really want to learn and they have powerful reasons for doing so, including the fear of failure;
- I encouraged the students to do extra work, to practise language in their free time, to
take responsibility for their own learning; - The class 7th A is more engaged with the process of learning than the other class,
proving willingness to listen, to experiment, to ask questions, to think about how to learn; - I used modern, interactive methods such as discovery techniques, role-play, problem
solving, debates and different games; - As for the class management, I adopted group-work and pairwork; the strategy of
peer help and teaching was used to help weaker students- they worked together, explaining
things or providing good models of language in writing; - The atmosphere in the classroom was a relaxing one.
No matter what the students’ level is, there are some grammatical errors that they make
again and again. Sometimes students tend to ignore the grammar rule and use the English
language as they hear it on TV. However strange it may seem the more teachers insist on the
rules, the more mistakes students make but we need to keep trying. New vocabulary and
language structures should be taught actively and interactively because students absorb new
notions without paying much attention to rules. In spite of presenting the general characteristics,
meanings and uses of the conditional structures, students still make mistakes because they have
become part of their knowledge and were stored as accurate. Even at higher levels,
students still make mistakes, especially in spoken English, but identify and correct the mistakes
themselves, sometimes without any intervention from the teacher. Identifying the error may not
be enough in order to see and understand the correct form, but it definitely is an important step in
improving students' writing and speaking skills.
Classes should be more student-centered, while the teachers should be more flexible,
more creative with the materials they bring to class. Therefore, with the modern audio and video
aids, the teacher can create the impression of real life conversation in class, this way students
would be more motivated to take the lead in communication. Although, alternative textbooks
offer a large variety of communicative activities, teachers often tend to use them for reading and
writing traditional exercises which usually become boring and reduce students’ speaking in time.
As a result, students find themselves simply able to read and solve drills, but unable to
communicate in English.
On the other hand, communicative teaching enables students to feel confident when
they use language, it gives them real opportunities to express themselves in English. The use of
modern techniques and strategies, such as: role-play, discovery techniques, interview,
simulations, as well as the use of authentic resources- newspaper and magazine articles, poems,