4th reflection

this week class was canceled. was it suppose to be a good news? because i heard that there were a lot of work given to the other class. their reaction to it was not good. "how irrational it was?" since we all are from same batch, so i guess we too will get same work. hm... well, do not bother it. there must be some explanation to it. see you next week!!!

3rd reflection

this week we are to discuss about the first chapter in Halliwell's book. she mentioned that there are 6 components about children abilities and they are:

(a) Children's ability to grasp meaning: For young learner, they usually make sense of their learning if teacher teach concrete vocab items that include well-illustrated teaching aids. These meaningful learning experiences make children enable to grasp meaning easily.

(b) Children's creative use of limited language resources: Children's vocabulary is very limited. Therefore, young learner initially learn chunk of language@baby talk in an unanalyzed way. They are trying to use as creative as possible their limited language resources in order to make others get the meaning and as a way of communication with others.

(c) Children's capacity for indirect learning: Learning occurs in 2 ways-direct & indirect learning. Children often appear to learn in indirect experiences. They acquire certain knowledge and skills subconsciously. The best part of children learning is when they have some fun during TnL process. Creating a non-threatening atmosphere is very essential for them.

(d) Children's instinct for play and fun: Children like to play. Having fun is the best thing that happened in their life. Thus, learning in a fun environment helps them acquire knowledge better.

(e) The role of imagination: Children who actively use their imagination gain lots of benefits such as playing collaboratively and become a creative-thinking person.

(d) The instinct for interaction and play.


in groups, we were asked to discuss about one of the ability and present is to the whole class. it opened my mind as now i know what is actually the definition of children abilities in term of their intellectual capabilities and not only their physical capabilities.

the picture above is my group which is the fourth group presented on that day. that is all from this week. bye~