group work
Ruirong Yu
Eng 68
Ms.Sanchez
Homework
Sep/1/14
Group Work
I agree with that a class should work in groups. During the groups working, I found many opportunities to structure interactive with each other. Teachers and students can earn a lot of benefits from this activity. Although, they might come from different countries and have different cultures, the goal is the same - to learn English better.
As a teacher, first of all, he or she can easier to get some variety responses and personal feedback in the group work. This is often not possible to get from the limit time of a whole class learning. Second, the teacher can easier to find out the student who needs help but he never ask for it. There are many reasons why students do not ask for help. Maybe he is too shy, or he doesn’t know how to ask, or he wants to skip this question. The problem can be easier to find out by teacher during the group work. Last of all, in order to get the best result, the teacher can give different topics to different groups. Because every group has different weak or strong skills, focus on those points, better appropriate topic earns greater progress.
As a student, he or she can raise more questions and points in group than whole class. Both the helper and the person who be helped are raised by group work. All members who have contribute for their team can get more ownership of knowledge than whole class learning. Everybody should have more critical thinking about the group’s topic. The students rise not only their explanation skill but also their social skills.
For these reasons, a class should work in groups. No matter we accept it or not, teamwork should be a part of college life. The groups’ work create a stronger social system; moreover, it sets higher expectation for students and teachers than the regular class.
Eng 68
Ms.Sanchez
Homework
Sep/1/14
Group Work
I agree with that a class should work in groups. During the groups working, I found many opportunities to structure interactive with each other. Teachers and students can earn a lot of benefits from this activity. Although, they might come from different countries and have different cultures, the goal is the same - to learn English better.
As a teacher, first of all, he or she can easier to get some variety responses and personal feedback in the group work. This is often not possible to get from the limit time of a whole class learning. Second, the teacher can easier to find out the student who needs help but he never ask for it. There are many reasons why students do not ask for help. Maybe he is too shy, or he doesn’t know how to ask, or he wants to skip this question. The problem can be easier to find out by teacher during the group work. Last of all, in order to get the best result, the teacher can give different topics to different groups. Because every group has different weak or strong skills, focus on those points, better appropriate topic earns greater progress.
As a student, he or she can raise more questions and points in group than whole class. Both the helper and the person who be helped are raised by group work. All members who have contribute for their team can get more ownership of knowledge than whole class learning. Everybody should have more critical thinking about the group’s topic. The students rise not only their explanation skill but also their social skills.
For these reasons, a class should work in groups. No matter we accept it or not, teamwork should be a part of college life. The groups’ work create a stronger social system; moreover, it sets higher expectation for students and teachers than the regular class.