Reflection 5

What I learnt was educational psychology. At the beginning of the course, we

talked about a picture of a young male student who has a lot of colorful things
around him. I refer that young students have many dreams about their lives
and as an educator our task will be guiding them in the process of reaching
their goals. However, I know that it is not easy as I articulate it. At that point,
educational theory gives some techniques both for the involving students in
the learning and dealing with their feelings.

The first theory is behaviorism which is mostly used in some parts of the world
thorough the ALM method. However, this method is not completely useful
because the learners are passive imitators as they only repeat what the teacher
says. Despite the limitations, behaviorism cannot be wholly ignored. Depending
on Skinner’s procedures, we can give them outline to make clear what they will
learn, we can give them reinforcement but we must be careful about not to
exaggerate it.

One of the main problems English learners encounter is memorizing new

vocabulary items. I am sure that a lot of students will come to ask some tips to
keep the words in their minds. Cognitive psychology claims that students’ all
senses must be involved in memorization process, so I think I can I give new
words in context like in songs, in videos or in activities etc. And then I think the
students learn better when they use new words in their writings so I may ask
them to produce something like stories or poems or even games using their
imaginations.

I suppose during my profession there will be some students whose learning are
different or slower than others. Therefore, I need to be patient because every
learner is unique and their intelligences can be also varied. As I have learned
from theory of Multiple Intelligence, I can make a point of different type of
intelligences and use different materials (pictures, music, charts, and games) to
get their attention on the lesson. I want to wish good luck to myself :).

What I had difficulty in nothing but I suppose I can focus on information

process to deal with the students’ attentions for my own sake. That’s all.