Monday, November 19, 2012

Why should you study English?

•Studying any language exercises your brain and makes you smarter!
•Studying English as a second language really exercises your brain!
•Studying language teaches you how to express your thoughts and ideas effectively
•Studying language teaches you how to communicate better
•Studying language teaches you to follow directions (spelling and punctuation)
•Being able to communicate effectively helps you in your job and your daily life by avoiding misunderstandings
•Being able to communicate effectively helps you to pass information to other people
•Being able to communicate effectively helps you to understand other people
•English is one of the most commonly spoken languages, so learning English makes you more likely to be able to speak to people from other countries
•Many books and movies are available only in English, so learning English allows you to enjoy more books and movies
•Learning English as a common language helps people from other countries understand and get along with each other
•Learning English as a common language lets you enjoy a vacation to English-speaking countries
•Learning a second language is a good addition to your job resume
•Learning a second language helps you to understand your first language even better as you compare different ways of speaking

Learning English

     
     
    •Teach Song then Game to Practise the target language
    •Go straight to using a song without any drilling of language. Saves a lot of time.
     •Always include actions, cute pictures, melody, as many senses as possible to maximise chances of remembering each word.
     •Teach what kids want to be able to say, not what you want to teach.
    •Keep the happy, funky, cool stuff for the end. End on a high note.
    •Teach one question + around 8 answers per lesson.
    •If 8 is too much, split it in two and do a mini game in between, like we did with the "I like everything game"
     •A game for a game's sake is no good. Every game is there to practise the English in a fun way.
     •Be as genki as you can when teaching the song, then get the kids doing the game as quickly as possible so you can get on with preparing the next stuff.
     

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlcv_7Fy2Hw

What is a computer virus?

What is a computer virus?

A computer program loaded to your computer with-out your knowledge or permission and runs against your wishes. It can replicate it self. All computer viruses are manmade. Computer viruses are every where and it is named with lots of different names which scare the computer users.


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Sunday, November 18, 2012

The Teacher as Controller:

When the teacher is in complete charge of class activities he acts as controller. The teacher controls what the students do, what they speak and when they speak. Naturally in presenting new material e.g a grammatical pattern, new vocabulary, a pronunciation item, the teacher plays this role. In communicative activities teacher as controller will be inappropriate. If the teacher rigidly controls all languge to be used by the students, they can’t have the opportunity to learn the language properly. Audio Lingual Method have been severely criticized; for this reason because the teacher play this role too much and too often. The teacher as controller is useful during an accurate reproduction activities. Teachers should keep the students alert.

Advantages:1. The teacher constitutes a good language model for the students
2. The class activities will be well-organized
3. Using the class time economically and efficiently

Disadvantages
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1. If the teacher plays this role too much the students will not have the opportunity to speak, use the language independently and creatively. If the teacher uses this role excessively there will be too much teaching but too little learning.
2. Boredom will result because of too much practice besides too little opportunity for the creative use of language. In creative activities the teacher should stop playing this role