Session 5: Reflection

Many teachers tend to neglect the fact that listening skills can be trained by using interesting ways. Some teachers assumed that students listen to teachers speaking in English every day and students will acquire listening skills automatically. Some teachers would just give students listening exercise which students do not like to do.

I am glad to know from Paul that there are so many interesting online resources. Sometimes I play some Youtube videos in class. They like watching videos so much, especially the younger kids. I usually use the videos to lead in a lesson and the advantage of using them is that students will become more interested in that topic. Yet, if the purpose of my lesson is to develop their listening skills, that is obviously not enough. I do hope that I have time to use some fascinating online resources in class but I seldom have enough time to do so. Today I learnt how to use EDpuzzle and it will be a very useful tool. I may ask students to do it at home after school or during holiday. It takes just a few minutes to watch a video and the questions can test if they understand the content. Teacher's talk is sometimes boring and the task on EDpuzzle must be interesting for them. I may try to create a task on EDpuzzle for my P.3 students first as they love watching videos so much. Can't wait to see their response!