Teaching Methods And Techniques And Materials For The Classroom

Chapter 4 was about Critical Thinking. First, it goes over the six stages of listening which are hearing, understanding, remembering, interpreting, evaluating, and responding. Then the book talks about how cultural differences affect listening. Then, the benefits of critical listening such as reduced stress, more learning, improved speaker-audience relationships, improved decision making, improved speaking, and a better society. The four types of listening are introduced which are listening for pleasure, to provide emotional support, to get information, and to make an evaluation. The chapter ends with ways to improve your listening behaviors.

SL.9-10.1, 3,6 Listening actively to spoken English language in a range of social and academic context.

SC2 Demonstrate an understanding of how students learn and effective classroom teaching strategies and the capacity to work with colleagues to continually improve teaching and learning.

The LEA lesson plan created in Literacy 1, demonstrate my ability to effectively utilize of a variety of appropriate instructional methods. The LEA lesson encompasses teacher modeling, whole group writing, independent writing, and kinesthetic, verbal, and visual learning methods. Furthermore, this lesson plan addresses objectives, assessments, and the various rates of learning in the classroom.

Student listening comprehension was tested. Before the study began, researches took baseline data to determine present levels of comprehension.

How does this reading help you develop as a preservice teacher? Also be explicit with your classroom implementation strategies.

To support a child to the fullest with a learning ability, you must maintain specific teaching strategies that are accommodated and appropriate, therefore providing the child with extra time for reading and writing will help. Provide the child with a variety of letters and numbers, so the child can see what they look like to perform the task, provide the child with correct answer to the problem for demonstration, as a model to gain some understanding of the assignments. Make sure to make accommodations for work assignments, by allowing oral reports, video presentation, cassette tapes, posters etc., to support child learning

During the summer while taking Critical Listening (Communication 240), my goal was to not over-think questions, evaluate with a clear response, and become a comprehensive listener. I have observed and analyzed that I was not being honest with myself due to bad listening habits through conversations or functions. Sometimes during a speech, lecture, and meetings, I tend to selectively listen to interesting facts than relevant ones. Partial listening occasionally occurs when I’m speaking to two or more people in a group setting. Although, I did not pay attention as much as I should to understand concepts for some task, I have practiced new strategies to build into a great listener. Through this reflection, I will discuss what I have learned in this course and plan to grow in the future.

A conundrum about teachers’ attitudes towards students as listeners is that although most teachers assume students come to school knowing how to listen, those same teachers agree that students need to learn more about listening since it is a skill crucial for learning. Four types of listening have been distinguished according to an individual’s purpose for listening. Those types are: discriminative listening, aesthetic listening, efferent listening, and critical listening. From early years, students take part in discriminative and aesthetic listening, as these types of listening create the early groundwork for learning to read. Students engage in efferent listening when they begin to understand that they listen to learn specific information

There are some things which can be improved upon in my listening. As I was taking the inventory, I realized that due to my timid and shy character, I do not go out of my way to ask questions when I do not understand something a person has said. Especially in a classroom setting, this can really be a hindrance to my listening. There is a fear that I will appear unintelligent if I ask a question with an obvious answer. Asking questions will also get rid of my habit of losing interest in a subject when I fail to understand its meaning or the main message of the subject. To improve upon this, I will start reminding myself that there is no such thing as a stupid question and that getting answers and comprehending a topic is much better than not knowing at all. Overcoming that hesitation is something which I have already begun to work

Through the learners assessment, Elizabeth shared “in Mexico I just needed to listen to learn”. Appling those same skills when she arrived in the US she has acquired active listening and English oral comprehension

I would describe Forts Pond Elementary as a semi diverse school, trying to move into more of a technology lead curriculum. Most families in the area live below the poverty level. I believe that almost eighty percent of the student body receives free lunch and all students receive free breakfast. There is also very little community participation within the school. When I say diverse, I do not mean that there are a wide mixture of ethnic background students. I mean that the teaching styles and materials used across the grade levels are very diverse. Teachers seem to have very different styles of teaching and this does not always transfer into the next grade level. With the new push for more technology in the classroom, the curriculum is

Abstract/ Purpose –The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the traditional methods of teaching as well as multimedia teaching and to suggest other useful teaching methods that can be attempted in imparting knowledge to the students. Basically teaching must include two major components sending and receiving information. Ultimately, a teacher tries his best to impart knowledge as the way he understood it. So, any communication methods that serve this purpose without destroying the objective could be considered as innovative methods of teaching.

Listening is one of the most important processes in any sphere of life, such as business, education and relationships. Listening is more than just hearing voices and noise, listening means concentrating, giving attention to someone talking, be open minded, attending in the discussion (Schilling, par.3), and understanding what the person is actually interpreting, using body expression and words (Giang, par.1). These skills are required for success and a good life. They give the solution of conflicts and difficulties, develop correctness, guarantee comprehension and create reliable relationships (Schilling, par.1). Considering all this, it will be presented an example of someone’s listening skills by an observation and an analysis and the ways of improvement of my personal listening skills.

According to English.com (“What is Listening? | English Club,” n.d.), “Listening is receiving language through the ears. Listening involves identifying the sounds of speech and processing them into words and sentences”. Listening is the first of the four language skills which are: Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing. It is usually the first language skill that we learn. The definition of listening skill is therefore the act of hearing attentively (“Define Listening Skills | TutorVista.com,” n.d.). We listen for entertainment, information, to understand and learn. Good listening requires self-awareness because the mind gets destructed easily. (“Active Listening,” n.d.).