Learning Reflection (Seminar in English Language Teaching)

Hi !!! "TUESDAY" 21st February, 2017 Today I learned about factors affecting English language teaching and learning in higher education from teacher. There are three factors; students, teachers, and learning environment.  For the the students, there are about age, learner differences, learner level, and motivation. About age , there are young children, adolescents, and adult. The first is young children, they would like to respond to meaning, learn indirectly, understanding comes from what they see/hear, need to individual attention, and they have short attention and keen to talk about themselves so teachers should provide various of activities.The second is adolescents. They have discipline problems, like challenges, less motivate, need approval and individual identity. And the last is adult learners. The learners of this group, they have objectives  for studying so they are pay attention to learn. In addition, they have experiences in their lives so they will a...

Tuesday Again!!! 14th February, 2017 This morning, class had many activities. They were good. First, teacher let Satit and Maturin told about their experience from exchanged students to training teaching of another countries. They had good experience, although they met some problems like weather or food. For the weather, it was cold but they could stand until the last day. Satit went to Indonesia. He met good friends and they help him in some events. In addition, He met the challenges for teaching mix students from many countries. I thought it was very challenge and interesting too. For Maturin, she met good friends that they were Thai people too. They helped together. In teaching, she didn't have lesson plan but she tried and could pass it. Both them were good and attention in their duty. After that we read the sample classroom. It was about differences of teaching and learning English in the classroom of Malaysia, Mozambique, and China. An English lesson in Malaysia, ...

Today is Tuesday. Date 7th February, 2017 In the morning I learned about The Role of English Language Education in Asian Context through presentation from friends, discussion in group and summary by teacher. The role of English language education in Asian context that affects a long time. Since past to until today and continue to future because of many reason such as; colonization of westerner, trade, science, technology, economic, and etc. The beginning of the role of English language that began from colonization of westerner such as the United Kingdom and the United States. Many countries in Asian had been colonized and they had to speak or learn English tacitly that these countries are Malaysia, Singapore, Philippine and etc. However some countries weren't colonized of westerner. They accept English language because English was considered to access Western science, technology, and trade. Until today, those countries that had been colonized, they are b...