Dialogue Journal 2

In the second lesson, we were asked whether the concept of “methods” is the central issue in language teaching by the teacher. Some of us agreed while there were also other different voices about leaner’s learning and classroom management in teaching. I thought methods might be indeed important in language teaching, but there are also some values in considering student’s learning process, needs, and affective factors like motivation, personality, and other emotional relatedness, or any other influential factors in the classroom. After hearing the instruction about many influential issues in language teaching, I realized their significance in teaching which is as noteworthy as the methods we learned in last week too.
In this class, the teacher also asked us to perform a short drama which is adapted from the textbook using our own imagination and creativity. I thought this activity was quite appealing and interesting because everyone shared a part in a group and participated actively in the discussion to get a sense of involvement. In such highly-involvement of learning, learners can really get a sense of self achievement, no matter playing the leading roles or minor roles in real practice. Besides, running our imagination wild created stories that made others laugh and made lessons no more boring. I guess applying this strategy in my future teaching is a good way in appealing learner’s attention. However, this strategy needs enough time and few members in a small class.