Inside the classroom

        Today there are 5 people to teaching test. Each person has mistake about lesson plan. They don’t know how to write enabling objectives and terminal objectives. They cannot separate its. When they write enabling objectives and terminal objectives wrong, they cannot achieve for teaching including evaluation because it isn’t relevance. So, teacher asks my friends and me how different between enabling objectives and terminal objectives. If we know it, we can write lesson plan correctly.

        Enabling objectives come from indicator what teacher would like students to know first and terminal objectives are what students can do after they finish study. For example, enabling objective you write: students will be able to understand preposition. Terminal objective you write: students will be able to ask and answer question about the direction of place. If you can write like this, you can evaluate students correctly. Teacher said that they have only rubric criteria but they don’t have the instrument to evaluation. So, you should design it. When you teach, you should choose 1 content that clearly don’t teach many content. You should think that after you finish teaching students can use this language function in real life.

        In conclusion, enabling objectives are different from terminal objectives. You should plan your teaching that activities are smooth and choose only 1 content to teach. If someone can do like this, you will get the good point and good teaching.

 Week 15: Leaning Contract

Day	Time	What I do?
Sunday	10.00	Learning contract
Monday	-	-
Tuesday	22.30	Writing inside the classroom
Wednesday	21.30	Reading skill
Thursday	-
Friday	22.30	Reading skill
Saturday	11.30	Listening skill

Listening skill

Academic Writing: Beyond the Five-Paragraph Essay

          Million of students have been taught a formula that has nothing to do with chemistry or mathematic. First, write an introductory paragraph. Then, add three paragraph of evidence. Finally, write a conclusion. Many people said about five-paragraph formula. Some people said the formula is simple to deal with subject and some people are difficult for them. Karen Gocsik said there is no formula for students to write. Students organize their paragraphs to build toward the main idea at the end of the paper.

Vocabulary	Pronunciation	Meaning		Sentence
		Thai	English
formula < n.>	/ ˈfɔːmjələ /	ประโยค	series of letters, numbers or symbols that represent a rule or law	This formula is used to calculate the area of a circle.
guarantee <n.>	/ ˌɡærənˈtiː /	การรับประกัน	a firm promise that you will do sth or that sth will happen	He gave me a guarantee that it would never happen again.

Reading  skill  

 Motivating Students by Modifying Evaluation Methods

          A foreign language learner’s motivation can be influenced by many factors: social, psychological education, and economical. Teachers can do a lot to motivate their students by being observant, understanding, informed, and tactful.

        In the Chinese, this Confucian model has exerted a great influence on foreign language. Teacher is very demanding, responsible. The students are compared with each other. The sad thing from this model is that a teacher’s good will and extra effort frequently bring and negative and harmful effects on the students.

        When evaluating students’ performance, instead of looking at it with the critical eye of an authoritarian, the teacher should examine the way students have been successful. The brainstorming activity would be ruined and the benefits of focusing on success and achievements are manifold.

        Norm-referenced evaluation is like athletic competition in the prize winners are scare. Criterion-referenced evaluation measures a student’s performance by comparing it to a defined of knowledge or skills <Bachman 1990: 74-76>. The students are evaluated according to standards, not each other. Objectives-referenced evaluation works well with essays and should be an integral part of the everyday teaching process. Teachers should not unrealistic demands or judgment criteria for their students, but rather depend on objectives referencing to evaluate both their students’ performance and their own teaching. When teachers evaluate students’ performance, it should be done as one of several means to help students succeed in learning. Analytic assessment point out specific aspects of a students’ performance.

        Students have different tolerance because they differ from other students in such diverse aspects as their family, educational history, learning strategies, and attitude for foreign language learning <Eillis 1994>. These are 3 techniques for improving how we evaluate our students’ work:

1.    Diachronic evaluation.

2.    Split method.

3.    Dynamic view.

Learning a foreign language is a long and complex task. Students should encourage their selves  to learn. These are many methods to motivate them to learn well like focus on success and achievement, use objectives-referenced testing. I think it is useful for teachers to choose these methods to motivate students.

Vocabulary	Pronunciation	Meaning		Sentence
		Thai	English
tactful < adj.>	/ ˈtæktfl /	ระวังคำพูดไม่ให้กระทบผู้อื่น	careful not to say or do anything that will annoy or upset other people	That wasn't a very tactful thing to say! I tried to find a tactful way of telling her the truth.
prevail <v.>	/ prɪˈveɪl /	แพร่หลาย	to exist or be very common at a particular time or in a particular place	We were horrified at the conditions prevailing in local prisons.
begrudge<v.>	/ bɪˈɡrʌdʒ /	อิจฉา	to feel unhappy that sb has sth because you do not think that they deserve it	You surely don't begrudge him his happiness.
conceit < n.>	/ kənˈsiːt /		an artistic effect or device, especially one that is very clever or tries to be very clever but does not succeed	The ill-advised conceit of the guardian angel dooms the film from the start.
sluggish < adj.>	/ ˈslʌɡɪʃ /		moving, reacting or working more slowly than normal and in a way that seems lazy	He felt very heavy and sluggish after the meal.

Reading  skill   

Using Story Boxes in Language Learning

          Story boxes and story bags are containers for holding realia that are used to enhance reading. The teacher‘s selection of an appropriate book and the specific items put into a story box can be adjusted for any group based on the English proficiency.

        If a teacher plans to make many story boxes to accompany different book, it is best to select a type of box that is large. Students can also be encouraged to decorate the outside of the box to match the story they are reading. For a beginner teacher, it is also possible to use a large plastic or paper bags. Pizza boxes are another possible container for story boxes. There’re many ways to use a story box. Teacher can talk with the students about the items in the box and ask question about it. Teacher should spend time with each item to allow the students to think about the items. It’s also helpful to list the item on the board that how the words are spelled. After that, teacher can decide to do more activities.

        Teacher can also choose to read the book immediately after examining the items in the story box with the students. Story boxes are an excellent addition to any class and can help students to develop vocabulary and make connections between the selected book and their own experiences. Students can also be encouraged to think about creating their own story boxes as part of book report or a class presentation. Story boxes and bags are interactive way to encourage discussion and writing, to build vocabulary and to provide a multisensory activity for a variety of learners. This creative activity is an excellent way to help enhance students’ reading experience and make learning tangible.

Inside the classroom

        Teacher told us why Thai education doesn’t develop because teachers don’t teach by indicator in the curriculum. When students did the national test, students couldn’t do the test because of teaching.

        For teaching test today, someone didn’t teach 1 skill but she teaches multi skill. So, she got the bad result. Another one is good teaching and she is teaching clearly. She wants students to speak. She gives students to speak because she teaches only speaking skill.

        Teacher told us how to do about video that we observe that we recorded. He told us to turn write at talk and critique the lesson. All of these that teacher thought me, its benefit for me to study better.

Week 14: Leaning Contract

Day	Time	What I do?
Sunday	10.00	Learning contract
Monday	-	-
Tuesday	22.30	Writing inside the classroom
Wednesday	21.30	Reading skill
Thursday	-
Friday	22.30	Reading skill
Saturday	11.30	Listening skill