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What Famous People said about Teachers.
• Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.
Plato (BC 427-BC 347) Greek philosopher.
• In teaching others we teach ourselves.
Proverb
• A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.
Henry Brooks Adams (1838-1918) American historian, journalist and novelist.
• He who dares to teach must never cease to learn.
Unknown Source
* One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.
Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961) Swiss psychologist and psychiatrist.
• If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.
Confucius (BC 551-BC 479) Chinese philosopher.
• I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
Socrates (BC 469-BC 399) Greek philosopher of Athens
• It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.
Albert Einstein (1879-1955) German-Swiss-U.S. scientist.
• I am not a teacher, but an awakener.Robert Frost (1875-1963) American Poet.
• The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself.
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873) British politician, poet and critic.
• You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself.
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) Italian Astronomer and Mathematician.
• The secret of teaching is to appear to have known all your life what you just learned this morning.
Unknown Source
• We will conserve only what we love. We will love only what we understand. We will understand only what we are taught.
Unknown Source
• The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.
Aristotle (384 BC-322 BC) Greek philosopher.
• A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep.
W. H. Auden (1907-1973) English-born poet and man of letters.
• Most subjects at universities are taught for no other purpose than that they may be re-taught when the students become teachers.
Georg C. Lichtenberg (1742-1799) German scientist, satirist and anglophile.
• The man who can make hard things easy is the educator.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) U.S. poet, essayist and lecturer.
• When you introduce a moral lesson, let it be brief.
Horace (BC 65-8) Latin lyric poet.
• To teach is to learn twice.
Joseph Joubert (1754-1824) French moralist.
• Teaching is of more importance than urging.
Martin Luther (1483-1546) German priest and scholar.
• The truth is that the average schoolmaster, on all the lower levels, is and always must be essentially and next door to an idiot, for how can one imagine an intelligent man engaging in so puerile an avocation?
Henry Louis Mencken (1880-1956) American journalist, satirist and social critic.
• The highest function of the teacher consists not so much in imparting knowledge as in stimulating the pupil in its love and pursuit.
Unknown Source
• To know how to suggest is the great art of teaching. To attain it we must be able to guess what will interest; we must learn to read the childish soul as we might a piece of music. Then, by simply changing the key, we keep up the attraction and vary the song.
Henri Frédéric Amiel (1821-1881) Swiss writer.
• The first duty of a lecturer is to hand you after an hour's discourse a nugget of pure truth to wrap up between the pages of your notebooks and keep on the mantelpiece forever.
Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) British novelist and essayist.
• To be good is noble, but to teach others how to be good is nobler and less trouble.
Mark Twain (1835-1910) U.S. humorist, writer, and lecturer.
• A gifted teacher is as rare as a gifted doctor, and makes far less money.
Unknown Source
• He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish writer.
• What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child.
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish writer.
• He who does not research has nothing to teach.
Proverb
• He who undertakes to be his own teacher has a fool for a pupil.
German proverb
• Lessons of wisdom have the most power over us when they capture the heart through the groundwork of a story, which engages the passions.
Laurence Sterne (1713-1768) British writer.
• Children should be led into the right paths, not by severity, but by persuasion.
Terence (195/185 BC-159 BC) Playwright of the Roman Republic.
• Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
• Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) Irish poet and dramatist.
Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) Irish poet and dramatist.
• In the education of children there is nothing like alluring the interest and affection, otherwise you only make so many asses laden with books.
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533-1592) French philosopher and essayist.
• A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on a cold iron.
Horace Mann (1796-1859) U.S. educator.
• Teaching isn't one-tenth as effective as training.
Horace Mann (1796-1859) U.S. educator.
• No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern.
Plato (BC 427-BC 347) Greek philosopher.
• Whatever you teach, be brief; what is quickly said the mind readily receives and faithfully retains, while everything superfluous runs over as from a full container. Who knows much says least.
Proverb
• To teach well, we need not say all that we know, Successful teachers are effective in spite of the psychological theories they suffer under.
• Never offer to teach a fish to swim.
Proverb
• Knowledge exists to be imparted.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) U.S. poet, essayist and lecturer.
• A schoolteacher or professor cannot educate individuals, he educates only species.
Georg C. Lichtenberg (1742-1799) German scientist, satirist and anglophile.
• It is easier for a tutor to command than to teach.
John Locke (1632-1704) English philosopher.
