Essays on Teaching

Introduction In this era of globalization, English has been considered to be the third liaison language after mother tongue and the area studied for students in Indonesia. As Fromklin says, “English has been called’ the lingua franca of the world”. With the changing times, the...

I remember the time when a parent asked me to continue tutoring her seven-year-old son even it was already his summer vacation. I was not able to respond immediately to her request but answered her back by just raising a question. I was thinking that...

One of the most interesting perspectives and theories I have read in this class was proposed to us by Postman (1995), the idea of a “school-god narrative”. The idea of school is like that of a Church, except not in the traditional religious setting most...

I still remember my early days as a freshman, when I started my journey towards pursuing civil engineering education. I was thinking of a career in which I will apply what I will learn in the classroom. Within a few days, inadvertently, I started to...

Introduction In our life, technology became crucial and we cannot separate it from daily life activities especially when it comes to teaching and learning, we all have watched TV and we have learned much from it, even if we did not attempt to do so,...

This essay is focused on my philosophy of education. My philosophy on education was formed quite early as a result of my day to day learning in public school, and consequently, it has been undeniably inaccurate. I was a hard-working, driven student, with little inclination...

Teaching Literature in Classroom During second language acquisition, there are many internal and external factors which influence language learners. Among them, there are two which play fundamental roles in second language acquisition: input and interaction. Before you start talking and writing in a foreign language,...

Reshma Saujani is the founder of Girls Who Code (a non-profit organization aiming at closing the gender gap in technology). As she started her career in politics, Reshma Saujani discovered that a lot of women end up choosing careers that they are sure they will...

The guest lectures started with a discussion on why management fall in a crisis. Bosse Carlsson and Annelie Nordström using examples from their professional background through an interactive presentation. They both are expert on their field, so highlighted uncertainty, risk, collective stress, crisis, and normal...

Knowledge and Understanding In 7th grade of the English subject, the teacher used group work strategy, where students have to write a narrative story. The desks were five for each group and there was an enough space to walk through the class is wide. Also,...

Conditioning is something that fascinates me. It is a teaching practice that was pioneered by a man named Ivan Pavlov in the 1890s. The form of conditioning that Pavlov studied is known as classical conditioning. Classical conditioning is the process of pairing a neutral stimulus,...

Several studies have been carried out by English language scholars on the dwindling performance of Nigerian students and graduates in their communicative and linguistic competence. The abysmally poor performance of Nigerian students in English has been proved empirically through data collected from examining bodies such...

There are many elements to consider when evaluating the efficacy of a course book. In my opinion, of primary importance (from both a student and teacher point of view) is the overall user experience. My initial reaction on the first reading of the ‘Cutting Edge...

Introduction There are two categories of assessment: summative and formative. Summative assessment evaluates the outcomes of pupils’ learning. Formative assessment reflects the level of pupils’ understanding enabling the pupil and teacher to adjust and enhance the pupil’s learning experience. The majority of research supports the...

I will teach the lesson to an elementary-level class consisting of 11-13 learners. As I need them to feel relaxed, I plan to arrange the desks in a semicircle facing the board. This will be of great assistance as the learners will be able to...

There are some students in every class whom we call ‘weak students’, ‘low performers’, ‘poor performers’, ‘low achievers’ or ‘underachievers’. Most of these students are trapped in the vicious cycle of underperforming which leads to lack of motivation and further disengagement and disinterest from school...

What factors are affecting first additional language teaching in South African foundation phase classes? There are many factors that affects the teaching of a first additional language in South African classrooms. However I will be focusing on the factors that I observed during my teaching...

Introduction The word guidance is said to be the equivalent term of “positive discipline” which means leading the children to reach their full potential through the process of moulding their skills and abilities at a very young age. This word may have different roots such...

Teaching children how to work hard and to finish their chores until the very end can be a tiresome task. Nowadays, it is easier for them to be distracted by digital devices. They may also have the tendency to complain and try to skip their...

The early Form of story telling might enhance realizing, speaking talents, emotional mind and creativeness, plus moreover, it’s an alternate means to inject pleasure to the personal school rooms, as a result of IB globe investigatesPuppetry Can positively influence cognitive capacities, kids’ optimism and route...

Multicultural accounts in this concept are characterized as vignettes or short contextual analyses highlighting at least one multicultural topics or issues (Seguin and Ambrosio, 2012). Utilizing vignettes or short contextual investigations as a pedagogy is as old as old narrating and has been utilized effectively...

Introduction Educational systems set principles, and if understudies disrupt these guidelines they are liable to teach. These beliefs possibly characterize the normal models of garments, timekeeping, social lead, and hardworking attitude. The expression “teach” is connected to the discipline that is the outcome of disrupting...

Communication Apprehension (CA) is when students have fear and anxiety in initiating or making conversations towards other people obviously lack oral communication skills. During 1940s, difficulty in verbal communication ,which causes students anxiety, was once reported in the literature and termed as “Communication Apprehension” that...

What motivates you to pursue a business degree from the Wisconsin BBA program? Additionally, how can you enhance or grow from an inclusive, inspiring, diverse, and collaborative learning community? I taught in a school as a volunteer in summer vocation before my junior year, which...

There is a gap between learner and reality. Teaching material is a term used to describe the resources used by teachers to deliver instructions. Learner Teacher Support Material is the combination of all collected material prescribed by the Department of Education, District and a School...

ABSTRACT Primary or elementary level of education is crucial where young ones are being dependent to and nurtured by teachers. Teaching profession is undeniably working intertwined with stress. With the required skills to perform their duties at its best, teachers expected to attain a certain...

Since research on those who train adults with intellectual disabilities is not significant, this study will examine research involving special needs educators in Singapore and abroad. Studies on the stress teachers or educators face belong to a larger effort to examine the occupational stress that...

The purpose of this essay is to critically reflect on providing supervision and mentoring support to others within the work place through teaching, learning and assessment. Evidence will be drawn from knowledge and understanding of theories and principles in practice of supervising and mentoring people...

I cannot take lightly the importance of the cadets’ mess for I have appreciated its goodness for the three years I have been in training. The mess meals are meant to boost morale, enhance comradeship and give cadets a chance to unwind and relax together...

Society, when viewed from a closer perspective, is coarse. This means that it is composed of different types of individuals, each with different strengths and weaknesses, abilities, talents, skills, and intelligence. It’s just like looking into a microscope with grains rice as a specimen. You...