Language Learning – CALLA
One of the main objective and goal of CALLA for the student
is to be more effective in the learning process, is choosing an appropriate
strategy of learning that also can enhance both their study skills and academic
knowledge.
Again, I am going for the “Poem for Two Voices”. I am
thinking that this strategy will help both the student's study skill and
academic knowledge. As we first started out with the activity, we kind of slow
and made mistakes. However, in the process of repetition, we become to like and
feel comfortable doing it. We started to put more efforts and expressions in
doing it until we reached the point where we don’t want to stop and feel happy
doing it. And that's what learning should be. Learning should be fun and not
frustrating.
"I consider a
day's teaching wasted if we do not all have one hearty laugh."
Gilbert Highet
You know what's interesting is that at the secondary level, teachers tend to be more focused on content, that sometimes we forget that learning can be fun. I have observed many teachers who are so prone to the traditional methods of teaching that if the students who speak fluent English are bored and frustrated, how much more for our students who are ESL? I wonder...
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