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Old 20-Jul-2007, 22:47
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Default What do you (students) want to learn?

Hi All,

I am aiming this post at students in particular.

I have been teaching for some time now, and have found students seem bored when we teach them the same old things - or topics - each lesson.

What exactly do you want to learn?
What topics interest you?
What aspects of English do you need or find interesting to learn?

Although we ask students this at the beginning of the course, sometimes it pays to ask again!

Any comments are welcome! ( especially from students ).
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What exactly do you want to learn?
-Any Subject doesn't need to be memorized .


What topics interest you?
-If you are teaching to high scool student they like topics that say advice about their future.
-Sports,Fashon,Computers,chatting[around the world],Love, music and politics.

What aspects of English do you need or find interesting to learn?
-Conversation courses
-Translation
-Most of us hate Grammar in English ,Arabic and French . Becarful

all students want to learn how to learn?!


The most attractive teacher I had , was doing " a comic relief ",Not all teachers can do that.
He was learning me " At sight Translation" , Because of his comic relief Ididn't hate him when he gave me "C"

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What exactly do you want to learn?
- As a student, I want to learn what you've learned, perhaps more.

What topics interest you?
- young people nowadays are more intersted in fun and fanstasy. So you ought to add more fun to you're teaching.

What aspects of English do you need or find interesting to learn?
- I love the application. I want to see that I'm improving and learning from what you ar teaching me. It exhausts me to learn of all the rules without results. If you teach me all the rules, assure me also that I'll be using them. You can also insert some conversations which may help me in appying those rules. As I said, I want to apply what you are teaching me!

Hope that helps teacher!
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Default Re: What do you (students) want to learn?

Students do get bored when you are always teaching and saying the same things. I think every once in a while a teacher should change the strategy of his teaching, like do freetalking about his interests and playing games are also fun. What I find real hard is no matter how you adjust to the student, like you are always cheerful while speaking, he doesn´t respond. I mean, he doesn´t talk for almost 10 minutes. He is listening and he knows what to do, but he is not responding. It is very frustrating. I think he doesn´t like me but until now he is in my student list. Help!
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Smile Re: What do you (students) want to learn?

Methodology in all subjects
History or literature or..............................
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I like teachers who are not predictable. They make me expect something new every now and then!
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How do you teach then? Students have their differences so a teacher should know how to handle/ teach them based on their individuality.
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Default Re: What do you (students) want to learn?

What exactly do you want to learn?

At first - conversation. While having a conversation , a student can put into practice everything that s/he has previously learned or was taught.

What topics interest you?

-vocabulary related to weather, fashion, customs, interesting places, everyday conversation.
-English culture and literature.

What aspects of English do you need or find interesting to learn?
-linguistic aspects
-differences in English dialects
-learning more about language and country
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Default Re: What do you (students) want to learn?

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How do you teach then? Students have their differences so a teacher should know how to handle/ teach them based on their individuality.
If students have differences then teachers must have versatility as well. Be flexible with your approach to your students. You can't treat a 50 year-old student like how you treat a 10 year-old child, can you?
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essay writing...thesis statment...how to write a topic sentence...supporting ideas..etc. it is a long story about essay writing...why do we have to write so formally...=(
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