Experiences of a teacher of English

The good teacher is not only who teaches his subject well because he knows about that and knows how to convey and present it, but also the one that sets examples and is a booster of students’ education.  He knows how to extract the best from his students and knows how to lead them to mastership. / Photo from: proudtobe-comsayano blogspot com

A valuable attitude from us teachers of English and other languages is to extract and foster our students’ creativity.  When I was teaching in Jaén, south of Spain, on tests I used to include a composition or essay, for example with such or such beginnings, that is, with an imaginative prompt I tried.  While grading and marking and correcting the exams it was a relief to encounter a brilliant and fantastic writing, brilliant up to some extent. The kids’ imagination usually was powerful.  Something else they needed was the grammar and vocabulary. / Photo from: old-castle-wallpaper traveleza tk

I cannot pass over the crowds of people that are traveling from Syria to Germany and Sweden.  I'm following the news on television and newspapers.  It is a vast human crisis, so hard, so tough. Let’s pray for them, and carry on with our daily work.  Some of those people, young ones, speak in English to the reporters. / Photo from: www wfp org

Albeit we can have a large class to teach, we should remember that each student is unique.  And the teacher appeals his responsibility.  We teachers have to address the large number, or small, addressing each student in some way, by looking into his eyes. Education is personal and individual. I don’t teach a mass of people.  Each student is a person, who is listening to me. These are some ideas taken and inspired from Spanish philosopher Carlos Cardona. / Foto de: lecture-hall blog carolynworks com

Today I would like to publicly thank the Blogger program, which lets me publish my ideas and stuff. It is a free way of publishing. Something great. / Photo from: noticiashoy cl

On most of the posts from this blog I’ve written about teacher’s conducting.  However let’s remember that my conducting influences on the team of teachers of English.  I’ve got to work taking into account that I’m a member of a team. I’m not alone. First of all is I’ll be nice and kind with my colleagues, and ask them about things we know they’re concerned.  Another fact that involves other teachers is the line of contents I have to teach with my colleagues also involved on that line. With other words, I will teach bearing in mind what teachers of previous grades teach, as well as what teachers of subsequent grades to mine teach. 

Parents, teachers, and students can do things well or can do wrong actions.  If a person does good actions, does what is good, he is bettering himself, plus the others indirectly.  This is ethics. And ethics corresponds to God. We cannot offer ethics without a reference to God, who loves us better than all moms and dads together. / Photo from: 2013-apr-interdisc-students_in_class outlook wustl edu