• A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself.
Walter Bagehot (1826-1877) British economist.
• The schoolmaster is abroad! And I trust to him armed with his primer against the soldier in full military array.
Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) British philosopher.
• The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn when teachers themselves are taught to learn.
Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) German writer.
• A teacher who is not dogmatic is simply a teacher who is not teaching.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) British journalist, novelist and poet.
• The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-distrust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciple.
Amos Bronson Alcott (1799-1888) American educator.
Those who know how to think need no teachers.
Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) Preeminent leader of Indian nationalism.
• Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace the day's disasters in his morning face.
Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774) Irish writer, poet, and physician.
• The real difficulty, the difficulty which has baffled the sages of all times, is rather this: how can we make our teaching so potent in the motional life of man, that its influence should withstand the pressure of the elemental psychic forces in the individual?
Albert Einstein (1879-1955) German-Swiss-U.S. scientist.
• Once more I would adopt the graver style -- a teacher should be sparing of his smile.
William Cowper (1731-1800) British poet.
Collected by Toumache Abdelghani.
Plato (BC 427-BC 347) Greek philosopher.
• In teaching others we teach ourselves.
Proverb
• A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.
Henry Brooks Adams (1838-1918) American historian, journalist and novelist.
• He who dares to teach must never cease to learn.
Unknown Source
* One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.
Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961) Swiss psychologist and psychiatrist.
• If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.
Confucius (BC 551-BC 479) Chinese philosopher.
• I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
Socrates (BC 469-BC 399) Greek philosopher of Athens
• It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.
Albert Einstein (1879-1955) German-Swiss-U.S. scientist.
• I am not a teacher, but an awakener.Robert Frost (1875-1963) American Poet.
• The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself.
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873) British politician, poet and critic.
• You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself.
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) Italian Astronomer and Mathematician.
• The secret of teaching is to appear to have known all your life what you just learned this morning.
Unknown Source
• We will conserve only what we love. We will love only what we understand. We will understand only what we are taught.
Unknown Source
• The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.
Aristotle (384 BC-322 BC) Greek philosopher.
• A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep.
W. H. Auden (1907-1973) English-born poet and man of letters.
• Most subjects at universities are taught for no other purpose than that they may be re-taught when the students become teachers.
Georg C. Lichtenberg (1742-1799) German scientist, satirist and anglophile.
• The man who can make hard things easy is the educator.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) U.S. poet, essayist and lecturer.
• When you introduce a moral lesson, let it be brief.
Horace (BC 65-8) Latin lyric poet.
• To teach is to learn twice.
Joseph Joubert (1754-1824) French moralist.
• Teaching is of more importance than urging.
Martin Luther (1483-1546) German priest and scholar.
• The truth is that the average schoolmaster, on all the lower levels, is and always must be essentially and next door to an idiot, for how can one imagine an intelligent man engaging in so puerile an avocation?
Henry Louis Mencken (1880-1956) American journalist, satirist and social critic.
• The highest function of the teacher consists not so much in imparting knowledge as in stimulating the pupil in its love and pursuit.
Unknown Source
• To know how to suggest is the great art of teaching. To attain it we must be able to guess what will interest; we must learn to read the childish soul as we might a piece of music. Then, by simply changing the key, we keep up the attraction and vary the song.
Henri Frédéric Amiel (1821-1881) Swiss writer.
• The first duty of a lecturer is to hand you after an hour's discourse a nugget of pure truth to wrap up between the pages of your notebooks and keep on the mantelpiece forever.
Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) British novelist and essayist.
• To be good is noble, but to teach others how to be good is nobler and less trouble.
Mark Twain (1835-1910) U.S. humorist, writer, and lecturer.
• A gifted teacher is as rare as a gifted doctor, and makes far less money.
Unknown Source
• He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish writer.
• What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child.
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish writer.
• He who does not research has nothing to teach.
Proverb
• He who undertakes to be his own teacher has a fool for a pupil.
German proverb
• Lessons of wisdom have the most power over us when they capture the heart through the groundwork of a story, which engages the passions.
Laurence Sterne (1713-1768) British writer.
• Children should be led into the right paths, not by severity, but by persuasion.
Terence (195/185 BC-159 BC) Playwright of the Roman Republic.
• Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
• Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) Irish poet and dramatist.
Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) Irish poet and dramatist.
