quarta-feira, 14 de dezembro de 2011

Tips for a good writing.

Ok! So, this is a big problem for everybody: teachers, students, everybody.
So, here are some tips for a good basic writing:

1) If it's an assignment, read the title and underline what the paper asks you to write about.
2) Don't change the subject: pay attention to keep writing about what was asked.
In another paper, write the topics that you plan to talk about, inside the main theme.
3) Watch out for spelling mistakes: always look in the dictionary.
4) Pay attention to agrrements between subject and verbs.
5) Don't forget that a good text is composed by 3 things: introduction, progress and conclusion.
6) Reread your text: see if everything you wrote makes sense together, if you didn't skip any topic and if you actually wrote about what was asked. Also look for written mistakes.
7) Ask for somebody experienced to read and, if necessary, suggest changes.


If the kind of text changes, pay attention to other special rules as be impersonal and don't express your opinion, or if it's the opposite, express your opinion, but show your researches that you base your opinion on and don't show agriness, etc.
But always ask somebody's opinion first, to see if you reached your goal.

Hope it's helpful!

xoxoxo
See you soon!

domingo, 11 de dezembro de 2011

Results

How do we know if we're doing or not a good job?
That's not very hard.
The first signal is the students' result.
If they are getting good grades, then you're doing a good job.
If they are learning, you're doing a good job.
Sometimes grades don't show any knoledge, but this is the subject for another post.
Another way to know if you're doing a nice job is by the students' feedback.
When they bring you questions and you clear the doubts out or when they change teachers and they say that they miss your way of teaching. Not that there's a right way of teaching, but some students learn better in different ways, so sometimes your way of teaching is better than the others for some people.
Well, I just have to thank my students for giving me such a positive feedback.
Since I started teaching English at a course (February, 2011) I had 7 classes and all of them want me back as a teacher. Some of them left the course that I work at and they still calling me and tell me that they miss me and they miss my classes.
They like the way I work (and that is also a subject for another post) and they tell me that.
I think this is one of the best feelings in the world: Know that people like the result of what you love doing.


So, here is my advice:
Do whatever you love doing, And put tons of effort on it. Do it correctly, so you can be happy and get the results that you expect.

- Next posts:
Grades not always show knoledge;
Extra papers to work in class;

Hope you like it   :)