One of my classmates gave quite a specific response to how psychology affects her teaching. So I wanted to summarise here the important points I picked up on: – We should try to put ourselves in the learners shoes. By understanding their view, and them, better, we can provide the best ‘service’ that matches their…
I would say that psychology plays a large part in my practice as a language teacher. The main actions I take that are directly related to psychology are that of building trust and confidence, which leads to increased motivation in language learning. Building Trust I think it’s very important to have a good relationship with…
欢迎来到学知客，一个用汉语讨论讲授和学习中文的播客！ 国际汉语教师系列的每一期播客都围绕汉办公布的《国际汉语教师标准》中的具体标准展开讨论。 在国际汉语教师系列的第一期节目中我们要讨论的内容和布鲁姆认知分类体系有关，通过布鲁姆认知分类体系来讲授和学习语言。 它和标准5.7.2有关 标准5：第二语言习得与学习策略 标准5.7：教师能理解学习策略在第二语言学习过程中的重要性 基础概念范畴5.7.2：认知策略与元认知策略 我们为关注播客的老师们准备了和布鲁姆认知分类体系有关的练习 注意下面a-f六个题目。看看这些题目是属于布鲁姆/安德森认知分类体系中的哪一个级别？ a. 你想让学生们写一篇有关“两项流行体育运动项目之比较”的文章。在开始之前，你为学生们提供了两项运动——羽毛球和篮球的思维并提出下列问题： 1.思维导图中描述了哪两项体育运动？ 2.参加运动的每队里有多少个运动员？ 3.运动是室内还是室外进行的？ b. 你为学生提供了一些电视广告的例子并讨论电视广告的一些相关理论。现在你要让学生们为他们选择的一款产品设计一个广告。 c. 学生们分组讨论不同类型的节假日。学生们试图说服其他组的成员他们所选节日类型是最好的。你现在让学生从他们知道的节假日中选出三个。 d. 你请学生们列出智能手机和电脑相似和不同之处。 e. 你的学生准备听一堂关于中国历史朝代的讲座。你让学生记下不同朝代的特点。 f. 你的学生们读了架构网站的文章，现在你让他们填写一个表格用来描述网站建设过程。 答案 a. 理解 b. 创造 c. 评价 d. 分析 e. 记忆 f. 应用 补充阅读 Anderson, L.W. & Krathwohl, D.R. (Eds), 2001. A Taxonomy for Learning, Teaching, and Assessing – a revision…
In this interview I chat about learning and teaching Chinese with Piero Costa, co-founder of online Chinese learning platform Linguese (by Orientalmente). Check out the video to know more about Piero’s: – learning and teaching background – experience doing a Masters in TCSOL (Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages) – decision to launch an…
Adam House, the host of TEFLCast, breaks down the fundamentals of online gaming within virtual worlds, and we uncover some striking parallels with the basic tenets of teaching and learning. Part Four In the final part of my interview with Adam, we discuss how online games such as Destiny facilitate interaction between players. For example,…
Initial Thoughts on PoV Before reading the Jauss (2000) article, in my mind I had defined “…point of view in terms of ‘person’, focusing on the angle of perception -who tells the story- instead of the various degrees of depth available within that angle.” For the first draft of my short story, I had used…
Re-Writing the Plot After reading Friedman’s plot categorisation last week, I’m still unsure which type of plot my short story would fall under. But here are three possibilities: – 1.1 The action plot, developing around a problem and its resolution – 2.1 The maturing plot, in which an attractive, naive protagonist achieves maturity – 2.2…
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Based on what I’ve learnt about beginnings, plot and character this week, here I lay out a simple lesson plan introducing the power of short story beginnings into the foreign language classroom: Materials A large copy of the text above with words missing, as mentioned in the Warmer below (for example, in ppt form). A…
For the SLA module, apart from keeping a Teaching Diary, I have also been writing a Learning Diary describing my experience learning Chinese. Last semester I wrote a couple of posts that discuss how psychological and social factors may influence success in language learning. One was the affect of Foreign Language Anxiety and the other…