In this unit there are so much information that I found so worthy. I really appreciated reading it because it contains all the needs students have when studying and consequently learning another language. What truly called my atention was the fact that students may have the need of praise. As a part of being a good teacher it has to be put into practice. Thus, students can be encouraged to become fluent, get complex forms, and become active learners.
In addition, learners have their own personal needs, as for example: set goals, expectations, praise, etc. In order to cpe with thic accomplishement, we as teachers must be carefull at treating and placing students in the right level depending on their age, gender, interests and motivation though. Another need is of learning language through autonomy. And it is easy to overcome through letting students apply their own personal experiences in the classroom, using realia and making them be aware of the class goals and own expectations.
On the other hand, if we are teaching adults or people who need English for different purposes such as professional language requirements, business, travels, etc. We will require to focus teaching on specific subskills, specific vocabulary, grammar, functions, text types, among others. In addition, I found worthy the tips the book suggests for recognizing the learners needs, example, take some activity-based courses, medical lessons, study English as a profession so that students can be motivated to go to English-medium schools or univertities, etc. Moreover, another option is to go to Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) course, I just realized that it is a course where you learn another subject in English, so that I would like students to get enrolled in it and start using language with no difficulty.
This is how the learners needs are applied in the classroom. Getting to know studets through having an oral presentation on their, dislikes, preferences, etc. I find myself very keened on making these relevant activities with my students because most of the time we just spend time in class, but we do not know whether they are having problems at home so that we as teachers can not understand what they are overcoming and do not know why they have low grades or can not develop their English skills accurately.
I suggest to have a look at these books:
1. Developing Learner Profiles. Part 1—Making a Differences. Meeting diverse learning needs with differentiated instruction.
2. Beetham, H. (2010). Digital Literacy Materials. Meeting the needs of learners.
3. Campbell, K. (2014). Implementing FELTAG: Meeting Learner Neea (main NIACE presentation).
In addition, learners have their own personal needs, as for example: set goals, expectations, praise, etc. In order to cpe with thic accomplishement, we as teachers must be carefull at treating and placing students in the right level depending on their age, gender, interests and motivation though. Another need is of learning language through autonomy. And it is easy to overcome through letting students apply their own personal experiences in the classroom, using realia and making them be aware of the class goals and own expectations.
On the other hand, if we are teaching adults or people who need English for different purposes such as professional language requirements, business, travels, etc. We will require to focus teaching on specific subskills, specific vocabulary, grammar, functions, text types, among others. In addition, I found worthy the tips the book suggests for recognizing the learners needs, example, take some activity-based courses, medical lessons, study English as a profession so that students can be motivated to go to English-medium schools or univertities, etc. Moreover, another option is to go to Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) course, I just realized that it is a course where you learn another subject in English, so that I would like students to get enrolled in it and start using language with no difficulty.
This is how the learners needs are applied in the classroom. Getting to know studets through having an oral presentation on their, dislikes, preferences, etc. I find myself very keened on making these relevant activities with my students because most of the time we just spend time in class, but we do not know whether they are having problems at home so that we as teachers can not understand what they are overcoming and do not know why they have low grades or can not develop their English skills accurately.
Learner needs
I suggest to have a look at these books:
1. Developing Learner Profiles. Part 1—Making a Differences. Meeting diverse learning needs with differentiated instruction.
2. Beetham, H. (2010). Digital Literacy Materials. Meeting the needs of learners.
3. Campbell, K. (2014). Implementing FELTAG: Meeting Learner Neea (main NIACE presentation).
EXCELENT Anita, as always you are good analytical , your reflecton gives good understanding and the material helps a lot in this post.
ReplyDeleteGreat job Anita.!
ReplyDeleteI like the way you reflect about this topic. I agree most with you. Also, I have checked the video and links you shared and they have useful information for teachers.