What I Would Do as an English Teacher

those choices is deciding what to do with the rest of their lives. Whatever career is chosen determines the future of that person for the rest of their life. History and English are always subjects that I have done well in, but I think being a history teacher would fit me better because of my interest and how much I enjoy the subject. History may be seen as a boring subject by many high school children, but that is a matter of opinion. In order to become a history teacher, one must be "...fascinated

Every teacher has their own philosophy and their style. They believe their philosophy, themselves, and students’ abilities. They must have been inspired by brilliant teachers, in other words, they had favorite teachers when they were students. My favorite teacher was an English teacher at my junior college in Japan. When I was a high school student, I was looking for a junior college to enter after graduating high school. I took the teacher’s trial class. When I first took his class, I was moved

Cihan Şahin What is the best way to teach English as a foreign language? My English teachers were literally obsessed with grammar and vocabulary. The lessons were about the things which I need to memorise rather than learning. Each teacher came up with different rules, regulations, and directives that my friends and I did not ever question or oppose, so it is not learning and inquiring indeed. Therefore, I would try an inquiry-based learning if I had a chance. My teachers probably forgot that an

Before starting school, I could not write or speak English at all. Because of the language barriers, I have a hard time learning English. My parents and older siblings would teach me the basics of having to know my numbers, ABCs, and by making me memorizing saying simple sentences and questions. English is everyone in my family's second language and because I did not grow up learning how to speak, read, and write in English it was difficult as I started school. Kindergartner year was one of the

a president, or someone important, I would be proud to say that I was your teacher, and I taught you how to read and write”. -Ms. Nora. (My elementary school first-grade teacher) What she said changed the life of a six-year-old little girl, my life. That was the moment when I decided to become a teacher because I wanted to have the same impact on people, and two years later after my first English class in life I decided to become an English teacher. English classes were expensive and my family

interview, the students mentioned that they dislike when teachers become too grade-focused. For this reason, every assignment does not need to be graded, but every assignment should be a learning experience. The teacher should look at every assignment and provide feedback or have students provide each other feedback no matter if the assignment is going in the gradebook. Students should not feel like they are completing an assignment for no reason. Teachers should not just assign busy work, but create beneficial

experience one gains can be the basis of new changes you do in your home country. It is due to the fact that only through comparison you learn what is best for you. I would love to learn educational systems and methodology that has been in use in foreign countries and apply the appropriate parts of it to my teaching. One more I will make sure to do is to spread the things I discovered to as many teachers as possible with training sessions I organize, as that is the only way to improve the skills we

I remember the day I became enamored with the subject of English. It was freshman year and my English teacher Mr. Lubera was also new to the school. I stepped into the small classroom full of Shakespeare posters combined with the soothing scent of an apple pie candle resting on his desk. I did not know what to think at the time because at this point English and books were something I could not care less for, however the moment Mr. Lubera walked through that door full of excitement and the cheesiest

Improving teacher–student interaction in the English classroom Acknowledgement I would like to acknowledge all the students and the teachers from Newman Catholic College who helped and guided me to formulate my research topic, as well as, the process of carrying out the action plan. Abstract This paper offers an example of how to apply action research to improve and explore the patterns of teacher-student verbal communication that existed in my classroom. Pre and post survey and teacher observation

In Extract 6, Teacher A switched between English and Cantonese when giving instructions. Teacher A reminded students to bring the story back to school so that they could continue the story the next day. She first gave the instruction in English and repeated the instruction in English. Then she switched from English to Cantonese and gave the instruction again. After this she checked students’ comprehension in Cantonese. Teacher A explained why it was essential to switch code when giving instructions: