Reflection on Tutorial Task Week 2
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How does it affect me as a pre-service teacher?
When I was first introduced to this task, I presumed it was quite disfigured. However, with the help of the Jeremy Short's video, and the guidance from the notes as well, I slowly began to gather the info. Through this week's lecture, I have learnt that when we build or create learning materials, there are certain principles that we have to follow. A teacher cannot simply pick a material and not being prepared to teach in the class. He or she needs to pick a suitable material that is able to achieve impact, requires and facilitate learners' self investment, expose learners to language authentically, and many more. To my own preference, this lesson has not just assist us (the future teachers) in some ways but also it has been a good exposure and intro topic for Materials Development.
How does it affect my current level of knowledge?
Previously, I thought there are only certain materials that can be useful for teaching purposes. However, through the exposure of this week's lesson, I found that ALL kind of items, pieces or objects, in fact ANYTHING can be teaching materials depending on how that teacher adjust or develop the material. Some can only be tools if teachers are not inventive and visionary enough to develop the tools into useful teaching materials. For example, before this lesson most of us thought that only certain teaching materials which labelled "teaching aids" or "teaching materials" or anything commonly used by our teachers can be teaching materials or materials for teaching purposes. However, after learning this week's lesson, we have learned the other way around. Good thing is that, when we have material that we want to use for teaching purposes, we have to ask "How do this material help learners to learn the language?"
How can I use that knowledge to improve myself?
I will improve myself in such a way that a teacher should be. Not only act like a teacher but also to challenge myself to think creatively, innovatively, and most importantly, critically. As a teacher in the future, I know that I should surround myself or be familiar with more materials which can be used in my lessons.
When I was first introduced to this task, I presumed it was quite disfigured. However, with the help of the Jeremy Short's video, and the guidance from the notes as well, I slowly began to gather the info. Through this week's lecture, I have learnt that when we build or create learning materials, there are certain principles that we have to follow. A teacher cannot simply pick a material and not being prepared to teach in the class. He or she needs to pick a suitable material that is able to achieve impact, requires and facilitate learners' self investment, expose learners to language authentically, and many more. To my own preference, this lesson has not just assist us (the future teachers) in some ways but also it has been a good exposure and intro topic for Materials Development.
How does it affect my current level of knowledge?
Previously, I thought there are only certain materials that can be useful for teaching purposes. However, through the exposure of this week's lesson, I found that ALL kind of items, pieces or objects, in fact ANYTHING can be teaching materials depending on how that teacher adjust or develop the material. Some can only be tools if teachers are not inventive and visionary enough to develop the tools into useful teaching materials. For example, before this lesson most of us thought that only certain teaching materials which labelled "teaching aids" or "teaching materials" or anything commonly used by our teachers can be teaching materials or materials for teaching purposes. However, after learning this week's lesson, we have learned the other way around. Good thing is that, when we have material that we want to use for teaching purposes, we have to ask "How do this material help learners to learn the language?"
How can I use that knowledge to improve myself?
I will improve myself in such a way that a teacher should be. Not only act like a teacher but also to challenge myself to think creatively, innovatively, and most importantly, critically. As a teacher in the future, I know that I should surround myself or be familiar with more materials which can be used in my lessons.
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