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  Seminar in English Language Teaching Course is searching for information concerning English language pedagogy and problems in teaching and learning English. By the teacher assigned me to study from variety sources such as article, research, ad online resources which are necessary in order for teachers to keep up-to-date in the ELT (English Language Teaching) field. Moreover, teacher assigned me to work in group like a collaborative class. Then, we have to  discuss and analyze of readings and current problems in English language pedagogy.  What we learned form this course? 1. Global English: using  the English Language  as a common means of communication across cultures-a lingua franca . Also known as  International English  and  Common English . 2. Contexts of English teaching:  It is widely recognized that second language (L2) mental lexicon must be independent of its first language (L1) counterpart, if learners are to use the target language effectively and fluently.

  From last week, teacher assigned everyone in my class to study about Sociocultural Theory as an Approach to aid EFL Learners of Vygotsky Theory. So, what we learned today? Today I learned about the Vygotskian approach, the teacher's scaffolding and Zone of Proximal Development. What is Sociocultural theory?    Sociocultural theory is an emerging theory in psychology that looks at the important contributions that society makes to individual development. This theory stresses the interaction between developing people and the culture in which they live. What is Vygotsky's theory?   A second aspect of Vygotsky's theory is the idea that the potential for cognitive development depends upon the "zone of proximal development" (ZPD): a level of development attained when children engage in social behavior. Full development of the ZPD depends upon full social interaction. What is scaffolding according to Vygotsky?   A scaffold is a temp

  For this class, teacher reviewed about Communicative Language Teaching again. The contents was the same that I learned before. She talked about the tenets and principles of CLT, 4 competences of CLT, classroom activities, strength and constrain of CLT ,Teacher's roles, Students' roles. But for today teacher added in formation about the priciples of learner-centered and teaching method: Top-Down and Bottom-Up.  So, I will talk about the new thing for learning  as follows: Learner-centered or  student - centered learning     It refers to a wide variety of educational programs,  learning  experiences, instructional approaches, and academic-support strategies that are intended to address the distinct  learning  needs, interests, aspirations, or cultural backgrounds of individual  students  and groups of  students . The principle of learner-centered/ child - centered approach 1. Learner-centered teaching engages students in the hard, messy work of learning.

  For today, we presents the tasks that the teacher assigned to do group work. There are many group, for each group got the difference topic. For example, CLT or communicative language approach to language Teaching, English Teaching Problem in Thailand, Factors Affecting English Language Teaching and Learning, English Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century Learner, and Critical Thinking etc. For my group, we got the topic about English Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century Learner. So, I summarize it as follows: The overview of my presentation    - Framework for the 21st century Learning A unified vision for learning to ensure student success in a world where change is constant and learning never to stop.     - The Key Subjects and 21st Century Themes   - Learning and Innovation Skills:  4Cs  skills in the 21 st  century   - Information, Media and Technology Skills    - Life and Career Skills    - Teacher Roles in the 21st Century    The

   Today I learned about CLT (communicative Language Teaching). So, what we learned today? Communicative Language Teaching  (CLT) Which is an approach to the teaching of second and foreign languages, emphasizes interaction as both the means and the ultimate goal of learning a language. It is also referred to as “Communicative Approach”. characteristics could be taken as a definition of CLT :  1. Classroom goals are focused on all of the components of communicative competence and not restricted to grammatical or linguistic competence.  2. Language teaching techniques are designed to engage learners in the pragmatic, authentic, functional use of language for meaningful purposes. Language forms are not the central focus but rather aspects of language that enable the learner to accomplish those purposes.  3. Fluency and accuracy are seen as complementary principles underlying communicative techniques. At times fluency may have to take on more importance than accuracy in order to

   For this class, we learned about the trends for teaching and learning English. Teacher assigns me to study the article research in the topic "Major Trends in Global ELT Field: A Non-Native English-Speaking, Professional's Perspective." The researcher is "Yilin Sun".  She presented the trends for teaching and Learning English 9 trends as follows:   Trend 1: Changes in Perspectives on English Language Teaching and Learning Trend 2: Changes in Goals of English Language Teaching and Learning Trend 3: Changes in Teaching Approaches Trend 4: Changes in Teaching Content, Curriculum Design, and Assessment  Trend 5: Expanding the Dimension of Communicative Competence Trend 6: Changes in Views of an Effective English Educator Trend 7: Early Start in Learning English  Trend 8 : Rapid Development and Integration of Information Technology in ELT Trend 9: Changing Roles and Increasing Responsibilities of Teachers If you want more infor

    Today, before we learned the new lesson, teacher asked about life in the 4th year students. My friends and I replied, It's very tiring and stressful. Teacher told me to be patient and try to make it to the fullest. So, it made me feel better, and encouraged to learn more.    Next, what I learned today? Today l learned about ICT or Information and communication Technology.   Definition of ICT ICT is the integration of  telecommunications , computers as well as necessary, storage, and audio-visual systems and  manipulate information.  Moreover, I learned about CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning) which is an assistant for teaching and learning English Language. There are many social media websites such as E-mail, Web blog, Web search engine, Facebook, twitter and etc.    At present, there are various of websites that we can use in English teaching and learning. For example, Using E-mail to develop writing skills of students and students have to use the information

   For today, Teacher turn on the video from you tube Which about  The Effect of New Technologies on English  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVqcoB798Is   Then, teacher talk about the video and asked about new  technologies and advantages & disadvantages of social media.    After that, teacher assigned everyone in classroom to read the article research "Computer assisted Language Learning and Introduction" by Mark Warschauer. After that, the teacher gave the handout me to read again at home.    I learned from 08.30 a.m. until 10.0 a.m. and then I had a midterm examination. It's about the thing that we learned such as what is "Global English"? And how to implicate in teaching and learning English?, what is differences between ESL and EFL? And how to implicate in teaching and learning English?, What are the factors that affect in learning and teaching English? How to implicate in teaching and learning in English? The teacher gave 90 minutes

   Today I learned about the English teaching problems in Thailand and Thai teacher's problems.     First, teacher asked me to think about the problems of Thai education, and I found that it had many problems such as, teacher had many works, teacher not understand the curricula, large class, students lacked of motivation in learning and etc. These problems are stills for long time, and Thai education system can't solve the problems.    Next, teacher assigned me to read the article about English teaching problem in Thailand, and I learned about problems involving teachers as follows: The top 5 highest ranks of their problems were concerned with  1) teaching writing 2) incorporating experiential learning into English classes 3) their own minimal use and/or exposure to English 4) teaching listening and speaking 5) using games and songs effectively in English classes Then, I will tell you about the problems involving students had the highest problems as foll