Why is Language so important?

•It gives us the daily tools to do our teaching work

•It provides us with power and authority
•It gives us responsibilities
•Can you tell more reasons?

Objective Important for Teachers

•Recognize the importance of •We are Knowledge
Proper Usage of Language in Workers. Unlike Physical
teaching Workers we have the ability to
•Identify our improve, motive, create with
communicative skills in our knowledge.
teaching
•Proper Usage in
disciplining

By Lic. Gerson G. Cisneros Soto

 As Teachers Speech or the Ability of
Talking is our MAIN TOOL
•We must use it!

The Questions that concern us are: What does Speaking mean?:

•Can I really speak? •Listening
•Am I really conveying the ideas to •Asking
my Students? •Offering
•Is my methodology feasible? •Talking to open new possibilities
•Making a statement
•Making Judgments
•Promising
•Declaring
•Observing and Handling
•BUT effectively
 Everything centers in Communicating
•But effectively!!!!

Is Communicating involved in
Discipline? - YES!
Causes of Indiscipline Causes of Indiscipline
a) TEACHER b) STUDENTS
a) Teacher doesn’t prepare class (80%) a) Ss attitude toward institution
b) Teacher not strict enough b) Hyperactive
c) Teacher’s voice too low c) Ss placed in wrong English level
d) Teacher addresses only a group of students d) Desire to be noticed.
e) Teacher’s instructions not clear enough for e) Psychological problems
students f) Sick
f) Teacher’s sense of responsibility g) Time of the day for the class
(commitment)
g) Teacher’s negative attitude Communicating is VITAL in disciplining,
h) Teacher not being fear teaching…. How can we improve in
i) Don’t issue threats unless you carry them out.
conveying our ideas?
By practicing 8 tools
 First: Being Observant “How we
•A good teacher must be able to see: see things
•Emotions is ONLY
the way
•Language WE see
•Body language things”
•Of himself and others

What kind of observant am I?

Close Vision Teacher
a) Teacher is always right This takes us to:
b) “That’s the way it is!” a) Everyone’s particular conformation
c) Copes / “Aguanta” b) Values, Schooling, Personal Experiences, Age, Sex,
Open Vision Teacher affect the way people see things
a) Recognizes other’s view c) We see things as we perceive them
b) Understands student’s viewpoints a) Mood – Affects our perception
c) Tries to expand possibilities (STS)
d) Uses “wow! Didn’t know that”
e) Respect, Open to reasoning
f) “If I’m a good observant I’ll make a
difference between my secular life and (See “How to build your lesson plan?”)
personal life” (histrionic halo)
Evaluating our teaching

Good Observant Look for strategies Results

I don’t mix my secular with my Methods Students producing language
personal life
Teaching techniques
I know my student’s
If it doesn’t work….
backgrounds and attitudes

BUT if you change YOUR PERSON, your attitudes, the result will be much better.
Second: Listening
•A good teacher must remember that:
•When people don’t “peal” us
•We feel ignored (“You’re not
important”)
•Thus it’s vital to listen to our students

My responsibility as a Teacher is listen to not

only
Sounds and words BUT EVERYTHING

My responsibility is to listen to:

a) Real anxieties behind our students’ speaking
(give examples)
b) Real anxieties behind our students’
movements (give examples)
c) Real anxieties behind our students’ emotions
and feelings.
 Third: Speech
•A good teacher must realize that:
•The speech is a powerful tool
•We must use it properly

Remember that:
a) When I speak I act (“stand up”)
b) Create new knowledge
c) Open or Close students’ possibilities
d) Create their identity

Our responsibility is to speak…

a) True and Relevant statements
b) Valid and Worth statements that open
possibilities and create alternative future for
our students
c) Basic but accord declarations in OUR acting in
the classroom (“Thanks”)
 Fourth: Judgments
•What’s a judgment? :
•Opinions, conclusions
•Classify
•Modify our actions.

Remember that:
a) We make judgments everyday
b) They are the opinion that guide us when
dealing when students
c) Can change our students’ life (you can be
president)

If the judgment of a group

tells me that they’re lazy,
dedicated, etc…

That we’ll use are going to be

the ones for that specific
group.
 Fifth: Petitions
•A good teacher knows how to ask for
something :
•It’s the key to coordinate the actions
in the classroom

What are some expressions?

a) Please would you…?
b) I’d suggest that….
c) Why don’t you…?
d) ______________________
e) ____________________
f) ____________________
g) ____________________ Elements to be cover when asking for…
a) Who’s talking?
b) Who’s listening?
c) Clear petition (future action)
d) What’d happen if you do it ok?
e) Never take for granted they understood
f) Feelings and emotions
g) Confidence
h) Context
 Sixth: Promising
•A good teacher knows that:
•Promising will credit the
trustworthiness of the teacher

Never
a) Make a promise you can’t make it come true
b) Always accomplish the promises

What can happen if you don’t do it…

a) Lose of respect
b) Complains
c) Blame others
d) ______________________________
e) __________________________
f) __________________________
 Seventh: Feelings and Emotions
•A good teacher knows that:
•Your class will be easy or difficult
depending on how easily your
emotions and feelings are been
projected

It’s important to remember that:

a) Knowing the emotions and feelings of our
group will HELP US to prepare a better class.
b) Observing the emotions of our students will
help to determine the temperature of our class

Characteristics:
a) Affects our developing in class
b) It’s contagious
(See “Teacher development” with a copy c) It’s hard to hide them
of master planner) d) It’s will affect our conversations.
e) __________________________
f) __________________________
 Eighth: Body Language
•A good teacher will be able to:
•Recognize that a movement is more
understandable that a word.

into the class room Facial gestures

The way of coming

The way of sitting

The body: an endless source of messages

Where they take a place

Final activity role play a class