Review on Friday, August 9th.

Here, I again write this review on Sunday. -_-
What a lazy person I am...

Content-based Instruction-logic&Language
In any case, textbooks could be boring. No, they are boring, because we can predict the content and how a teacher will handle it. That's why we, teacher need some other material beyond the textbook. Contents from outside may give students some motivation.

Bilevel content.
Bi means two, so bilevel content means content which has two level of content. One is the original, authentic version, and the other one is simplified. Simplified means the content doesn't have extra, meaningless things such as name of people, street, etc. Students can start with simplified version and then they can move to the original version. 

Authentic material can be very difficult for learners, because the content is for native people who really use the language in their life. The real life language can be overloaded. So, simplified material can lower the inhibition and anxiety caused by meaningless names or conjunctions, which help students comprehend the text much more, like showing doubled comprehension level at first listening.

By taking out some unimportant things from the text, the material can help do scaffold learning.

http://www.cdlponline.org/
It is culturally connected to today and language.

And second period, we watched a video about teaching grammar. I tried to focus on it, but someone set the temperature of AC as 27. It was too hot to do something inside. There was no difference between outside and inside. I became very hot and lost some concentration. I should check the video again. Ah...

Classroom English
We talked about how to make students engaged
1) Focus on meaning(fluency), not accuracy(form)
2) Think about your own knowledge set.
3) Question Hierarchy  a. Yes-No Q  b. Either/or A  c. Wh Q
    : for a, b, you should play dumb (Never ask Q that you don't know As)

Noel knows term for games. It was interesting to see some jargon? and what it stands for.
I don't like games much. Usually I play game for sometime and quit. Playing games are somewhat bothering. I like watching movies, dramas, and reading books. Also I like to talk and write about them.

Practicum and Microteaching
In my group, Haram was supposed to present the activity, so I didn't have anything to do during she was editing something. 
It was good to see someone's class. Although we should focus on fluency, we also don't forget the grammar. We should focus on at least one thing. Grammar can help students understand the material better.
Also, proper classroom English. I should learn some tips from Haram.