Dialogue Journal 6

In the sixth lesson, I gain more insight about strategy-based instruction. I think it’s really important for learners to build up learning strategies and to learn how to learn in the rapid changing world with limitless knowledge or information we need to know to accomplish the goal of life-long learning. Besides, since I plan to focus my microteaching on reading part, I would like to combine teaching reading with some of these strategies as well in my lesson plan. I will teach them by building strategic I techniques that I learned in this lesson. For example, I will use techniques like to lower inhibitions by playing songs and using group work in my microteaching. I will also promote cooperative learning in my teaching by directing them to share their knowledge, play down the role of competition, and do a considerable amount of small-group work. In addition, I will encourage them to use right-brain processing by using movies and playing tapes in class, having them read passages quickly, and do some skimming exercises. As well, I will help them use their intuition by encouraging and praising them to make guesses.Moreover, I did the questionnaire and strategy inventory for language learning in the textbook. I understand more about my learning strategy and realize more clearly about what might be my preferable ways to learn and what my weakness might be. I also assume it as a good way to do some tests to find out one’s learning preference or weak point and then can know what the point should be improved to help learning latter on.