Third Week Reflection

When there are Sonia’s, Pam’s, Dev’s and let alone Vinay’s blog a step from yours, and you are running out of time, what would you do? I reckon you simply fold your hands; and stand and stare at their post. Same has happened to me this week particularly in blog post. One the one hand, I have to complete my assignment in stipulated time, and on the other hand, I have few minutes left to meet the deadline. I am really stifled and pulverized now.  I am pondering how to come out of this dismal predicament. I know I don’t have any way out either. I think I must take recourse to Beatles song ‘let it be, let it be’. Any way, I have to post to my blog, singing 'let it be' by Lennon/McCartney.

It's our third week in webskills course. I am fortunate to learn many things in these three weeks. Sailing back  this week, I encountered much more interesting tasks. I came to read 'Developing Listening Skills with Authentic Materials by Lindsay Miller and 'New Perspective in Teaching Pronunciation' by Maria Grazia Busa and found their writing comprehensive and extensive. I came to know the general trend in listening and speaking; and was surprised to know the indifference of the researchers and scholars towards them before.

Next, I visited websites that aimed to enhance vocabulary and better pronunciation. The opportunity to hear the native pronunciation and a gut to improve it consistently in the words utterances along with listening the native tones will help my students to further hone their skill. I must admit I had an amazing experience with listening and speaking websites where I enjoyed Randahl’s cyber space the most.

My experience of delicious web page gave me a new horizon. It gave me opportunity to get familiarize with linking the files and texts we read in different web pages and save them for future reference. The learning and sharing with like-minded people has been shaping me into new personality. These three weeks have been a milestone to hone me as an effective and promising teacher. Thanks to all who contributed this opportunity to me.

Sitaram http://www.nicenet.org/