Dear all:
Today I’d like to tell you a bit about myself. When I finished school I realized I did not know what to do. I loved languages but I also loved music. So I took a year off and worked to save money. Later I entered translation because of languages. I did English and German but right in the middle of it, there was a chance to travel to Germany and work there. So I did. When I got back to Chile I fell into teaching by chance. Later I got my teaching degree.
I think teachers are a great contribution to society but only if they have a vocation. If not, they may be great researchers or academics, but not good educators. I feel a teacher needs to be alert and attentive to what is happening in the classroom in the whole sense of the word. They also need a lot of patience & knowledge in their area of study. A teacher, as any other professional needs constant training (formal or informal) because the world changes, students change, and so does methodology.
I think one of my favorite subjects at Uni was phonetics. I loved the idea of studying & recognizing the English sounds and also to contrast them with the Spanish sounds. I also enjoyed semantics and pragmatics.
One professional I admire in my area of study is Rod Ellis. He is very well known in the area of second language acquisition. He has published a lot of books & I love the way he writes. In his books he has covered areas of second language acquisition not only from the traditional angle but also in a more critical fashion. He has got a very clear way to express his ideas. I think this is good because not all teachers have the time to read and if it is too complex, they may get lost and stop reading. This, I think is because the lack of research most teachers (especially school teachers!) do
Say:
-Why are you studying this career?
- How do professionals in your area contribute to society?
- What tools will a professional in your area need to have in the future?
- What is your favourite subject at the moment? why?
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- 200 words minimum. (3 comments to classmates and one to me)
Hi! I like too the linguistic themes, like phonetics, phonology, and the philology too! take care and have a good weekend :))
ReplyDeleteHi miss! I too loved music and languages, I think they tell us a lot of things about their culture and the society. I hope you're fine.
ReplyDeleteI think that the principal reason for that a person choose study pedagogy must be for vocation, because without vocation you can't be teacher because you're not doing something that you really like. I hope you're fine.
ReplyDeleteHello miss! I also believe that what is essential to be a good teacher is the vocation; I hope that has not left the music. Regards
ReplyDeleteI admire teacher, I could not teach
ReplyDeleteMiss,Also I like music, but I'm so bad with musical instruments and everything connected to it!
ReplyDeletewhen I was a child I loved English, I wanted to speak English like the gods and now too, but is dificult for mY. Good profesion and I admire your patience.
ReplyDeleteRegards
Music and languages are a good combination and I admire his profession
ReplyDeleteI'm late, but i'm here
ReplyDeleteI think that learning lenguages it´s something interesting, it can shows a lot of things of different places and persons
I'm late, but i'm here
ReplyDeleteI think that learning lenguages it´s something interesting, it can shows a lot of things of different places and persons
Miss you speak german:o I like this language.
ReplyDeleteVocation is true, it's very important to do a work so earnest