In the beginning of my practicum, students always complained about speaking English in classroom. But it was an English class! So, what to do to not scare them with the language?
For language acquisition takes place, teacher has to provide comprehensible input in the target language (TL) (KRASHEN, 1981), and to do it, teacher has to be moderated and insistent.
In my practicum, besides of the valorization of students' opinion, teacher's input was also vey important for learning takes place. So, some strategies and modes of teacher's talk was used to help students understand better the TL, such as yes-no questions, either-or question, repetition, translation and formulaic language.
To help me to communicate with students, the use of the mother tongue and the codeswitching (change of turns in english and portuguese language) was made. In the end of my practicum I could notice that this simple modes of questions and speech help the students understand the content taught and made them feel more comfortable to join in the classroom interaction.
Dayane Novaes
Yeah Dayaninha!!! (me, again... hehehe)
ResponderExcluirWell... You took me by surprise when I asked you if it was really possible to teach in English at a public school... Your project was a real eye-opener for me. And you are absolutely right: It greatly depends on how much the teacher is willing to give - 10 or 100% (or nothing, in some cases... what a shame!)
Wish you the best!!! Miss ya, girl!
XOXOXO
Maria Mizakami
Hello Dayane
ResponderExcluirI with my experience in the classroom also thought it was hard to give input and make the students speak English in the classroom, but his research can be seen that if the teacher the same day to invest can achieve a significant result.
Congratulations on your search.
xoxo.
Mayara de Melo.