Samong,Rosal

i
ndaP.

BEED-
3

Anal
yze1.

1
.Thinkaboutt
hetimewhenyouwer
ebegi
nni
ngt
olear
nEngl
i
sh,whatwer
ethedi
ff
icul
ti
es
t
hatyouencount
ered?

WhenIwasi ngr adeschool,Englishisoneoft hemosthar destsubjectforme.I tincludeslot

ofvocabulariesandIr eal
lyhat eitscompl exi
ty.Atfi
rst,i
t'
sr eall
ydif
fi
culttolearnt hel i
stof
wordsintermsofspel li
ng,pronounci ati
onandmeani ngalt
houghourt eacheralreadyt aught
usmanyt imes.Anor di
naryday,mysi sterboughtsomest orybooksf orme.Iwonderwhat
thestor
iesallabout ,soItri
edt or eadandunder st
andthenar rati
onbelowt hepagesandi t'
s
unbeli
evablet hatIcanunder standt hesentencesinthestories,I'
m veryproudofmysel fthat
ti
me.Then,af terthatIj
ustlover eadingandIcons i
dereditasmyhobby.Iknew t hebenef it
ofhavi ng idea aboutEngl i
sh l anguage because you can use i tforever yday l i
ke
communi cati
on,news,announcement sandl abeloffoodet c.itwil
lhelpyout obeawar eto
all
inf
ormationar ound.

2.Whenwast
het
imet
hatyouknewyouar
eEngl
i
sh-
ready?

Iknew thatI '

m Engli
sh-readydur i
nghighschooldays.Ij ustobservedt hatIcananal yze
Engli
shstatementsandi t'
seasyf ormet oconst ructessays,l ett
erandpoems.Ipr ovedt o
myselfthatI'
m goodi nenglishwhenIgott hehi ghestgr adef rom f
ir
stgr adinguptofour t
h
gradi
ngper i
od.Ireceivednumber sofcert
if
icatesforbesti nEngl i
shandamedal f
ormyf inal
grade.I'm veryblessed and gratef
ulthattime,Ir eal
izet hei mportanceofEngl ishand
developmentofl ear
ningaswel l.Unt i
lnow,Ihavedi f
fi
cul t
iesinEnglishgr ammarbutI 'm
workingoni tandi t
'senoughf ormet hatIcanunder standandanswercompr ehesivel
y
someofst atementsgiven.Butaslif
egoeson,Iwi l
ltakestandf ormor eimpr ovements.

3.Doyoubel
i
evet
hatt
her
ereal
l
yisaneedt
olear
nEngl
i
sh?Def
endyouranswer
.

Yes.Engli
shl anguagei suniversallanguage.Weneedt ol earnEnglisht obeawar eand
knowdegeabl e.Becausewecanuseengl i
shever ywher e,ithelpsust ocommuni catewi t
h
otherpeople,special
l
ywi t
htouristwhent heyaskingdi r
ections .I
ntermsofbusiness,Engli
sh
l
anguage i sr eal
l
y helpfulto handl e busi
ness pr oductively.In school,ithelps us to
underst
andmor etextbookstoacqui renew information.Innews,t hemor eweunder stand
Engli
shalt
houghweusedournat i
velanguage,therear eti
mest heEngl i
shisint
hecont ent.
Engli
shisreall
yneededt olearn,itcanhelpyougr ow,awar eandpr oductive.

4.Whyi
sEngl
i
shi
mpor
tantf
oryou?

Engl
ishisimpor
tantf
ormebecauseitt
aughtmehow tounder
standt
hingsandI'
m proud
t
hatIcanreadandunder
standEngl
i
shevennott
hatper
fect
.Si
nceIwil
lalsouset
hisi
nfiel
d
ofteaching,generaleducati
onincludesEngli
shsubject
,itwil
lbehelpfulforme.Iexpress
myt houghtsthroughpoemssoIcanr el
ievestres
s.Engli
shisthebiggestchall
engeinmy
j
ourneyasast udent.Engl
i
shr ef
lecttomybel i
efthatt
here'snosuccesswi t
houtstr
uggl
es.
Therearelotcontri
buti
onofEnglishtomyl ear
ningdevelopmentanditenli
ghtenmymi ndto
beflexi
ble,knowledgeabl
e,awareandal waysfaceimprovements.

