For this week, teacher described about factors affecting of English teaching. From studying this topic, I learned that there are many factors affecting English Language Teaching ;
1. The factors about students, it can be divided into 3 factors
- For young children, they respond to see, hear and touch. They need of individual attention from teacher. Teacher has to provide the activities because they have short attention.
- For adolescents, they like challenges so, teacher has to provide the activities to respond their need and improve creative thinking.
- For adult learners, they focus on the topic that they learn. They use their experiences to help in learning. They can control themselves in class. Teacher has to provide the activities about analyzing and make situation to solve the problems.
2. The factors about teachers;
- Teacher’s beliefs
- Teacher’s ability in using English
- Teacher’s method and styles
- Teacher’s use of teaching and learning material
3. The factors about learning environment;
- Learner beliefs
- Social expectations
- Cultural demands
- Family background
- Achievement
- Physical condition
4. The implication for English teacher;
- Teachers should make lesson materials relevant with the lesson for increasing student's interest.
- Teachers try to create variety of activities to give chances for students to improve their English skills.
- Teachers should have interesting teaching styles.
- Teachers need to give time for students to do communicative activities.
- Teachers must have skills for management in the classroom.
- Teachers should give instructions clearly.
- Teachers must improve themselves all the time.
Finally, I learned that being a good teacher we should aware about the problems in the classroom and the ways of solving the problem. I think that the most important thing of teaching is the teacher.
