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1. Briefly explain your working experience in this field.
--Actually, I majored in vocal music, but I was interested in English, so I started to teach English.
I was once working at Sisa Edcation. I taught ,,,, English for about a year. Then, I have worked Co & Co education for about an half an year.
2. Job qualification?
--Yes, teachers have working experience in teaching English. And, teachers have to be graduated in music major.
3. Curriculum
1) Do you take any education for teachers, which the institute requires you to do?
--Yes, I have to take education for teachers twice a week, that is mandatory
2) What is mainly about?
--It is about how the songs to teach, and the activities to do in classes. It takes about 3 hours each day. We learn how to sing English songs, how to do activities, and some guidelines, kind of how to deal with children.
3) How do you utilize it into classes?
--Well,, for example, I teach the English song we learned from the education ,of the institute, how to deal with children, and how to play musical instruments.
4) How do think about it?
--I think it is ok. Now I think, for me,/ it is better /to learn more/ from the curriculum. I am willingly taking it.
4. Assessment
1) How do you assess students?
--I don’t assess them by test or exam, just watch them how to follow well. We hold performance conference twice a year, most parents come and see their children’s performance in English. I think that could be assessment.
2) What effect do the assessments make?
--Well. The performance conference is open to everyone. They can assess the children. And, children can accept their English skill and will be encouraged through the presentation. Before and after, children tend to be more focus. I think it is good.
5. Teacher’s belief and vision?
1) What do think the teacher’s role in class?
--I think teachers’ role in class is manage whole class, and deal with children wisely, so that the class go smoothly. For the better class. For better learning.
2) How much curriculum is ok for you?
--I think I am not that good enough, so I want to be humble and
I will learn the curriculum as much as possible.
3) Tell me about your vision of teaching.
--One thing I want as a teacher is that I want to see children changed in good way. Through musical English. I hope that what I teach is help for them.
I hope they are great men later in life. That’s all.
Epilogue
She is under the curriculum, but willingly to accept it. The curriculum effects largely over the class, whole over the materials, and the way of teaching. But it seems to be good to those who are worried about what to teach and what materials should be used in class. Her autonomy in class is dealing with children and utilizing things she learned from teachers’ education from the institutes. Assessment does not check which level the children are, but through the conference such as presenting songs and acting before their parents, the assessment can be performed. When it comes to the purpose of the course; be friendly to English with music, this seems to achieve some of parts. She is quite humanist, that cares much about the children’s emotional, spiritual development.
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ReplyDeleteWow! You interviewed the instuctor who are working for the institute at which music and English are well-integrated and I think the institute has interesting curricula. It is the most interesting that she said like this: "I think teachers’ role in class is manage whole class, and deal with children wisely, so that the class go smoothly. For the better class. For better learning."
ReplyDeleteAnd you prepared the table which is about the teaching context such as pysical setting, students' traits, nature of the course, and teaching resourses for the interviewee in advance. What a surprising!