness and place students into their initial classes. Achievement assessment is a test designed to measure the knowledge or proficiency of an individual in something that has been learned or taught, as arithmetic or typing.
          In conclusion, every skill that we use in English when we learn a language, there are four skills that we need for complete communication. When we learn our native language, we usually learn to listen first, then to speak, then to read, and finally to write.

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