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How did your first day go? Did it meet your expectations?

I can say it was with full of delightful activities.We got the chance to know each other a bit and about the aims of this programme as well.The atmosphere was good and everybody was energetic and enthusiastic.I really had positive feelings for the first day.

It is a long journey.We are at the very begining of it.But as I speak for the first day it was great.It’s a huge project.So it met my expectations.

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Have your ideas about teaching young learners changed anyway? If so,how?

Yes.Some of my ideas about teaching the young learners has changed.For example, I know now, children focus on the meanings not the words.So they can make mistakes,it doesn't matter.They have a huge curiousity to learn new things.They are so creative.They can create new words while speaking the language.And instead of the long sentences,they pick up the chunks much more easier.They learn unconsciously mostly.

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1.What needs to be adapted most in your coursebooks to help children improve their oral skills?
2.How can PDCs help you with that issue?

1.The coursebooks need to be changed  partly.There should be more dialogues activities in each section.The dialogues should have some main features.Therefore their languages should be child-friendly and natural.They should contain a clear context,useful language and social chunks.They should be short and simple and connected the real life.

PDCs can be a good guide for us with that issue.They can show us ways to adjust the dialogues more suitable versions.They can teach us that we are not attached to the coursebooks to improve children's oral skills.Maybe they can tell us we should change our minds.

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Do you think Shared Reading is a suitable procedure to use with L2 children?  Why / why not?

Absolutely yes.Because Shared Reading provides struggling readers necessary support,allows them to enjoy the materials that they may not be able to read on their own,shared reading of a predictable text can build a knowledge and reading fluency.And it ensures that all students feel successful by providing support to the entire class.

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My answer is no.Our coursebooks don't have enough meaning and drilling activities.There should be more substitution,question,answering and repetition drills.These drills can provide the learners the chance of intensive practising,a safe environment and they may help to build much more confidence.

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There are various of techniques of course,that I can use to develop their reading skills.I can choose the  stories or reading texts which are adequate lenght and have animated versions so they will not get bored.The stories should include visuals for engaging and helping them to create the meaning.I can group the students and they may  not feel lonely and they can share their emotions with each other.

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'Maintaining a balance between children's enjoyment and acceptable behavior is often one of the greatest challenges that Primary language teachers face.'

1. Do you agree or not?

2. What challenges do teachers face? And how do they manage it?

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1. Yes,I agree.I think it is hard to do both at the same time.

2. Teachers can face a lot of  challenges while trying to protect the balance.In general,students like enjoyable activities in language lessons.But sometimes,during these activities ,especially in crowded classes,there can be so much noise and a big mass.So Primary language teachers can easily lose the control and management of the class.
Because of their ages they don't know where to stop.And sometimes they may need help on how to behave.

Teachers should set up some rules negotiate with the learners.So they can be much more aware of obeying the rules.
They should give responsibilities to the students,maybe not to everyone.It builds self-esteem and confidence.

Also lessons should have some routines to make students predict what comes next.
So students can feel themselves much more comfortable .

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1. Are there any tips and techniques from the sessions today that you could use to manage your PDCs positively?

2. Are there other elements of classroom management in your PDCs that you will have to think about (managing Feedback for example)

1. Of course there are.Today we played Stirrers and Settlers games.
Stirrers are activities which encourages learners to be active.They acquire movement.And includes jumping,acting,walking or running.When these activities are in play,noise,laughing,screaming and
shoutes of cheerings can be expected.They can be ball games,class games,mingles or surveys and TPR.
We played Chinese Whispers and some other stirrer games today and we had a lot of fun.

Settlers are the opposite of the
stirrers.They encourage learners
to sit down and be calm.They include word games,drawings,memory games and  some silent activities.

We could use both stirrers and settlers in our PDCs effectively.But if we have large groups we should make a good plan for stirrers.
Using these tips and techniques help us to make our PDCs more efficent.And I'm sure the participants will have fun too.

2. Yes.We will think about the other element of classroom management,managing Feedback ,in our PDCs.
In fact,it is a kind of assessment or evaluation.It can be evaluative or informative.Also,it can be negative or positive.The point is that,we should know how to adjust evaluative feedback’s dosage.We should use it carefully.Altough positive feedback motivates the learners,overuse of it have no value.
And also,negative feedback or evaluation may demotivates the learners and it doesn’t give learners    the chance how to improve.
So I think,we need to be objective enough in our PDCs.And we should use informative feedbacks mostly.

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1. Has your view of assessment changed ? How ?
2. Are you still the same monkey.

It changed.It’s because I learned two new things,Aol and Afl.
I realized that using Assessment for learning is more suitable for young learners.It’s informal.It focuses on the gap,where a learner is and where they need help in their learning process.It improves and gives them an effective feedback.

But sometimes we also need to use Aof,the formal one.Because our education system,mostly rely on tests and quizzes.They are part of our education.
Although usage of it not seen appropriate according to many young learners expert,we can learn how to create more child-friendly,clear,beneficial,varied and meaningful tests.Their results alone don’t provide us an accurate picture of a student and we should combine them with class record progress.They should be a positive experience for the them.

2. I was the sleeping monkey on the tree,good news,now I feel like as the monkey waving its hand on the top.
I was feeling relax but I think I was wrong.
I always cared about assesment of
learning and used tests frequently.They were not child-friendly and they did measure only their memorizing or remembering skills.

I can say,I’m glad to change my opinions.And I will be more careful about the assessment of my pupils.

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1. What do you think will be the greatest benefit of being in a Proffessional Development Community for the teachers English in your local context who join your PDC meetings ?

2. How do you feel the PDC sessions you have studied in this face to face training programme will help you deal with possible problems when you are planing  and conducting PDCs for teachers in your local context?

1. As we all know,today,many language teachers resist to change.Maybe,they even do not think of the word ‘change’ and say 'I'm done.’
In my local PDCs,my mission will be trying to change their minds and opinions towards the new techniques and methods which are the fundamentals of language learning.I'll try to break their resistance to it and help them to be more open-minded teachers.
Here it is,the greatest benefit of my PDCs.

2. I can say,I'm glad to be here and involved in this face to face training programme.Because,I know that,it is a big and unforgetable experience for my real PDCs.
Everyday we have learned lots of things about PDCs that we have never heard before,from how we should behave our partipicipants to what we should say to them.
I have no question in my mind any more,and I think I can handle the problems out that I will confront.So I feel confident about  planing and conducting PDCs for teachers in my local context.