Here I am once again :) A new year, a new class. This time it's for Teaching in Practice: Listening and Speaking. What are my thoughts? My thoughts are this is going to be really tough. I say that because I enrolled in this course the same time last year. I had to withdrawal from the course as I didn't want it to affect my grade but I wasn't in the right space as this class...well I should say all TESL classes require time and dedication. So here is to a new year and yes, hopefully 2021 will be better than 2020!
Starting off this unit we had to do our introduction in a different way. Well I learned how to use a new program called Flipgrid. I was a bit scared and nervous to be honest. Why? Writing an introduction is way easier than recording yourself. However I overcame my fear and posted my recording.
In this unit there was so much to learn from Genre knowledge to Feedback. I've said this before and I'll say it again, how did I learn English? It just boggles my mind LOL.
I learned the meaning of Linguistic Knowledge which are the features of the language. Extralinguistic Knowledge is the independent of cultural, context and familiarity. Sociocultural Knowledge is about social values and the normality of behavior in a given society. Finally Genre Knowledge, this one as many parts to it. Transactional, Interpersonal, Service Encounters, Interactive, Non-Interactive, Planned, Not planned and IRF Exchange. Who would have thought there would have been so many? I guess it's just something I've known my whole life that I never really thought about it.
I read about Speech Conditions, showing incorrectness and Feedback. Personally I have always been a person who likes to learn from my mistakes. If I don't know I'm doing it wrong, how am I going to do it right? When it comes to a time when I am an instructor I would ask my students how they would like feedback however I'd also take in consideration what age group I'm teaching. I thought that the traffic light activity was a really good way for students to express themselves on how they would prefer their feedback.
Error correction technique video - Let's say I had to listen a few times since I thought she was speaking fast and I wanted to make notes. I believe that I will find these 17 steps very useful when I start teaching. Each one can be used but it does depend on the situation. My motto at work when I am training a new employee is "don't worry, everything is fixable". I would use this motto in my teaching but change it to let them know that you learn from your mistakes. This way it can leave a positive vibe between the student and teacher relationship.
It was great to be able to analyze 2 different speakers on speaking. They both had different styles as one spoke slower than the other. One was speaking to one person where the other was speaking to a crowd. It just was a great way to do a comparison, in the end they both had good delivery of speech.
CLB - We got to read over and create a chart of the different stages when it comes to the Knowledge and Strategies for speaking skills when it comes to the CLB. I've included it below but I'm also going to include it in my go to documents as I thought this was very handy.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jRs0Dr2vHB53EWAVWCLaSsUPx8okmq7uMGLrTpT692A/edit?usp=sharing
I also created an activity in this unit. I chose something that I thought would be fun as well as very Canadian. This activity not only helps to see how well the class is listening but by them repeating the song of "If I had a Million dollars" that I can hear them speak and verify their pronunciation to make sure they are saying the words properly.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KhYYhkMbAY0yTBGd5F6fGfptXeSPiH_Ty884A-TkHhg/edit?usp=sharing
Overall I enjoyed this unit and I'm looking forward to Unit 2 😊
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