5.Whati
syourst
andont
hisqout
e?"
Engl
i
shi
sal
anguage,notameasur
eofi
ntel
l
engence.
"

WhenIwasi ngr adeschool,ablet ounderstandorspeakEngl ishmakesyoui ntell

i
gence
that'
swhyI '
mi nter
est
edi nEnglishsubjectthatti
me.Bef oreIobser vedt hatEngli
shi sthe
bas i
sofintellengencemaybebecauseEngl i
shlanguagei sreall
ydi ffi
culttounderst
and.But
today,consi deringEngli
shasbasi sofknowl edgeisdef i
nit
elywr ong, becauset her eare
studentswhohavedi f
ferentabil
it
ies andtal
entsandi tconsiderasi nt
elli
gence.Asidef r
om
academi c,ther earecal
ledmul t
ipleint
ell
i
genceswhi chitconsidersdi ff
erentint
ell
i
gencet hat
studentsmayhave.Knowi ngEngl ishi
snotenought omakeyoui ntell
engence.Weal lhave
uniqueness,t herearethingsthatwecandobutot herscan'tandr everse.Whatmakesyou
i
nt el
l
igenceist hatnottodescriminateandjustdevelopwhatyouwantorwhatyoucando.

Anal
yze2.

Compar
eandCont
rastt
het
heor
iesofl
anguageacqui
si
ti
on.

Acquiri
ng language i sone oft he mosti mpor tantthi
ng t olearn.I twil
lbe t he basi sto
understand surr
oundi ng.Ital so described usashumansand t o communi cat e around.
There's a possi
bili
tyt hati tcan hel p you t o develop sel f
-knowledge and obt ain new
i
nformat i
onf r
om ot her s.Thebehavi ori
sm isal laboutacqui ri
ngknowl edgethr oughposi ti
ve
rei
nforcementorgi ving rewar ds and pr aised t hatmot i
vates orpush chi ldt o acquire
l
anguage.I ninnatenesst heoryt heacqui si
ti
onofl anguagei sinborn.Itshowst hattherear e
chil
drenwhonat ural l
yi denti
fyorknewwhati st heiracquir
edl anguage.Cogni t
ivei stheoryi s
allaboutacqui r
ing l anguage t hr
ough under standing i
tbef ore acquiri
ng.I nt histheor y,
l
earningist hewayt oacqui relanguageandi thel pschildrent ogrow mor e.Then,i nputor
i
nteracti
ont heor
y,theacqui r
ingofl anguagei st hroughcommuni cation/i
nteractwi thot hers.
Oppos it
etocogni t
ive,t histheoryisdependentt otheenvironment ,nottotall
yunder standing
thelanguagebutnur turingitthroughinteracti
on.

Ref
lect
ion1.

1.Thinkofachild/
chil
drenyouknow.Descri
beoneormor eofthechil
drenyouli
stedBe
suretogiveexampl esofphysi
cal
,cogni
ti
veandsoci
al/
emotionaldevel
opment.Takenote
oftheirdi
ff
erencesandhaveyouranswerssupport
edwithanexplanati
on.
Er
ryn Nat
han

Gi
rl Boy

6year
sol
d 6year
sol
d

Fas
tlear
ner Havedi
ff
icul
ti
esi
nlear
ning

Cr
ybaby Hyper

Sof
thear
ted I
mp

I
nterest
edincol
orf
ul booksandot
her I
nterest
edi
nact
ivi
ti
es/
playst
oeasi
l
yacqui
re
educati
onalt
oysaslearni
ngmater
ial
s l
earning

Expl
orei
ndependent
ly Lear
ningbydoi
ng

Thecompar i
sonbet weent heset wochi l
drenshowst hecogni ti
ve,physi calandemot ional
development .Errynisagi r
l whoi saf astl
ear ner(
advancel earner)shecanr eadEngl i
shand
tagal
og,r ecit
etheal phabet,singingeducat ionalsongs,canaddl ow number s(addi
tion)but
asofthear tedandcr ybaby.Nat han,aboyandhavedi ff
icult
iesinlearni
ng,t heattenti
onof
thi
schi l
dishar dtogetbecausehei ssomuchhyperandheenj oyslearningwhenpl ayingor
parti
cipati
ngi ndiff
erentact ivi
ti
es(l earni
ngbydoi ng).Theyar ebot h6year soldbuthave
hugegapi nt ermsofl earning.Itshowsust hediff
erentwaysofacqui r
ingknowl edgeand
howt heydevel optheirlearning/abil
it
ies.

TakeAct
ion1.

1
.Wat
chaChi
l
dren'
scar
tooni
nEngl
i
shori
nnat
ivel
anguage.

Cocomel
on(
Brushyourt
eet
h)

2.Tryt
odeter
minef
orwhatagei
tiscr
eat
edf
oraswel
laswhet
heri
tisi
nter
est
edmor
efor
boysorgi
rl
s.

Thevi
deocr
eat
edi
ntent
edf
orgi
rl
sandboys
.

3.Expl
ainhowyoudeci
dedonyouanswer
s.

