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    This document contains 12 reflections from a student named Janica Marie N. Ciudad on various topics related to language teaching and learning. Some key points from the reflections include: - Language teachers should focus on student-centered approaches and involve students in the learning process in order to best help them learn and apply knowledge. - It is important for teachers to learn the language themselves to better understand students' experiences and set an example as lifelong learners. - Language learning requires building both knowledge and skills through practice, and addressing individual differences in how students learn best. - Teachers should motivate students intrinsically and help them take ownership over their own learning.

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    This document contains 12 reflections from a student named Janica Marie N. Ciudad on various topics related to language teaching and learning. Some key points from the reflections include: - Language teachers should focus on student-centered approaches and involve students in the learning process in order to best help them learn and apply knowledge. - It is important for teachers to learn the language themselves to better understand students' experiences and set an example as lifelong learners. - Language learning requires building both knowledge and skills through practice, and addressing individual differences in how students learn best. - Teachers should motivate students intrinsically and help them take ownership over their own learning.

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    This document contains 12 reflections from a student named Janica Marie N. Ciudad on various topics related to language teaching and learning. Some key points from the reflections include: - Language teachers should focus on student-centered approaches and involve students in the learning process in order to best help them learn and apply knowledge. - It is important for teachers to learn the language themselves to better understand students' experiences and set an example as lifelong learners. - Language learning requires building both knowledge and skills through practice, and addressing individual differences in how students learn best. - Teachers should motivate students intrinsically and help them take ownership over their own learning.

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    This document contains 12 reflections from a student named Janica Marie N. Ciudad on various topics related to language teaching and learning. Some key points from the reflections include: - Language teachers should focus on student-centered approaches and involve students in the learning process in order to best help them learn and apply knowledge. - It is important for teachers to learn the language themselves to better understand students' experiences and set an example as lifelong learners. - Language learning requires building both knowledge and skills through practice, and addressing individual differences in how students learn best. - Teachers should motivate students intrinsically and help them take ownership over their own learning.

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    Name: Janica Marie N.

    Ciudad

    Reflection Number 1: Why Focus First on Students?

    Benjamin Franklin once said, "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I


    remember. Involve me and I learn." This statement is anchored to the given
    reading material, as it emphasizes the role of student-centered approach in
    language learning. As teachers, we deal with diverse students. Each student
    differs in the way they learn, the way they get motivated and the way they
    acquire knowledge. Thus, as language teacher, we must apply various
    strategies, techniques and methods that would involve our students in
    teaching-learning process Further, we have to offer them both real life and first
    hand experiences for them to meaningfully apply the knowledge. As educators
    we should always consider the Bloom's Taxonomy which focuses in acquisition
    of Knowledge, Skills and Appreciation (KSA), and not by simply feeding
    students information alone.

    Reflection Number 2: Why Is It Important for Language Teachers to Be


    Language Learners?

    As the cliché goes, "Experience is the best teacher". Thus, the best way to
    teach something is through experiencing it. No matter how knowledgeable we
    are in our field of specialization, there is always room for us to grow. Therefore,
    we should put our feet in the shoes of our learner, for us to better understand
    them. Moreover, educators who engage in learning set an example for their
    students because they practice what they teach. This, in turn, encourages their
    students to develop into lifelong learners. Effective educators accomplish this
    by sharing experiences of working through the learning process.
    Reflection Number 3: Language Is a Tool for Communication

    As cited in the material language should be used in communication process.


    It is somehow true that most of the students nowadays are more likely to
    memorize a certain word, and language rules, but tend go forget that the main
    purpose of language learning is for them to meaningfully apply the knowledge
    they gain in a real world setting. Further, learning language means developing
    the ability to understand and interact with others. Thus, as early as possible,
    teachers must offer varied strategies that will enhance students'
    communication skills. As educators, we must make students understand that
    memorization is not enough

    Reflection Number 4: Building Skills Is as Important as Building


    Knowledge

    “Knowledge is useless without application’’, as stated by Julian Hall. In


    relation to language acquisition, knowledge alone is not enough to suffice the
    language learning of students, instead there must be a constant application of
    ideas gained. Further, the importance of patience and repeated practice is
    observed in the reading material. Indeed, learning is not an easy process, thus
    students must be patient enough to learn, and teachers too must be patient
    enough to teach. Further, it could be a good idea for educators to expose
    students through various activities which can improve their skills. In addition,
    teachers should go beyond the book. This simply means that they should
    explore for more techniques that will assure students' constant practice of
    knowledge for them to develop mastery in skills essential for language
    acquisition.

    Reflection Number 5: Language Learning Is a Battle of the Heart

    Aristotle once said, “Educating the mind without educating the heart is no
    education at all.” It means that to be educated does not depend on how many
    reading materials you have read, but depends on how deeply you are
    influenced by the knowledge you have gained. Thus, one's affective factor
    plays important role in learning .As stated in the reading material, learning
    language is not i one-act process, instead it takes a great deal of effort over a
    long period of time. When we love what we are doing, we are more likely to
    enjoy while learning, we become interested to what we do and determined to
    accomplish our goal. Therefore, it is very much essential to instill in the minds of
    our students that in learning, brain alone is not enough, rather brain and heart
    should work hand in hand. Further, in everything they do, they must do it with a
    heart.

