Teaching Skills ^^

On Wednesday, Miss Van Anh, who teaches us Reading, started the lesson with the small game called "Vocab. Quiz". Two students solved one quiz together. I did it with my 1st Hơ (Honey) ^ ^. The rule of this quiz was that you found the missing words through the cues given; then you combined the first letters of those words to have the group word. For instance:
a/ Language and music are the two things that make humans different from animals.
b/ "Big Yellow Taxi" is a song originally written and performed by Joni Mitchell but covered by many other artists.
c/ Elvis Presley was the first real rock 'n' roll star.
d/ Music is an integral part of our life.
e/ Music is a powerful means of communication.
f/ Almost all of us like classical music.
g/ Every night, the mother sings a lullaby to lull her child to sleep.
The group word: lyrical (romantic)
I was very interested when solving this quiz because it was not only quite new to me, but it also made my brain work. In addition, we could enrich our vocabulary and practice team work skills.
I am a tutor. I'm teaching English for a boy who is at grade 5. I usually test his old lessons by giving him the words in Vietnamese and asking him to write down the equivalent English ones. Today, I wanted to do something different. I made another "Vocab. Quiz" based on that of Miss Van Anh:
1. Hens lay eggs.
2. Spring, summer, autumn, winter.
3. After rain, we can sometimes see rainbow, which has 7 colors.
The group word: ear (a part of body, used to hear)
We solved the quiz together and had a lot of fun. He seemed very eager. This made the study time active and relaxing. I think it's time I changed my teaching method.
:::Yen Nhu:::