• In the education of children there is nothing like alluring the interest and affection, otherwise you only make so many asses laden with books.
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533-1592) French philosopher and essayist.
• A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on a cold iron.
Horace Mann (1796-1859) U.S. educator.
• Teaching isn't one-tenth as effective as training.
Horace Mann (1796-1859) U.S. educator.
• No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern.
Plato (BC 427-BC 347) Greek philosopher.
• Whatever you teach, be brief; what is quickly said the mind readily receives and faithfully retains, while everything superfluous runs over as from a full container. Who knows much says least.
Proverb
• To teach well, we need not say all that we know, Successful teachers are effective in spite of the psychological theories they suffer under.
• Never offer to teach a fish to swim.
Proverb
• Knowledge exists to be imparted.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) U.S. poet, essayist and lecturer.
• A schoolteacher or professor cannot educate individuals, he educates only species.
Georg C. Lichtenberg (1742-1799) German scientist, satirist and anglophile.
• It is easier for a tutor to command than to teach.
John Locke (1632-1704) English philosopher.
• A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself.
Walter Bagehot (1826-1877) British economist.
• The schoolmaster is abroad! And I trust to him armed with his primer against the soldier in full military array.
Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) British philosopher.
• The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn when teachers themselves are taught to learn.
Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) German writer.
• A teacher who is not dogmatic is simply a teacher who is not teaching.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) British journalist, novelist and poet.
• The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-distrust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciple.
Amos Bronson Alcott (1799-1888) American educator.
Those who know how to think need no teachers.
Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) Preeminent leader of Indian nationalism.
• Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace the day's disasters in his morning face.
Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774) Irish writer, poet, and physician.
• The real difficulty, the difficulty which has baffled the sages of all times, is rather this: how can we make our teaching so potent in the motional life of man, that its influence should withstand the pressure of the elemental psychic forces in the individual?
Albert Einstein (1879-1955) German-Swiss-U.S. scientist.
• Once more I would adopt the graver style -- a teacher should be sparing of his smile.
William Cowper (1731-1800) British poet.
Collected by Toumache Abdelghani.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
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Techniques to Improve Communication Skills
Communication skills
Tips to improve your English communication skill
Improve listening power:
The key to successful communication is listening. When you listen others you are reviewing a lot of English usage such as vocabulary, grammatical structures, intonation, accent and your own interpretation. You can learn new words and expressions by hearing them frequently. At first you listen and understand their speech and give corresponding reply to them. Try to listen English programs, English news channels, music and documentary .Initially you may feel some difficulty but gradually you can understand the language. Every day you can listen to music or radio, this will help you to gain good vocabulary, accent, and good grammatical knowledge. Even listening to music while doing something else can help you get natural rhythm and tone of English speech. The more time and attention you give to a song the more you will learn from listening to it again in the future.
Read a translation into English:
Choose a book that was originally translated into English, preferably from your own language. Even if you haven't read the book in your own language, you will find the English is written in a slightly simplified way that is more similar to how your own language is written than a book originally written in English would be. This will be easy for you to understand and learn that language
Read a book with lots of dialogue;
Dialogue is also much easier to understand than descriptive parts of a book, and is much more like the language you will want to learn in order to be able to speak English.
Read English books like comics, magazine, entertainment:
Comics are always full of idiomatic language and are very easy to understand, but some are very difficult to understand the jokes and dialogue. So try to choose comics carefully. Usually, serious or adventure comics are easier to understand than funny ones. Which one you feel more comfortable buys them and read. Magazines also useful to improve language and get knowledge. I f you can read two versions of the same magazine for example, Newsweek in your language and in English, that will help you to understand easily.
Watch English language films with English subtitles:
For people who can't understand a film without subtitles but find themselves not listening at all when reading subtitles in their own language, this should be the way of watching a film that you should aim for. If it is too difficult to watch the whole film this way, try watching the (usually important) first 10 or 15 minutes of the film with subtitles in your own language, switch to English subtitles after that, and only switch back to subtitles in your own language if you get totally lost following the story of the film.
Watch films in your language with English subtitles:
If you find English films with English subtitles too difficult or you, watch films in your language. This is a best option to understand learn English. Local films with English subtitles can also help you to attain good English language.
Keep a list of vocabulary:
Even if you don't often find time to go through your vocabulary list, just the act of choosing which words you need to learn and writing them down on a special list can help you learn them. Whenever you get time go through your vocabulary list several times. This will help you to learn vocabulary very easily.
