Short of time!

Monday, 12 November 2007. When I got into the teacher’s room, my tutor told me to take part in the lesson. In fact, students are supposed to reach unit 3 at Christmas. Now they are about to finish unit 2. I think they will eventually achieve their teacher’s expectations. Anyway, I was told to carry on with the lesson and I promised I did my best. For me, the most important thing is to make concepts clear for children and I usually check for understanding. My tutor is very skilled at teaching but by now she is following all the student's book literally, exercise for exercise. According to the new law, this system is considered to be quite traditional and classical. Now teachers should be required to prepare a variety of activities using a wide range of resources apart from the student's book so that children enjoy learning English. The coursebook should be a guide for teachers but not their only tool. Furthermore, the organization of time is remarkable as well. I strongly think that when a teacher implements a lesson, he/she should have a series of expectations to accomplish and should inform students of what they are going to do. My tutor does it and she succeeds. Extra activities should be added to motivate them and they would be a good way of breaking with the routine. As students become aware of following the coursebook, they may get stressed just thinking about all the missing activities they are supposed to finish by the end of the term.