Cocomel on(brushyourteethsong)isal
labouttakingcar eofyourteeth,andobviousl
ythi
s
i
sal lf
orchi l
dren (gi
rl
sorboys )
.Butthere are given col
orsforgirl
sand boysl i
ke t
he
toot
hbrush,pinkforgirl
sandbl ueforboys.Theboydemons tr
atesthepr operbrushi
ngof
teet
h.Theyshowedt hestepsonbr ushi
ngteethli
kewhatt heyneedt odo,whatt heyneed
putandet c.Itisforchil
drenwhodon' tbrushtheirteethandr eal
izet heimport
anceofa
heal
thyteeth.
TakeAct
ion2.

1.El
i
citorgatherpi
ctur
esofpeopl
edr
awnbychi
ldr
enages5t o12.Examinet
heemoti
onal
expr
essionsonthefacesoft
hepeopl
eint
hepi
ctur
es.Lookatthel
evelofdet
ail
oft
he
peopl
e.

2.Whatcanyoudeduceaboutt
hechi
l
d'ssoci
al,emot
ionalandcogni
ti
vedevel
opment
?
Di
scussyouranswer
.

Theirdrawi ngs showed bei ng f

riendl y and pr
oductive they are awar einthi
ngs that
surroundsthem.Er r
yninser
tsunfl
ower sbecausei t'
sherf avorit
eflowerandshealsoknow
how tocombi necolors.Nathani
nser thousebecauset hesedays,wehavepandemi cand
wear eallinsideourhouse,maybehechosedar kcolorsbecauset hat'
swhathef eelat
homemor el ikely,boredorl
ackofi nteracti
ontohisfri
ends.Itlooksli
ket heyar
ebothhappy
(smili
ngfaces )andbyt heuseofcol ors.TheseDrawingsshowswhati sinsideachi
l
d'smi nd
(imaginat
ion) .Dr awingisoneoft hel earningacti
vi
tythatcanexposewhatt heyfeeland
whatt heythink.

Ref
lect
ion2.

1.Thinkaboutyourpot entialt
eachi
ngsit
uat
ion.Considert
hestudents'
ages,t
henumberof
st
udent si
ntheclass,whet herthest
udent
scanreadandwr it
eineit
herthei
rnati
velanguage,
Engli
shorbot h.Whatar et hr
eeofthemostpr act
icalwaystolearnaboutthesestudents
developmentandinterests?

Technology as medi
um- Chil
dren ar
e veryinter
est
ed int echnologi
es.Iwil
linser
t
educat
ionalvi
deosthr
oughlapt
oporsmar tTV duri
ngclassdiscussi
on.Theat
tent
ionof
l
earner
sisinthevi
deothatwi
l
lgi
vethem i
deasornewinf
ormati
on.
Acti
vi
ties-Mostoft helearner
s'aremoreacti
veinplayi
ng,l
i
keNathanfr
om t
hepr evi
ous
observati
onheacqui r
eknowl edgebyplayi
ng/doi
ngit
.Thiswaywil
lbeeff
ect
ivebecause
act
ivepar ti
cipat
ionofstudentsisi
ncl
udeditcanalsohelpthem t
othi
nkwhi l
eenjoyi
ng
di
scussion.

Self
-creati
vi
ty-selfist he mosti mpor t
antint ermsofl earni
ng.Sel f-cr
eativi
tyindicat
es
di
ffi
rentoutputofchi l
drent hattheycanuset oexpr esswhatt heyt hinkandf eel.Ithas
si
milari
ti
estoproject
s,becauseIwi l
lgiveinst
ructi
onsandpi ctur
esoft hingsthattheywi l
ldo
athomeori nclasscreativel
y.Li
kepai nti
ngs,drawings,outputofrecycl
edmat eri
alsetc.Thi
s
wayi st
oexposet hei
rcreat i
veandi maginati
vemi nds.

2.Whatar
etheadavnt
agesanddi
sadvant
agesofeachway?Di
scussyouranswer
.

Theadvangesoftechnologyasmedi um ist
hatatt
ent
ionandinter
estofst
udentsi
sobtai
ned
andi
twillbeeasyforthem toacquir
einformati
on.Whil
ethedisadvant
ageofthi
sist
heywil
l
muchli
kelyuseoftechnologyandlossofinter
estt
otr
aditi
onal
learni
ng.

Theadvantagesofact
ivi
ti
esistheyar
eallact
ivei
nclassandr
ateofpart
ici
pationwil
lhi
gh
thanbef
ore.Whilet
hedisadvantageoft
hiswayiscontr
oltot
hestudent
s,discussi
onand
ti
me.

Theadvant ageofsel
f-cer
ati
vi
tyi
sthatitwil
lbet
hef or
m ofexpressi
ngone'sthoughtsand
emot i
ons.Cogniti
veandpsychomotordevel
opmentist
hemai nfocus.Thedisadvant
ageof
thi
si sthere wi
l
lbe inst
ancesofstudent'
sconfusi
on so gui
dance ofteachersmustbe
centered.