TFI TTC by Teach For Iran

teachforiran — 2025-02-10 16:54:13 UTC

Hello, Welcome on board with TFI and I hope we'll have a great course together

Leila Afkhami

2025-02-10 16:55:39 UTC

Hello . I hope we'll pass a great course .

sa98ir — 2025-02-10 19:05:49 UTC

I learned how to break my learners ice.

2025-02-10 19:06:57 UTC

This session was my first step towards becoming a teacher, so learning about different attributes of a teacher really helped me

masume18nurzade — 2025-02-10 19:10:21 UTC

I had a lot a lot of Aha moments during this session, here are some of them:

GTKY: the importance of that and different ways to break adult learners ice.

Teacher`s Role and when to shift from one role to another.

Thinking time and elicitation

soroormehrparvar — 2025-02-11 16:30:08 UTC

We learn that teachers are facilitator, planner ,assessor and informer .Flashcards are features of a classroom ,not materials .Learners need to swim through learning .

About GTKY I believe it's one of the most exciting activities to kick off the semester .

Ice breakers help increase interaction .

sa98ir — 2025-02-11 18:23:00 UTC

1, I want to know how to teach abstract words

2, how to convey the meaning

3, how to know they understood

sa98ir — 2025-02-11 19:36:52 UTC

In the second session, I learnt a lot about teaching vocabularies, like:

How to set the context

How to present the synonyms,...

parniya1000 — 2025-02-11 19:38:23 UTC

About the steps of teaching a new word, I learned that CCQs should be before drills.

Also, different activities for controlled practicing were all effective.

sa98ir — 2025-02-12 17:55:03 UTC

I would definitely use CCQs in my classes but this time I try to use the most possible simple way and more precise.

2025-02-12 17:58:48 UTC

I didn't use CCQs for every language . but we use CCQs for tricky grammar points ,CCQs can clarify meaning and and avoid misunderstanding .

I taught "must"and ''have to " . My CCQs for must were:Is it necessary ? Is it a personal rule or an external rule ?what happened if i don't do it ? I need to ask CCQs to check learner's understanding

2025-02-12 18:01:06 UTC

I didn't use CCQs for every language . but we use CCQs for tricky grammar points ,CCQs can clarify meaning and and avoid misunderstanding .

masume18nurzade — 2025-02-17 07:59:36 UTC

Second Session

My Ahha moments for teaching vocabulary:

I have to have a plan for teaching each word

CCQs before forming the word

Revising the words

sa98ir — 2025-02-17 18:52:26 UTC

For reading lesson , l learned how I should ask the students to reflect, writing about their experiences is the reflection part.

sa98ir — 2025-02-19 17:39:14 UTC

I learned how to answer some problems that the students have during reading. How to facilitate their learning process by chunks.

soroormehrparvar — 2025-02-21 16:09:56 UTC

For writing lesson , I learned that we have three stages , in pre writing , in pre-writing we need to skim the text for gist .In teaching writing we have two approaches: 1)Product approach,2)Process approach . In product we need to focus on the final product of writing . And I think this approach is useful for exams, business writing I mean formal writing . But in process we need to focus on drafting, revising , editing and barinstorming rather than the final product .

soroormehrparvar — 2025-02-21 16:16:01 UTC

In process we need to motivate learners to write their self expression, In drafting we need to write without focusing on grammar . In revising we need to follow coherence and pay attention to structure .In process approach we help learners to develop their writing as a skill .

sa98ir — 2025-02-22 18:47:27 UTC

I try to use more speaking activities for my classes. I try to engage all the students in the speaking task.