Importance Of Practicum In Education

Introduction: The practicum I had complete has been vital for a quality introduction to teaching abroad. In addition, my teaching practice has been instrumental in giving me necessary skills to transitions from student to a contributing member of the teaching field. For this opportunity to practice teaching, there had been few difficulties and many chances to learn valuable teaching skills. The most difficult part of my practicum was the ability to sustain your energy during the class. This sustainability was a clear difficulty but was adequately addresses my observing professors. Ultimately, the experience made me become more confident, while being able to identify my strengths and weaknesses.

What is a Good Teacher: This question has been

I would imagine that many new teachers have this thought in their mind about being liked. You always want to make a good first impression, but this should not be at the expense of giving your class a quality education on the subject matter. Being that the practicum gave you a chance for you to find your voice in front of a class it was there where I realized that the relating the information to the class in an effective way is the real prize. This is not to say that sternness or rigidness are warranted but concerning yourself with being liked by your pupils is of little concern to

This approach can be defined as, “that language, first and foremost, is a system of communication” The approach stresses conversational communication and authentic language use. Pragmatism is vital in this approach. Real-life conversation, authentic language use is key in understanding the language. Lessons should be based on the student speaking and conversing, this after all is why many of the students enroll in class. Emersion is often cited as the best way to learn a language. The Communicative Approach tries to replicate the idea of emersion in a classroom setting. Students are less concerned with the complexities of future-perfect-progressive tense and more so would like to be able to communicate on an authentic level with native speakers. The Communitive Approach centers on authentic verbal interaction, rather than fundamentals of grammar. For this reason, I find it the most practical and helpful to student’s