Learn and use the phonemic script:
There are many sounds in English; if you learn phonetics you can understand these words. By learning the phonemic script you can improve your pronunciation and you will get the idea how to pronounce. It can also make things easier for you by stopping you trying to pronounce different spellings of the same pronunciation different ways.
Use an English-English dictionary:
Trying to use a bilingual dictionary less and switching to a monolingual one can help you to stop translating in you head when you are speaking or listening, and other useful English vocabulary can come up while you are using the dictionary.
Learn some spelling rules:
Many people think that English spelling is random, but in fact most words follow some kind of rule, e.g. the "magic E" that changes the pronunciation of "mad" and "made".
Keep a diary in English:
This is a popular method of making sure you use English everyday for people who don't often speak English and can't think of things to write about. The fact that you are writing about real things that have happened to you means that any words you look up in the dictionary will be vocabulary that is useful for you and easy to learn.
Make friends:
Find out a friend who also wants to improve his or her English and have lunch or dinner with them. Make it a habit and utilize the whole time for communicating in English. Introduce penalties if this rule is broken. Of course this will help you to improve your listening and speaking skill. If you don't have enough time to go out and meet people at least you can chat a little by telephone. Play games printed in English which require some knowledge of English Monopoly, Scrabble, Life, Dictionary, etc. Before starting, come up with a repertoire of basic commands for playing, and encourage the other players to speak only English. If you do like this no doubt you can improve your English speaking skill, what you want to do is keep on practicing it.
Learn and use the phonemic script:
There are many sounds in English; if you learn phonetics you can understand these words. By learning the phonemic script you can improve your pronunciation and you will get the idea how to pronounce. It can also make things easier for you by stopping you trying to pronounce different spellings of the same pronunciation different ways.
Use an English-English dictionary:
Trying to use a bilingual dictionary less and switching to a monolingual one can help you to stop translating in you head when you are speaking or listening, and other useful English vocabulary can come up while you are using the dictionary.
Learn some spelling rules:
Many people think that English spelling is random, but in fact most words follow some kind of rule, e.g. the "magic E" that changes the pronunciation of "mad" and "made".
Keep a diary in English:
This is a popular method of making sure you use English everyday for people who don't often speak English and can't think of things to write about. The fact that you are writing about real things that have happened to you means that any words you look up in the dictionary will be vocabulary that is useful for you and easy to learn.
Make friends:
Find out a friend who also wants to improve his or her English and have lunch or dinner with them. Make it a habit and utilize the whole time for communicating in English. Introduce penalties if this rule is broken. Of course this will help you to improve your listening and speaking skill. If you don't have enough time to go out and meet people at least you can chat a little by telephone. Play games printed in English which require some knowledge of English Monopoly, Scrabble, Life, Dictionary, etc. Before starting, come up with a repertoire of basic commands for playing, and encourage the other players to speak only English. If you do like this no doubt you can improve your English speaking skill, what you want to do is keep on practicing it.
Toumache Abdelghani
Tips to improve your English communication skill
Improve listening power:
The key to successful communication is listening. When you listen others you are reviewing a lot of English usage such as vocabulary, grammatical structures, intonation, accent and your own interpretation. You can learn new words and expressions by hearing them frequently. At first you listen and understand their speech and give corresponding reply to them. Try to listen English programs, English news channels, music and documentary .Initially you may feel some difficulty but gradually you can understand the language. Every day you can listen to music or radio, this will help you to gain good vocabulary, accent, and good grammatical knowledge. Even listening to music while doing something else can help you get natural rhythm and tone of English speech. The more time and attention you give to a song the more you will learn from listening to it again in the future.
Read a translation into English:
Choose a book that was originally translated into English, preferably from your own language. Even if you haven't read the book in your own language, you will find the English is written in a slightly simplified way that is more similar to how your own language is written than a book originally written in English would be. This will be easy for you to understand and learn that language
Read a book with lots of dialogue;
Dialogue is also much easier to understand than descriptive parts of a book, and is much more like the language you will want to learn in order to be able to speak English.
Read English books like comics, magazine, entertainment:
Comics are always full of idiomatic language and are very easy to understand, but some are very difficult to understand the jokes and dialogue. So try to choose comics carefully. Usually, serious or adventure comics are easier to understand than funny ones. Which one you feel more comfortable buys them and read. Magazines also useful to improve language and get knowledge. I f you can read two versions of the same magazine for example, Newsweek in your language and in English, that will help you to understand easily.
