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From Theories to Practice

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  From Theories to Practice How can the language teaching methodologies and approaches be applied to fulfill the English curriculum guidelines in Taiwan? 🤡 Choose the English curriculum guidelines you would examine: Junior High School 🤩 It’s crazy if you cover all of the language teaching methodologies and approaches in your writing, so check those that you want to explore and discuss. Grammar translation method (traditional) Direct teaching (only teach in L2, no L1 allowed, contrast to Grammar translation method) Structural method (all about grammar, learn by sequence) Audiolingual method (focus on listening and speaking, use dialogs and drills, based on Behaviorism) Situational method (focus on speaking, structures, and basic vocabulary, repetition, no errors and grammar pattern) Communicative approach (Communicative Language Teaching, CLT, real communication, eg, ask students personal questions: stimulates meaningful communication, student-centered, teacher as facilitator: fl...

Dream Big!

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  Dream Big The aim of this assignment is to help you picture the English teacher you want to be. Don’t be limited by your past learning experiences. Be bold; be creative; dream big! Direction:  Talk to one of your (English) teachers and describe the teacher image you want to have. Your response to the questions/prompts should be presented in the color you like, such as blue, green, purple, etc., as long as it is clear and does not blur the eyes.  ⭐Part I: Background information What is the name of your English teacher? 黃冠馨, Lucy She is a music teacher. Where is s/he teaching?  She is teaching in Hsinchu County Tzu Chiang Junior High School (新竹縣立自強國中).  Why do you choose to talk to her/him? I chose to talk to her because she inspired me a lot to stick to my dream, being a teacher, when I was in junior high school. Also, she has told us about her interesting life story that is really worth sharing. ⭐ Part II: Delve into Teacher Image The sequence of the following...