Children learn what they live

If a child lives with criticism,

he learns to condemn.

If a child lives with hostility,

he learns to fight.

If a child lives with ridicule,

he learns to be shy.

If a child lives with shame,

he learns to feel quality.

If a child lives with tolerance,

he learns to be patient.

If a child lives with encouragement,

he learns confidence.

If a child lives with praise,

he learns to appreciate.

If a child lives with fairness,

he learns justice.

If a child lives with security,

he learns to have faith.

If a child lives with approval,

he learns to like himself.

If a child lives with acceptance and friendship,

he learn to find love in the world.

WHY GOD CREATED TEACHERS

When God created teachers,

He gave us special friends

To help us understand His world

And truly comprehend

The beauty and the wonder

Of everything we see,

And become a better person

With each discovery.

When God created teachers,

He gave us special guides

To show us ways

In which to grow

So we can all decide

How to live and how to do

What’s right instead of wrong,

To lead us so that we can lead

And learn how to be strong.

Why God created teachers,

In His wisdom and His grace,

Was to help us learn

To make our world

A better, wiser place.

DEVELOP YOUR SPEAKING SHILLS

1. Be busy with teaching style questionnaire

For each of the statements, give yourself a score from 1 to 5 according to the scale below. There are no right or wrong answers. Your score will reveal a profile of your teaching style in terms of Multiple Intelligences Theory.

1. - never

2. – not much

3. – a little

4. - quite a lot

5. – a lot

1. I use pictures in my teaching.

2. I write things down in order to remember them.

3. I believe that learners learn a lot from group work.

4. I remember my classes by recalling how people (learners and myself) stood , sat or moved.

5. I prefer working independently to working in a team.

6. I would describe myself as a planner.

7. I believe that my learners learn by discussing with each other.

8. I enjoy calculating my learner’s marks.

9. I’d like my learners to write things down.

10. I teach learners to remember things using rhymes or rhythm.

11. I use mind maps, tables and/or diagrams (e.g. when planning).

12. I like to use environmental issues in my lessons.

13. I encourage learners to reflect individually on their own learning.

14. I like using role-play and/or drama.

15. When I think back to a lesson, I imagine it as if I were watching television.

16. While teaching, I use activities where learners physically move objects (e.g. board games, cards, jigsaw readings).

17. It helps me if I can put on background music when I am planning lessons.

18. I like units in my coursebook which deal with natural phenomena (e.g. volcanoes, animals).

19. I reflect about what I am doing in my work.

20. I am good at languages.

21. I use films and/ or videos when teaching.

22. I integrate music into my lessons.

23. I brainstorm ideas on paper.

24. I need quiet and privacy if I am planning.

25. I discuss my learners’ pets with them.

26. I like structured agendas for meeting at school.

27. I use activities in class where my learners move around.

28. When I think of a class, I imagine where everyone sits.

29. I like teaching outside.

30. My learners work in groups.

31. I discuss music with my learners.

32. I try to give my learners tasks which have personal significance for them.

33. I use diagrams and flow-charts in my teaching.

34. I ask learners to reflect on how they function in a group as they learn.

35. I like to use poetry or literature in my lessons.

36. I am aware of the learners as individual in class.

37. I am aware of the group dynamics in my classes and / or staff team.

38. I touch my learners.

39. I try to tap into my learners’ musical interests.

40. I enjoy class debates or discussions.

41. I discuss gardening, natural places and/or environmental issues with colleagues.

42. I approach tasks in a logical way.

43. I prefer working in a team to working independently.

44. I make visual material for my classes.

45. I like helping my learners to plan and organise their work.

46. I am aware of the weather outside my classroom.

47. My learners write songs, raps or poems in my classroom.

48. I rearrange the furniture in my classroom to my liking.

Add up your scores for each intelligence (using your logical-mathematical intelligence!). (See the table below.)

Be busy with questionnaire for students

Write down the five things which, in your opinion, make a teacher special.

Students think a special teacher:

• has caring qualities;

• interests/motivates students;

• uses a variety of up-to-date materials, topics and methods;

• gives all the students equal, fair treatments;

• is patient and re-teaches where necessary;

• is funny.