Watch English language films with English subtitles:
For people who can't understand a film without subtitles but find themselves not listening at all when reading subtitles in their own language, this should be the way of watching a film that you should aim for. If it is too difficult to watch the whole film this way, try watching the (usually important) first 10 or 15 minutes of the film with subtitles in your own language, switch to English subtitles after that, and only switch back to subtitles in your own language if you get totally lost following the story of the film.
Watch films in your language with English subtitles:
If you find English films with English subtitles too difficult or you, watch films in your language. This is a best option to understand learn English. Local films with English subtitles can also help you to attain good English language.
Keep a list of vocabulary:
Even if you don't often find time to go through your vocabulary list, just the act of choosing which words you need to learn and writing them down on a special list can help you learn them. Whenever you get time go through your vocabulary list several times. This will help you to learn vocabulary very easily.
Learn and use the phonemic script:
There are many sounds in English; if you learn phonetics you can understand these words. By learning the phonemic script you can improve your pronunciation and you will get the idea how to pronounce. It can also make things easier for you by stopping you trying to pronounce different spellings of the same pronunciation different ways.
Use an English-English dictionary:
Trying to use a bilingual dictionary less and switching to a monolingual one can help you to stop translating in you head when you are speaking or listening, and other useful English vocabulary can come up while you are using the dictionary.
Learn some spelling rules:
Many people think that English spelling is random, but in fact most words follow some kind of rule, e.g. the "magic E" that changes the pronunciation of "mad" and "made".
Keep a diary in English:
This is a popular method of making sure you use English everyday for people who don't often speak English and can't think of things to write about. The fact that you are writing about real things that have happened to you means that any words you look up in the dictionary will be vocabulary that is useful for you and easy to learn.
Make friends:
Find out a friend who also wants to improve his or her English and have lunch or dinner with them. Make it a habit and utilize the whole time for communicating in English. Introduce penalties if this rule is broken. Of course this will help you to improve your listening and speaking skill. If you don't have enough time to go out and meet people at least you can chat a little by telephone. Play games printed in English which require some knowledge of English Monopoly, Scrabble, Life, Dictionary, etc. Before starting, come up with a repertoire of basic commands for playing, and encourage the other players to speak only English. If you do like this no doubt you can improve your English speaking skill, what you want to do is keep on practicing it.
Learn and use the phonemic script:
There are many sounds in English; if you learn phonetics you can understand these words. By learning the phonemic script you can improve your pronunciation and you will get the idea how to pronounce. It can also make things easier for you by stopping you trying to pronounce different spellings of the same pronunciation different ways.
Use an English-English dictionary:
Trying to use a bilingual dictionary less and switching to a monolingual one can help you to stop translating in you head when you are speaking or listening, and other useful English vocabulary can come up while you are using the dictionary.
Learn some spelling rules:
Many people think that English spelling is random, but in fact most words follow some kind of rule, e.g. the "magic E" that changes the pronunciation of "mad" and "made".
Keep a diary in English:
This is a popular method of making sure you use English everyday for people who don't often speak English and can't think of things to write about. The fact that you are writing about real things that have happened to you means that any words you look up in the dictionary will be vocabulary that is useful for you and easy to learn.
Make friends:
Find out a friend who also wants to improve his or her English and have lunch or dinner with them. Make it a habit and utilize the whole time for communicating in English. Introduce penalties if this rule is broken. Of course this will help you to improve your listening and speaking skill. If you don't have enough time to go out and meet people at least you can chat a little by telephone. Play games printed in English which require some knowledge of English Monopoly, Scrabble, Life, Dictionary, etc. Before starting, come up with a repertoire of basic commands for playing, and encourage the other players to speak only English. If you do like this no doubt you can improve your English speaking skill, what you want to do is keep on practicing it.
Toumache Abdelghani
Monday, August 9, 2010
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Teaching is an Art.
As a teacher I had come to terms many times with the fact that I was not fit for teaching.
I did not want my students to have a hard time in dealing with my lessons. That’s why I taught them the easier and more precise way to get rid of such pain; mentally or physically. Every time I had this kind of situation I came to think about the kind of profession that I currently practised.
