About the two different approaches

Today we learned about two approaches for teaching vocabulary: the present and learn and the Learning through Input Approach. You can see a PowerPoint presentation of the approaches here. I would like to tell you about the strengths and weaknesses of each approach as well as the approach I would use as a Junior High School English teacher.

●the present and learn
＊strengths＊
・As a teacher teaches the word meaning frankly, students needs not to learn extra words by heart.
・A teacher gets the students to repeat words in chorus, so students memorizes automatically in their brain.
・By giving an English example to show how the the word is used, it is easy for students to use the word in their sentence.

＊weaknesses＊
・As students is taught the word meaning without thinking, the word does't impress their mind. So the word is easy to forget for students.
・It is possible to be monotonous class, so students will be bored when the teacher repeats the class every day.


●the Learning through Input Approach
＊strengths＊
・Students takes the class with thinking the word meaning, so they will be able to enjoy the class.
・As a teacher teaches the word with giving the image of the word, students can remember the word even if long time past.
・By testing student's knowledge whether they remember the word, they can know the part that they can't understand in the class.

＊weaknesses＊
・ By teaching Natural Vocabulary Groups centered around a theme, it is possible that students confuse the word with the other word in same group.
・A teacher makes students think the word meaning, so it is possible that students has learned words by heart with mistakes.


Lastly as a junior high school English teacher I want to use two good point hybrid of both the present and learn and the Learning through Input Approach. It depends on whether a teacher use those effectively. I learned it through the last class.

Typical communicative activities

Today, I am going to review two of the "typical Japanese junior high school"communicative activities presented in ETM 3. The activities I am going to revieware Interview and Find someone who. I can't include a link in my page. So I write it below .

＊Interview
In interview sheet, students must ask the patner the action of every half an hour. I think that the interval is too short. We frequently don't change our action. So it is possible that the answer for partner's questions is almost same. I think it is better to include next items.
・at 7:30 in the morning
・in the Lunch Time

＊Find someone who…
Three items has already been written in the sheet : 1,wants to work in Tokyo after graduating 2,wants to go to……. I think that it is better to make students think some sentences in the sheet.
For example…
1, wants to go to abroad
2, wants to swim in the sea
3, wants to go back your hometown
By doing this, students can make a chance to make the sentences in English. So they can improve no only their English conversation skills but also writing skills.

MY BIRTHDAY

5 May in Golden Week was my birthday. So I went to the south Aeon with my familly. I met Mr,JH and Scarlet there. And I bought a cute umbrella in Scarlet's shop. I enjoyed shopping!!
In the night, my friend gave a birthday party for me. I got a cup and good ume liqueur and a hot spring egg machine and so on for my birthday present. But I have already had same hot spring egg machine…however it's very good!! I had great birthday!! I want to thank my parents and everyone.