    Reflection Number 6: Language Learners Do Not All Learn the Same Way

    George Evans stated that, "Every student can learn just not on the same
    day or in the same way."As educators, we should consider the diversity of our
    students, so we should understand that each of them learns in different ways.
    Someone's weakness can be another's strength and vice versa. As mentioned
    in the reading material, learners can be visual, auditory, tactile or khinestetic
    learners. They can also be introvert or extrovert. Therefore, to address the
    challenge in diversity, we should employ various teaching strategies that will
    make all students learn. Moreover, a single strategy does not guarantee the
    learning of everybody. Thus, it is foremost important that we should think of
    techniques which everybody could relate to. In addition, we shall encourage
    them to explore different strategies and even go beyond their comfort zones.

    Reflection Number 7: What Is the Role of the Language?

    In teacher-centered learning — the more traditional or conventional


    approach — the teacher functions in the familiar role of classroom lecturer,
    presenting information to the students, who are expected to passively receive
    the knowledge being presented. In the reading material, it is referred to as sage
    model. In this model, the teacher do as if he/she knows far more about English
    than the students, and one of the as language teacher is to convey as much of
    that knowledge as possible. However, this approach raises several
    disadvantages. As teachers, we should also be open for knowledge. This
    simply means that we should admit that though we are more knowledgeable
    than our students, still there is room for us to grow. We should realize that we
    are not always the source of knowledge, because our students has ideas that
    we don't know yet. Sometimes, we gain meaningful information from them too.
    Thus, the coach model of learning language is considered better as it allows
    students to do more than the teacher, in fact the teacher only acts as facilitator.
    In this approach, students exercise first hand experiences and there is an
    evident reciprocal of ideas between students and teacher.

    Reflection Number 8: Helping Students Understand Language Learning

    In helping students understand the language learning, Bloom's Taxonomy


    should he considered where Knowledge, Skills and Affective side (KSA) where
    emphasized. As language teachers, we should first teach them the basic, which
    is explaining essential principles and theories in language learning. Second, we
    must employ various activities where learners exercise the mastery of concept
    through developing their skills, specifically in terms of communication. Third,
    affective side of language learning should be realized by the students. Finally,
    we should encourage students to explore various methods and language
    learning and do not just focus on a certain strategy which they considered as
    their comfort zone. Further, they must be open for new things and accept
    challenges for them to better enhance their understanding and skills of
    language learning.

    Reflection Number 9: Encouraging and Motivating Students

    Extrinsic motivation helps students become driven and competitive, while


    intrinsic motivation supports seeking knowledge for its own sake. Ultimately,
    fostering both types of motivation helps students develop good study habits
    and an investment in learning. However, EFL teachers should emphasize that
    intrinsic motivation should be the dominant reason for them to learn, as they
    themselves are primary motivators for their learning. As EFL educators, we
    should create a fun and lively learning environment and we should be creative
    enough in applying teaching strategies. Further, the teachers should make
    learning process communicative as soon as possible. In this way, students are
    actively involved in the learning process. Students’ accomplishment must also
    be praised and appreciated with the mentor. Most importantly, teachers should
    set as a role model to their learners. By this way, students are able to see how
    their educators perform and practice what day say.

    Reflection Number 10: Building Accountability and Discipline

    As educators, we are probably working to help our learners assume more


    responsibility for their own success. To be more self-disciplined and tl learn to
    hold themselves accountable for their work and behavior. As language
    teachers, we should let students foster a sense of accountability and discipline.
    Further, we should assure that they render time and effort to learn and master
    the language. Moreover, we should help them learn the discipline to keep them
    working diligently even without the presence of the teacher. we should also give
    appreciation to our students no matter how big or small their development is to
    let them feel that their efforts are appreciated.

    Reflection Number 11: Encouraging Students to Take Command

    Guiding students in their work led a teacher to create opportunities for all of
    her students to develop agency and independence in learning. As language
    teachers, we should employ approaches that would lead students foster
    ownership in the learning process. Further, all students must feel an intrinsically
    motivated to do their best, and that has to come from the opportunity to make
    the class their own. Thus, as educators, we must give our students that sense
    of ownership by providing opportunities to choose topics, styles, and text. It is
    also essential to expose students in different learning strategies, thus our roles
    as a teacher is to recommend varied approaches to language learning that
    students might not have previously exposed themselves with.

    Reflection Number 12: Making Your Assumptions Explicit

    Everything we do in the classroom is founded on a set of assumptions


    about teaching and learning about knowledge and about what approaches
    count. It is very much important that we communicate expectations to our
    students as we do not share same assumptions. Making students understand
    our underlying assumptions makes us more in tune with your class. Further, we
    should offer broader sets of approaches beyond what their acceptable
    approach to language teaching by means of making alternatives in
    consideration with the students' culture. It is very much important that we
    uncover our beliefs in language teaching by systematic analysis of our
    instructional practices and approaches.

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