Why did I choose such a a daunting and demanding job? Did I really love the nature of my job? Is teaching the perfect career for me to sustain? These are the usual questions that bothered me at that time .
I did self-healing instead and took these bad times as my challenges to take as a mentor. People differ. So is their pace in learning. I could not expect my students to have the same level like they were all smart. I just thought that they were there to mold me as a teacher.
With passing I have come to the conclusion that Teaching is an Art. It requires the teacher’s unique and immeasurable strategies in order to reach the learning goals. It greatly depends on us on how good we are in dealing with these kinds of classroom problems. Some students claim that they’re intelligent and equipped but the fact is they’re not. Moreover, proper approach is a great tool to relieve such problems.
Teacher’s ability to achieve the set aims despite of the inadequacy of resources and suchlike allows teaching to be coined as a form of an art.
A host of people can teach but not all of them can do it so effectively.
Toumache Abdelghani.
I did not want my students to have a hard time in dealing with my lessons. That’s why I taught them the easier and more precise way to get rid of such pain; mentally or physically. Every time I had this kind of situation I came to think about the kind of profession that I currently practised.
Why did I choose such a a daunting and demanding job? Did I really love the nature of my job? Is teaching the perfect career for me to sustain? These are the usual questions that bothered me at that time .
I did self-healing instead and took these bad times as my challenges to take as a mentor. People differ. So is their pace in learning. I could not expect my students to have the same level like they were all smart. I just thought that they were there to mold me as a teacher.
With passing I have come to the conclusion that Teaching is an Art. It requires the teacher’s unique and immeasurable strategies in order to reach the learning goals. It greatly depends on us on how good we are in dealing with these kinds of classroom problems. Some students claim that they’re intelligent and equipped but the fact is they’re not. Moreover, proper approach is a great tool to relieve such problems.
Teacher’s ability to achieve the set aims despite of the inadequacy of resources and suchlike allows teaching to be coined as a form of an art.
A host of people can teach but not all of them can do it so effectively.
Toumache Abdelghani.
How to make your lessons more fruitful ?
The use of metacognition strategy in teaching English (Socratic questions)
Socrates was one of the greatest educators who taught by asking questions and thus drawing out (as 'ex duco', meaning to 'lead out', which is the root of 'education') answers from his pupils. Sadly, he martyred himself by drinking hemlock rather than compromise his principles. Bold, but not a good survival strategy. But then he lived very frugally and was known for his eccentricity. His pupils, by the way, include Plato and Aristotle. Plato wrote up much what we know of him.
Here are the six types of questions that Socrates asked his pupils. Probably often to their initial annoyance but more often to their ultimate delight. He was a man of remarkable integrity and his story makes for marvelous reading.
The overall purpose, by the way, is to challenge accuracy and completeness of thinking in a way that acts to move people towards their ultimate goal. Don't waste time by doing it for your own gratification. Get your kicks vicariously, from the movement you create.
Conceptual clarification questions
Get them to think more about what exactly they are asking or thinking about. Prove the concepts behind their argument. Basic 'tell me more' questions that get them to go deeper.
• Why are you saying that?
• What exactly does this mean?
• How does this relate to what we have been talking about?
• What is the nature of ...?
• What do we already know about this?
• Can you give me an example?
• Are you saying ... or ... ?
• Can you rephrase that, please?
Probing assumptions
Probing of assumptions makes them think about the presuppositions and unquestioned beliefs on which they are founding their argument. This is shaking the bedrock and should get them really going!
• What else could we assume?
• You seem to be assuming ... ?
• How did you choose those assumptions?
• Please explain why/how ... ?
• How can you verify or disprove that assumption?
• What would happen if ... ?
• Do you agree or disagree with ... ?
Probing rationale, reasons and evidence
When they give a rationale for their arguments, dig into that reasoning rather than assuming it is a given. People often use un-thought-through or weakly understood supports for their arguments.
• Why is that happening?
• How do you know this?
• Show me ... ?
• Can you give me an example of that?
• What do you think causes ... ?
• What is the nature of this?
• Are these reasons good enough?
• Would it stand up in court?
• How might it be refuted?
• How can I be sure of what you are saying?
• Why is ... happening?
• Why? (keep asking it -- you'll never get past a few times)
• What evidence is there to support what you are saying?
• On what authority are you basing your argument?
Questioning viewpoints and perspectives
Most arguments are given from a particular position. So attack the position. Show that there are other, equally valid, viewpoints.
