tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3353800364921630833.post35041924263165446..comments2023-10-14T06:36:00.921-03:00Comments on The Teacher I am: Why do we work in groups?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3353800364921630833.post-45341396710567314102009-08-08T18:33:22.660-03:002009-08-08T18:33:22.660-03:00Thanks Gla for your comments...
I still thinks we...Thanks Gla for your comments... <br />I still thinks we can't move away from our ideals just because our students "don't buy them". Therefore, we should develop our "selling techniques". <br /><br />Just my viewpoint :)Yohihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14187703913433755946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3353800364921630833.post-5229281029883810392009-08-07T15:55:17.075-03:002009-08-07T15:55:17.075-03:00Dear Yohi and Alez,
All the reasons for and agains...Dear Yohi and Alez,<br />All the reasons for and against groupwork you've mentioned are worth pondering. In my current teaching contexts, the main obstacle to talking teens into carrying out groupwork responsibly is that they themselves do not believe learning a FL at school can be for actual communication, least of their own ideas! Nevertheless, I'm convinced unless I can persuade them of the validity of this proposal, my job is but a foolish parade, so I'll keep trying to help them see this.<br /><br />Always a pleasure to read you, you know!<br /><a href="http://www.pageflakes.com/gladysbaya" rel="nofollow"><i>Gladys</i></a>Gladys Bayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10637060860005714720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3353800364921630833.post-51578048344372387322009-07-30T22:25:12.134-03:002009-07-30T22:25:12.134-03:00Thanks Alez for your comment... I totally agree wi...Thanks Alez for your comment... I totally agree with you in the value of students' voice. It should be the key element in our classrooms if we want to foster Communication...THEIR MESSAGE IS ESSENTIAL!!!Yohihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14187703913433755946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3353800364921630833.post-16382763032746673702009-06-12T21:07:55.568-03:002009-06-12T21:07:55.568-03:00Of course we are ready for such a challenge! ;)
I...Of course we are ready for such a challenge! ;)<br /><br />I really think that the easiest way of proving pairwork and group work right is to ask students what the main function of a language is. If the main function of language is COMMUNICATION it is only logical that there should be realistic INTERACTION in its learning. It's true that accuracy and proficiency are essential for communicating successfully in a language but what is also true is that we can only learn how to communicate through interaction. <br /><br />Accuracy+fluency+interaction = CommunicatorsALhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11850779971577299904noreply@blogger.com