Language Teaching Π

Today is the second class of our language teaching program; we have to conduct some review activities and organize a small exam for our classmates to evaluate how they have learned from the class.

This time I personally think our group did better than last week, and our classmates also seem to enjoy more. We first review the alphabets, vocabularies and sentences. Then we sing the jazz chant together again to strengthen their memory of those Turkish sentence, after that, we have each classmate to create a simple introduction of their own as part of the test. Probably because we have only five sentences, I think our classmates learned them pretty well especially on the pronunciation. There are many characters that look very similar but with different sounds, such as “ı” and “i.” It was not easy to distinguish the difference in a vocabulary for beginners, but after several practices and reminders from us, all of the classmates mastered those sentences at the end. In addition, we also design Kahoot game for our classmates to see their learning result. All the questions asked in Kahoot were covered in the previous class, and we want to see if they remembered those or not. It turned out that most classmates did paid attention in class and remembered the necessary details we mentioned before; I really appreciate that they have devoted themselves quite a lot in the learning. After  Kahoot test, we have the last activity, that is, playing a game called “voice tube,” in which we have each team to form a line, and we will tell only the first students a vocabulary or a sentence in Turkish. The first in the line has to tell the second what they have heard, and the second has to pass the message to the third person, who will do the same to the last member. After that, the last member will have to write the correct message on the white board, and the first to write the correct vocabulary will get one point. In the game, our classmates seem to have a lot of fun, and I think this game is very effective in helping them to spell the Turkish word correctly. It also helps them in speaking, memorizing words, and transforming message to words. Therefore, I think this is a good strategy especially for children in language learning; they can strengthen their language ability of different aspects while playing an interesting game.

 

I  had a lot of fun today!