Reading Report 8

Opinion
As an English learner, I feel really motivated to learn when I’m asked to talk about topics I really like. I think most of the students –either English or any other kinds of students- feel the same. As human beings, it’s our nature to engage in conversations in we are interested in and concerned about. This is because we like to be listened, we like to share our ideas and opinions, we like to know who thinks in the same way we do or at least more or less the same; in short, we like to discuss. So, if I think in that way, I want to be sure my students do so. I’d like to teach teenagers; I’ve said it many times. I think adolescence is the stage of our lives in which we enjoy the most being the attention focus; it’s the stage in which we like to keep everybody’s attention; it’s the stage in which we like to talk about ourselves and our likes and dislikes. I think this is a very good age for students to learn English since they like to communicate and talk about themselves and their likes. Therefore, topics that are relevant for students are very useful when learning English because they won’t be reluctant to working on and talking about something they like; that is one of the best ways we learn the most. We have to understand that every student is different and has different points of view about different topics; so, their opinions are very relevant and should be taken with respect. No opinion is better than other. We all differ from others; it’s the best part of us: we are different because if we weren’t, we’d know the same things and wouldn’t learn anything else. As English teachers, we can create a community in the classroom in which we all learn to teach one another in a very respectful environment by talking about what we really like and enjoy learning about. This is a real communication and this is the objective of a communicative approach.

Vocabulary.
freshmen. noun. A student in the first year of high school or college. “In my freshmen English class…” I’d like to work with freshmen since they’re more likely to learn.

rote. noun. Mechanical repetition of something so that it is remembered, often without real understanding of its meaning or significance. “… focused on grammar and rote memorization. ”It’s not good for you to learn this lesson by rote.