• Another way of looking at this is ..., does this seem reasonable?
• What alternative ways of looking at this are there?
• Why it is ... necessary?
• Who benefits from this?
• What is the difference between... and...?
• Why is it better than ...?
• What are the strengths and weaknesses of...?
• How are ... and ... similar?
• What would ... say about it?
• What if you compared ... and ... ?
• How could you look another way at this?
Probe implications and consequences
The argument that they give may have logical implications that can be forecast. Do these make sense? Are they desirable?
• Then what would happen?
• What are the consequences of that assumption?
• How could ... be used to ... ?
• What are the implications of ... ?
• How does ... affect ... ?
• How does ... fit with what we learned before?
• Why is ... important?
• What is the best ... ? Why?
Questions about the question
And you can also get reflexive about the whole thing, turning the question in on itself. Use their attack against themselves. Bounce the ball back into their court, etc.
• What was the point of asking that question?
• Why do you think I asked this question?
• What does that mean?
Socrates was one of the greatest educators who taught by asking questions and thus drawing out (as 'ex duco', meaning to 'lead out', which is the root of 'education') answers from his pupils. Sadly, he martyred himself by drinking hemlock rather than compromise his principles. Bold, but not a good survival strategy. But then he lived very frugally and was known for his eccentricity. His pupils, by the way, include Plato and Aristotle. Plato wrote up much what we know of him.
Here are the six types of questions that Socrates asked his pupils. Probably often to their initial annoyance but more often to their ultimate delight. He was a man of remarkable integrity and his story makes for marvelous reading.
The overall purpose, by the way, is to challenge accuracy and completeness of thinking in a way that acts to move people towards their ultimate goal. Don't waste time by doing it for your own gratification. Get your kicks vicariously, from the movement you create.
Conceptual clarification questions
Get them to think more about what exactly they are asking or thinking about. Prove the concepts behind their argument. Basic 'tell me more' questions that get them to go deeper.
• Why are you saying that?
• What exactly does this mean?
• How does this relate to what we have been talking about?
• What is the nature of ...?
• What do we already know about this?
• Can you give me an example?
• Are you saying ... or ... ?
• Can you rephrase that, please?
Probing assumptions
Probing of assumptions makes them think about the presuppositions and unquestioned beliefs on which they are founding their argument. This is shaking the bedrock and should get them really going!
• What else could we assume?
• You seem to be assuming ... ?
• How did you choose those assumptions?
• Please explain why/how ... ?
• How can you verify or disprove that assumption?
• What would happen if ... ?
• Do you agree or disagree with ... ?
Probing rationale, reasons and evidence
When they give a rationale for their arguments, dig into that reasoning rather than assuming it is a given. People often use un-thought-through or weakly understood supports for their arguments.
• Why is that happening?
• How do you know this?
• Show me ... ?
• Can you give me an example of that?
• What do you think causes ... ?
• What is the nature of this?
• Are these reasons good enough?
• Would it stand up in court?
• How might it be refuted?
• How can I be sure of what you are saying?
• Why is ... happening?
• Why? (keep asking it -- you'll never get past a few times)
• What evidence is there to support what you are saying?
• On what authority are you basing your argument?
Questioning viewpoints and perspectives
Most arguments are given from a particular position. So attack the position. Show that there are other, equally valid, viewpoints.
• Another way of looking at this is ..., does this seem reasonable?
• What alternative ways of looking at this are there?
• Why it is ... necessary?
• Who benefits from this?
• What is the difference between... and...?
• Why is it better than ...?
• What are the strengths and weaknesses of...?
• How are ... and ... similar?
• What would ... say about it?
• What if you compared ... and ... ?
• How could you look another way at this?
Probe implications and consequences
The argument that they give may have logical implications that can be forecast. Do these make sense? Are they desirable?
• Then what would happen?
• What are the consequences of that assumption?
• How could ... be used to ... ?
• What are the implications of ... ?
• How does ... affect ... ?
• How does ... fit with what we learned before?
• Why is ... important?
• What is the best ... ? Why?
Questions about the question
And you can also get reflexive about the whole thing, turning the question in on itself. Use their attack against themselves. Bounce the ball back into their court, etc.
• What was the point of asking that question?
• Why do you think I asked this question?
• What does that mean?
Sunday, August 8, 2010
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