ADVANTAGES AND DISAGVANTAGES TO BE A NATIVE ENGLISH TEACHER OR NON-NATIVE TEACHER

Hi everybody:

My opinion about this topic is

There are some advantages and disagvantages to be a English teacher.
Some advantages are that a native teacher can teach the accent and pronunciation better than us, Moreover a native teacher can emphasis the speaking, practise the oral interaction between their pupils or between teacher and pupils. I think the goal of a native teacher is develop the speaking ability.
Other important point is that a native teacher can teach tht lifestyle, their english customs.

In the other hand, there are many disadvantages. A native teacher doesn`t know the typical mistakes of the spanish children and this native teacher doesn`t know the interferences between mother tongue to target language. Moreover they don`t know the cultural differences between Spain or England.

On my view, Of course I prefer the non-native teacher because we know our spanish children and we can motivate them better than native teacher.

See you soon Diana

CUSTOMS IN ENGLAND

This week I am reading about british customs and I have made a sumarize:
BRITAIN`S SOCIAL CUSTOMS

-British people place considerable value on punctuality. People make great effort to arrive on time. It is often considered impolite to arrive even a few minutes late.

-"Drop in anytime" and "come see me soon" are idioms often used in social setting. Moreover you never accept an invitation unledd you really plan to go. Then you may refuse by saying "Thank you for inviting me, but I will not be able to come".

-DRESS. Everyday dress is appropiate for most visits to people home.

POPULAR NAMES IN ENGLAND

Top 5 popular boys names: Top 5 popular girl names:
1. Jack 1.Chloe
2.Joshua 2.Emily
3.Thomas 3.Jessica
4.James 4.Ellie
5.Daniel 5.Sophie

THE SUPERSTITIONS BRITAIN´S PEOPLE.

GOOD LUCK:
-Lucky to meet a black cat.
-Lucky to touch wood
-On the first day of the moth it is lucky to say "white rsbbits"

BAD LUCK:
-Seven years bad luck to break a mirror.
-Unlucky to open an umbrella in doors.
-Friday the thirteenth is unlucky.
-Unlucky to pass someone on the stairs.

RELIGION IN ENGLAND

-The main religion in Britain is Christianity.
Most Christians belong to the Church of England and Scotland. There are Protestant Churches. The Queen is head of the Church of England. There are also many Roman Catholics.

See you soon

DIANA

ENGLISH SCHOOLS

This week I´m looking information about english school.

THE ENGLISH SCHOOLS FEATURES:

-AT WHAT AGE DO CHILDREN START SCHOOL IN ENGLAND?

The statutory school age in England and Wales is from 5 to 16 years. English children enter the reception class (first grade) of primary school in the next term after their fifth birthday.
They attend primary school for seven years, where they study English, arithmetic, science, religious, education, history, geography, music, art, physical education and information technology.

-WHAT DIFFERENT TYPES OF SCHOOLS ARE THERE IN ENGLAND?

There are schools run by the Government. These schools are known as State Schools and parents don´t pay.
Ninety percent of children in England and Wales attend a state school.
There are also private schools. Parents pay for their children.

WHEN ARE SCOOL VACATIONS?

The summer vacation lasts for about 6 weeks from July 20 to September 4, winter and spring vacation both last two weeks, from December 21 to around January 6 and March 25 to around April 5.

DO CHILDREN WEAR A SCHOOL UNIFORM?

Most school in England require children to wear a school uniform.

HOW LON IS THE SCHOOL DAY?

First lesson begins at 9:20 and the end is at 15:15

And finally the typical events in a english school are: excursions, sports, Christmas Nativity Play and music concert.

DO YOU FEEL THE STRESS?

Nowadays the stress is the new illness in our lifestyle. For example: sometimes I feel bad, nervious, negative, have you ever felt the same? sorry... but you have stress.

The investigations say that many teenagers today are faced with a lot of pressure in their lives, because they are very busy with theirs exams.


MY ADVICES:

-Don´t prepare your exams last days.
-Sleep a lot.
-organize your time.
-Self-confident.
-Do sports.
-Listen to relaxing music.
-Watch television.
-Go for a walk with your friends.


DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER STRATEGIES?

THANK

DEAR FAMILY AND FRIENDS:

It´s very difficult to say thank in a letter because I have a lot people for to say thank.

In first place, I would say thank to my family specially to my mother because she is very important for me. What can I do without her? Nothing. She is careful me and she listens me and she helps me with my problems.

In second place I´d say thank to my friends because they enjoy my life. When I feel bad, they help me.

In third place I´d say thank to the teachers that they listen me and they teach me to be a good professional.

AND THANK WOLD!

READING FOR CHILDREN!

HELLO EVERYBODY!

Last week, I read an article in the magazine "English Teaching Professional" about how choose a book for children? How can I teach to read?

First of all, we must create motivation for reading. Moreover, we must choose a book specifically for children learning english as a foreing language.

You have to consider some things:

- Don´t choose BIG BOOK, because our children are small.
- Do you want readers have EXTRAS like that, videos or tapes?
- Genre is very important, fiction or non-fiction.
- Do you want a book ILLUSTRATIONS for your children with pictures or black and white?
- Finally, It`s very important the LANGUAGE. The language could be simple or complex.


In the second phase, I write about different reading activities:

1. CLASS READING
One option is that the learners in the class are reading the same book but in different time.
Other option is that whole class are reading the same book together.

2. GROUP READING
One way of reading books is that the children are reading different books. They choose their books but you can adapt it for them.

In my opinion, we have to motivate to our learners for reading but we have to adapt their books.


SEE YOU SOON

DIANA