Week #6 (semester 2)

Learning Reflections

Seminar in English Language Teaching

       Today, Teacher gave some worksheets about Classroom learning context: teachers' descriptions and asked us to read by ourselves and then, analyze in the table follow by given analysis of sample classrooms. In this lesson, I analyzed about an English lesson in Malaysia, an English lesson in Mozambique and an English lesson in China.  I analyzed as following:

1. An English lesson in Malaysia

The pupils sit around the teacher at front of the class. When the pupils has sat quietly, the teacher begins her story. Then, the teacher reads the story slowly. when she's finished, she asks a few questions to the pupils and the pupils answer positively and the rest stay quiet. 

2. An English lesson in Mozambique

The students sitting in pair and the teacher at front of class and then, moving around class. The teacher reads the dialogue aloud line by copying a dialogue from the blackboard. There is quite a lot of noise.

3. An English lesson in China

The students sit in rows and the teacher stands in front of the blackboard and behind the teacher's desk. There are copy of the textbook, teaching notes and teaching aids on the teacher's desk. The teacher begins his lecture and stop lecture and then, gives the students a chance to ask questions about what he has been teaching.

       When I finished analysis in the table, I works with a partner to answer some questions from the teacher and discuss with a partner. The questions are following.

1. Make comments on each classroom learning context?

2. What are strengths and weaknesses of each classroom?

3. Which classroom do you like most? why?

       

       

After that, the teacher taught about the research " Factors Affecting English Language Teaching and Learning in Higher Education" and finished class and also assigned the task for my homework today. 

I find an easy from analysis classroom in the table that I can analyze the classroom in Malaysia, Mozambique and China with a partner and I answer the questions with my partner.

I find a difficult about a part in the table but I ask my partner to help my understanding.