As future teachers we should know some important principles. The first one is teaching language though content, it is important that students have a real purpose for learning English, specially in a context like Chile, where English is taught as a foreign language, because many times the language is taught in an isolated way, they learn grammar and vocabulary without a real context, they do not use it in their daily lifes so they do no see the purpose of studying it. I think it is important to relate English with other subjects such as biology, maths, etc. or subjects of interest for them.
Another important thing is to involve students in social interaction so that they not only learn to read and write in English but also use the language to communicate ideas, it is important they can work in pairs or groups so they engage in solving problems and negotiation of meaning to understant each other.
Apart from this, it is also important to have high expectations and faith in the learaners, to give each of them the opportunity to learn, even if it implies looking for different strategies for them to understand. It is important that they know we trust them because they can perceive when teachers do not think they are capable and this lead to unmotivation.
As a future teacher I will try to use all the things I have learn here, I will try to make interactive, entertaining and interesting classes, like Gina's classes. Teaching through content so that they can use the language, working in groups, making projects, giving them feedback to improve, etc.
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