Hello

Hello everybody! I started a new term with teaching level six c and a conversation course! I am happy that I have wonderful students. I hope that they will do their best to improve their skills. Thank you very much for them all.

Challenges in our lives

    Going through life to do our duties and achieve something for our community is not that easy thing. Every day we face a lot of challenges that stop us from doing what we dream about. Challenges are inevitable and no one of us lives without them no matter how lucky he is. We all face tough and difficult situations in life. Some of them are difficult to go over and take time, but we are capable of  passing  them and we have to never quit. The different between people who succeed in life and those who don’t is their ability to face the challenges wisely and not the absence of challenges. Keep in your mind that life  wasn’t designed for people to succeed from the first time. Moreover, the way you think about yourself affect your ability to face life challenges. Being flexible, learning how to recover from setbacks, thinking positively and working insistently are tools to go over any problem that can face you. Don’t forget to motivate yourself and simplify any problem. Finally, life’s challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they are supposed to help you discover who you are.

By: Maha Alareeqi 

A level Six B Open Day

My students and I had a wonderful day!! We played, sing, act and communicate with each other warmly. I was happy that we gather in an exciting day. We tried to be away from the classroom routine and we had fun. We know each other more. I love it.

Thank you to all who participated in this day and thank you for those who work hard to make it a success.

Dilect and Accent

Dialect:

A dialect is a regional or social variety of a language. It has words and features of grammar that are not shared by other forms of the language, and is spoken with a different accent. Distinguishing a dialect from a language, or from a differently accented variety, is not a always easy, and is often based on political as much as on linguistic factors. Dialects of English include Scots, African American Vernacular English, and informal Singapore English ( 'Singlish'). Most dialect speakers also speak a standard variety of the language (such as British or American English). This fact is used to justify teaching Standard English to learners, rather than dialect.

Accent:

A person's accent is the way their pronunciation reveals their social and or geographical background. Someone form New Zealand, for example, typically speaks with a New Zealand accent, which nowadays means that shear and share are both pronounced shear. But within New Zealand there will be differences in accent according to factors such as social class and educational background. The same applies anywhere.

Reading and writing

Hello my dear students! I read you essays and I love reading your work. I wish I could read more. You know reading and writing are two great skills that help people improve their thinking. I am positive that if we read and read, we will control the world. I urge you all to keep the habit of reading and writing because it facilitates learning and thinking. Wish you all the best!

My lovely 6B class

I spent a wonderful day today with my students talking about the fruit they like. Each student has his own fruit. I brought the idea of bringing the fruit to class and have a competition. Some students like the idea some feel wired. I was testing their reaction. I love almost all the fruit because their healthy. I am anxious about the activities on Saturday. Thank you for your time reading my post. Wish you all the best.

Welcome everyone

It's my pleasure to teach 6B this term. I am positive that this term will be great. I feel that I will communicate with you smoothly and I will gain a lot from this term. I believe that people meet strangers then become friends.  I hope that everyone will do his best to make this term a success. Wish you all the best.

Permalink Reply by Nishrin Pathan on July 12, 2012 at 9:33pm

Hello Salam,

Classroom Management ! I like this topic too. It is really a menace for a novice teacher to stand on a podium and ‘look’ at a class of 60 to 150 (that too college students).  We have example of many teachers crying in the class or just leaving it!

My experience says that if you start with personal note on day one , ‘know, address and respect’ every student you win the half battle. At least they don’t drive you out of the class. Next is you have to be ‘Prepared’ for one complete our. If they get slightest hint that you are just doing bla bla bla... they won’t allow you to stand. They really want to ‘learn with interest’ use technology which is their latest interest and bring multimedia... it fascinates them...

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Permalink Reply by Abdulsalam Mohamed Al-Makradi on July 13, 2012 at 5:11am

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Hello Nishrin,

Classroom management is a very critical subject in the class. A very good teacher is a very good manager. Management means success in delivering the materials in a proper way. I know many teachers complain about the number of students. In my country Yemen a secondary school classroom now is 150 to 180 students in a class. A university class is 70 to 200 in a class. It is difficult for a teacher to manage but if we try we can manage. I believe that technology can help a lot in this situation. I agree with that preparation is a the start point in management. When a teacher is prepared well, that is management. In preparation there is a very detailed process that a teacher should follow. That is the secret hidden in classroom management.

Thank you

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Permalink Reply by Michael Krauss on July 10, 2012 at 5:17pm

Couple of things from my experience:  1) a teacher who is energetic and likes what s/he is teaching will pass that feeling along to her students. . . which leads to 2) I think that ELLs respond best to interesting content- content that is cognitively challenging and relevant to their lives.  This motivates them to communicate about the content - to explore, to share, to show what they know and what they want to know.  The successful ELT then can support students efforts by helping then learn the language they need to do the above.  For me content leads language in the EL classroom.  What do others think?  Best, M.

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Hello Michael and everyone,

I am honored to visit Nik's Quick Blog and I find it outstanding. It's one of the best Blogs I've ever visited. I spent five hours and I will spend days and maybe months to learn more about this blog. First I was distant and I couldn't decide which tool should I choose and talk about because all the tools are great and very useful for my students and I . Then I change my mind and decided to talk about the following tool:

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Hello everyone,

I started my ibtToefl class two weeks ago! It is my previlege to be with you and I am proud to have studnets like you. I enjoy the pleasant journey with you eventhough it is short but I won't forget it. Wish you all the best.

Salam