UNIT 33 GIVING FEEDBACK

Giving feedback is crucial at the moment of evaluating a student and a professor has to take into account that these comments are going to be remarkable for the student. In aspects of motivation the feedback can be positive or negative. Positive when the feedback increases the motivation and self-correction and negative when it is not appropriate. Giving feedback has to take into consideration the learning style of the student because in some cases, the professor can make mistakes, and then a problem will appear. Another way of giving feedback is trough portfolios or e-mails, where the feedback is not going to be from the teacher, it is going to be from classmates or other people. Finally, I was really happy to study this module, it helped me a lot to develop my teaching strategies and now I consider that I am ready for the TKT examinations, I just need to read a little more and to check some strategies on the net. I have to thank my professor, she is an extraordinary woman, I respect her a lot. THANKS PROFESSOR

UNIT 32 CORRECTING LEARNERS

The advantages and disadvantages of correcting students' mistakes depend on several factors: the age of the students, the purpose of the lessons, the types of mistakes, the capabilities of the students, etc. In general, too much correction (unless requested by the student) could limit a learners language production or even silence them, but strategic correction is important. Correction is really important because in some cases student do not realize the mistakes they make, and the teacher has to mention them in general way with politeness as a matter of feedback. I think correcting students and not correcting students both need to be done in moderation. The advantages are like what was stated before about they will not know otherwise that they are wrong and sometimes for some students only telling them once is enough - for others that's the not the case. The disadvantages all fall in how the teacher deals with corrections. For example, if a student relies too heavily on always asking the teacher they will never attempt to do a particular thing on their own. Also, most people do best when they do something for themselves at some point rather than just being "told" or "shown" the best way without attempting on their own.

UNIT 31 GROUPING LEARNERS

Teaching also involves seating arrangement the ways how students are in the class. The number of students is also important to create a pacific and comfortable. One of the most important decisions teachers make involves grouping diverse learners for reading instruction and practice. Students can be grouped in a whole-class setting, in small homogeneous or heterogeneous groups, in pairs, or individually. In this activity, you will read two instructional scenarios, determine which grouping plans are most effective for teaching and learning in specific situations, and then practice grouping diverse learners. Teachers also have to know personalities and the level of English that students have in order to place them in diverse groups. Finally, the way how students are distributed in the classroom is crucial to study.

UNIT 30 TEACHER ROLES

The teacher is one of the most important professionals in the world, because students spend most time in the school than at home and they are the ones who help parent to build the society. The role a teacher is not ONE role but MANY. They act as Mom or Dad during the day. They nurture and care for children. They help mold the students for the rest of their lives. Teachers are a major influence on students' lives. They can make or break a child. Their JOB is to educate the youth about life and the content of the different subjects. However, their JOB is not the same thing as their ROLE. Teachers' roles are much more important than others want to acknowledge. Finally, I really want to be a good teacher, the best in knowledge and in vocation.There I leave a link to check.

http://www.faculty.londondeanery.ac.uk/e-learning/small-group-teaching/the-role-of-the-teacher

UNIT 29 CATEGORISING LEARNERS´ MISTAKES

Learning a language is a process really nice to follow because it involves culture and society and for many reasons students are exposed to many variations of the language and is able to make mistakes. Mistakes that sometimes are conscious or unconscious. In some cases mistakes can be because of tiredness, or because students do not know the language. According to the context students can make mistakes, because some utterances of the language vary form one culture or another. A different problem is when students mix their mother tongue with the target language, they are interference mistakes. In other opportunities, learners are afraid of making mistakes and they do not speak, there is when the teacher has to take part motivating the students.

UNIT 28 IDENTIFYING THE FUNCTIONS OF LEARNERS´ LANGUAGE

An educator will try to get from his students the best and in high schools the way of analysis how well we are teaching and how well students are learning is by the speaking skill. Learners have to pay attention to this skill and the language we have to use in the classroom is kind of different in the way of respect and interaction with classmates. The teacher also has to negotiate with students some parts of the syllabus and some situations in the class in order to achieve a good environment. Respect means greeting and it has to be one of the main points in real life situations. The professor has to elicit information from students and it is one of the best opportunities that students have to practice the language.

UNIT 27 USING LANGUAGE APPROPRIATELY FOR A RANGE OF CLASSROOM FUNCTIONS

In the classroom there are many factors in which a teaching- learning environment is influenced, in the case of the language that is going to be used in the classroom, teacher and students have the opportunity to talk. The teacher has to stablish rules at the beginning of the class in which the discipline will be determined. All this reasons help teachers to maintain a correct or formal language in the class based on respect. A professor has to be clear at the moment of speaking and asking something, the professor has to model the language first in order to be a good resource of information. The teacher also has to encourage students to talk in term of reducing the teacher talking time. Finally, the language we use is the language our students will use.