Likes and Dislikes of the Methods

What I liked from my method (audio-lingual method) is that the teacher doesn´t use the mother tongue, and that really helps students to be more critical in the target language because they are capable to develop their thinking in the target language; additionally, pronunciation and memorization are exclusively highlighted by the teacher. Thus, I think that is amazing to have these skills being taught as the students become more likely target language speakers.

What I didn´t like from my method (audio-lingual method) is that the teacher doesn´t teach the pupils some drills, such as: writing and reading, that are totally essential for the learning of the target language. Consequently, the teacher doesn´t lay emphasis on the grammatical points that are really important for writing and even for speaking in the target language. Furthermore, the repetition of dialogues can be boring for the students and that can led the students not to pay attention during the class.

What I understood from the Direct Method is that the teacher involves his teaching with the communication of the students, so that, they are able to engage a conversation to one another but in the target language, which is the center of this method. Likewise, what I understood from the Silent Way Method is that students develop their own learning, and that the teacher is just the mediator of his/her pupils´ learning process. Additionally, the teacher gives the students the material or tools, and the students are required to work by their own. To sum up, Students are the authors of their own learning.

"The expert in anything was once a beginner"

THE EXPERT IN ANYTHING WAS ONCE A BEGGINER

Many people sometimes might ask themselves: “Who can be that person such a wonderful, intelligent professional?” Instead of saying: “Who could have been the person who taught to that professional?” Many times people don´t realize that we were not born professionals, and they think that professionals were born “professionals”

In this way, we can see the value that teachers have in the formation of new professionals in specific areas. Furthermore, we know that teachers are the ones who teach to all professions. That means that with no teachers we wouldn’t have other professions in this world which is, actually, demanding pretty good professionals.

We have to be aware that any kind of expert was once a beginner and that he/she didn´t have all the knowledge that he/she has now. For instance, we have to notice the value that teachers have, in order to accomplish with their task, which is teaching to his/her pupils. Nonetheless, there are some teachers that don´t accomplish with their task because they don´t really care about if their students are learning or not.

According to some surveys that have been made recently by important Universities around the world, have shown that the vast majority of teachers, worldwide, really care about the learning of their students. In contrast, this idea tells us that the value of students´ learning process is taken seriously by the teachers in the world.

To sum up, all students that are now studying at schools, colleges or universities one day are going to be professionals, but if they really propose themselves to reach a major in the future. As teachers, professionals and experts were once beginners and now teachers, we students have to follow the same instruction they followed in the past in order to continue with the natural reproduction of professionals in the world.


Here you have a video that shows the importance of the teachers´profession