Two approaches for teaching vocabulary

Today we learned about two approaches for teaching vocabulary: the present and learn and the Learning through Input Approach. You can see a PowerPoint presentation of the approaches here. I would like to tell you about the strengths and weaknesses of each approach as well as the approach I would use as a Junior High School English teacher.

1. The present and learn
☆Strengths☆
・ The English class use this approach will go smoothly, because students can understand easily what their teacher tell them and play that is instructed by teacher immediately.
・ Students can practice correct pronunciation.

☆Weaknesses☆
・ The class use this approach may be one-way lesson. If so, students will receive the class passively.
・ Students can't improve their skill of thinking, because teacher tell them the meaning of new words before students think and find the answer.
・ Students will be easy to feel hesitation new words when they encounter unknown vacabulary for the first time.

2. the learning through input approach
☆Strengths☆
・ Students is easy to memorize new vocabulary, because the vocabulary is learned through their experience.
・ Students will be able to feel pleasure, because they can find the answer themselves.
・ They can act independently.(They can have own image about new vocabulary.)
・ They are easy to hold their concentration, because they keep guessing and understanding.

☆Weaknesses☆
・ If the class is too fast, some students will not be able to follow the class, because every students have different thinking speed.
・ The understanding gap arise between students who good at English and who is not so.

Lastly as a junior high school English teacher I want to make the most of the good points two approach have and I'd like to use a hybrid.

Communicative Activity

Today, I am going to review two of the "typical Japanese junior high school"communicative activities presented in ETM 3. The activities I am going to revieware Karuta and Using movement. You can view them here.
I think Karuta is a useful way to make sure of student's skill of listening and understanding English.
To make this more effective, I want students to make own a pair of card(reading card and picture) . Students can write about themselves following the theme.
After that, teacher gather the cards and hand out to group leader at random.
Then students enjoy playing Karuta in group.
I think students can feel English using is close to them by reading sentences written by them friends.

Also I'm going to think about Using movement.
In the last ETM class, we did pair work.
I think pair work change message game in line of classroom.
First teacher tell theme only first student. Next he/she show the theme to next person, and keep on doing this activity until last person. Finally last person tell what answer is.
I think team play make students excited. Also all of them can join English class with fun by this activity.

My part time job

I am working part-time at a cafe in Morioka station.
I started to work when I was freshman at Iwate University.
There are some reason for my begining this job.
First, I like cafe very much! But I lacked in knowledge of kind of coffee.
I wanted to know a lot of kind of drinks that sell at cafeteria.
Second, I wanted to get skill of cooking.
In my cafe some light meal is sold.
So I started my job for my bridal training!!
It is two years since I began to work.
I have experienced some encounter and parting for two years.
My seniors teached me how to make foods, drinks, clean machine and shop, kindness for guests and so on. I was taken care by them very well like that.
Last year my seniors started off for their dream.
Although I feel lonely because I parted from them, I think I'm very happy because I could encounter them.
Now new members join in my cafeteria and I'm senior of them.
I must learn a lot of thing than ever and I'm tired sometimes.
But I don't forget to be teached by my senior and I will try to succeed to new member.
The cafeteria that nice clerks gather is Pole Shop Cafe!
If you want to feel warm, please come to Pole!!
We are waiting for you!