Week 9 : Learning Styles, My Final Plan Report, ANVILL

The quote I selected for Week 9 is, “It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.” ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince is a  lovely novel that many of you might read about it or watch it before. It illustrates that the time and emotion we have all been through should be appreciated. We have learnt together, worked and exchanged ideas together, we have discussed together, enhanced our knowledge, completed the big group and paired work together. Therefore, together we have formed a wonderful society, and I strongly believe this precious time will connect us together in the future.

This week I started posting on NiceNet immediately since the Summer English Camp 2014 for 100 students, from 40 schools in Surin Province was due to be held on the weekend. The Camp is organised by two English Resource and Instruction Centres (ERIC). I take responsibility and manage one of the ERIC centers, therefore I was particularly busy. Fortunately, our beloved instructor, Dr. Donna Shaw was extremely generous to extend the deadline, so I had more time to work on my Plan Report and submit it on Sunday. Although I have been teaching for over 30 years now, it was challenging to decide what the best idea was for my Plan Report. I still have to spend additional time searching and analysing my report before completing it.

ANVILL 1, now known as ANVILL 2 is an interactive web design tool like WebQuests for students to use inside and outside of the classroom. ANVILL will give the students the opportunity to learn English, particularly their speaking and listening skills. I believe in ANVILL to be a fundamental tool for students to improve their English skills in an entertaining and enjoyable way. Consequently, this can be more appealing for the students to study and practice English more frequently. Additionally, using ANVILL may be crucial to the students future life and further education. Therefore, I will strive to learn more about using ANVIL effectively in the classroom, so my students experience a new method of learning . 

Learning styles are important to understand every student I teach. The teachers have a responsibility to find out each students learning style accordingly. Therefore, this will help students not to feel alienated from classroom lessons and activities. Furthermore, I prefer only to speak English in the classroom and have students listen carefully. Thus, students will require a problem solving learning style to study more effectively in the classroom. I understand students have different learning styles, but I have not applied any tests to identify this yet. So I will use a survey to identify my students learning style, and then apply this in relation to my teaching style for the future.

Good luck to all the Yellowgroup members,

Yaowapa

Thailand.