My teaching
I am scared. When I prepared my lesson I was very interested in the topic “Discourse Analysis”. I do not know how much time I spent with reading about this topic. By the end, I had a lot in my mind and I tried to focus on some aspects. The easiest way to “teach” this topic to the class was to prepare a power point presentation. This topic was very interesting and funny. I was sure that students will like this topic. The only thing is that I have to listen to the student’s answers and questions this time. After I had finished my power point presentation I spoke to myself and tried to exercise. I had still one concern, my handout. It was a good exercise but something bothered me. My concern was right but I will learn through my mistakes. I was lucky that Professor Gleason jumped in and helped. She made this exercise “meaningful” and students loved it. She is a very experiences teacher and she knew what to do.
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Friday, April 15, 2011
Week Eleven
After the second exam, it was very good to watch the next video “Do You Speak American? Out West”. These videos are very helpful to the students. They can apply their knowledge and can understand what they have learned. When we speak about these videos I can see through their questions how they connect the information from the textbook to the video. It makes me happy to see this because I know that they have learned for their lives and not only for this class. Also the results of the second exam showed that the students learn and work hard. I hope that I am a part of this process and maybe one day, I can see this process by my own students. It makes me happy to see that teachers/professors are able to teach and never give up. I was a good teacher in Germany and when I am ready, I will become a good teacher here in the USA too.
Week Ten
This week I have offered an “ Exam Workshop”. It was optional and I thought that just 5-10 students will come and listen to me. 14 students joined this workshop. I prepared a handout with exercises and questions about morphology. I researched online for these questions and I was very surprised that I could find different pages with different questions and exercises. I tried to combine the best quizzes and exercises so it was a good preparation for the class.
When I started the class with my own questions and handout I was very “free”. Nobody is watching me and I can just share my knowledge with the students. I felt comfortable and safe. We discussed the questions and sometimes I asked the class to look up the answer in our textbook. When students said the wrong answer I let other students correct his/her answer and students liked my handout. They really worked on it. They took it serious. I was surprised. After the class some students came to me and said “Thank you”. It helped me to feel good and self confident.
When I started the class with my own questions and handout I was very “free”. Nobody is watching me and I can just share my knowledge with the students. I felt comfortable and safe. We discussed the questions and sometimes I asked the class to look up the answer in our textbook. When students said the wrong answer I let other students correct his/her answer and students liked my handout. They really worked on it. They took it serious. I was surprised. After the class some students came to me and said “Thank you”. It helped me to feel good and self confident.
Questions and Exercise for Morphology
Questions and Exercise for Morphology
Question 1
The study of the construction of words out of morphemes...
A. morphemes
B. morphology
Question 2
Smallest linguistic unit that has meaning or grammatical function.
A. bound morpheme
B. free morpheme
C. morphemes
D. derivational morphemes
Question 3
Bound morphemes always attach to other morphemes, never existing as words themselves. They always carry a grammatical function.
A. True
B. False
Question 4
An affix that attaches to the end of a stem; in English, suffixes may be inflectional or derivational.
A. Prefix
B. Suffix
C. Affix
Question 5
An affix that attaches to the beginning of a stem...
A. Prefix
B. Suffix
C. Affix
Exercise1 : Identifying Morphemes
Count the number of morphemes in each word. Underline the bound morphemes and define the part of speech.
Example: unpreventable -- 3 morphemes; un- prevent –able. Adjective
1. Beauty
2. Knowledge
3. Kindness
4. Reelections
5. Biology
6. Unable
7. Running
8. Blindness
9. Prepay
10. Dislocation
11. Ladylike
12. Purposeful
13. Strongly
14. Judgment
15. Stapler
Exercise 2
Isolate the affixes in each of these words and state wether each is prefix or suffix.
Example: unchanged = -un-prefix, -ed-suffix
1. Include
2. Unpredicted
3. Action
4. Redirection
5. Forcefully
6. Resulted
7. Behead
8. Devised
Exercise 3
Determine what kind of suffix is highlighted in the words below. Use the structure of the sentences to guide your decision.
• Inflectional Suffix
• Noun-forming Derivational Suffix
• Verb-forming Derivational Suffix
• Adjective-forming Derivational Suffix
Example: industrialist = Derivational- Noun - Forming
Washington Irving
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
In the bosom of one of those spacious coves which indent the eastern shore of the Hudson, at that broad expansion of the river denominated by the ancient Dutch navigators the Tappan Zee, and where they always prudently shortened sail and implored the protection of St. Nicholas when they crossed, there lies a small market town or rural port, which by some is called Greensburgh, but which is more generally and properly known by the name of Tarry Town. This name was given, we are told, in former days, by the good housewives of the adjacent country, from the inveterate propensity of their husbands to linger about the village tavern on market days. Be that as it may, I do not vouch for the fact, but merely advert to it, for the sake of being precise and authentic. Not far from this village, perhaps about two miles, there is a little valley or rather lap of land among high hills, which is one of the quietest places in the whole world.
1. Spacious
2. Expansion
3. Denominated
4. Protection
5. Generally
6. Adjacent
7. Authentic
8. Quietest
9. Places
Question 1
The study of the construction of words out of morphemes...
A. morphemes
B. morphology
Question 2
Smallest linguistic unit that has meaning or grammatical function.
A. bound morpheme
B. free morpheme
C. morphemes
D. derivational morphemes
Question 3
Bound morphemes always attach to other morphemes, never existing as words themselves. They always carry a grammatical function.
A. True
B. False
Question 4
An affix that attaches to the end of a stem; in English, suffixes may be inflectional or derivational.
A. Prefix
B. Suffix
C. Affix
Question 5
An affix that attaches to the beginning of a stem...
A. Prefix
B. Suffix
C. Affix
Exercise1 : Identifying Morphemes
Count the number of morphemes in each word. Underline the bound morphemes and define the part of speech.
Example: unpreventable -- 3 morphemes; un- prevent –able. Adjective
1. Beauty
2. Knowledge
3. Kindness
4. Reelections
5. Biology
6. Unable
7. Running
8. Blindness
9. Prepay
10. Dislocation
11. Ladylike
12. Purposeful
13. Strongly
14. Judgment
15. Stapler
Exercise 2
Isolate the affixes in each of these words and state wether each is prefix or suffix.
Example: unchanged = -un-prefix, -ed-suffix
1. Include
2. Unpredicted
3. Action
4. Redirection
5. Forcefully
6. Resulted
7. Behead
8. Devised
Exercise 3
Determine what kind of suffix is highlighted in the words below. Use the structure of the sentences to guide your decision.
• Inflectional Suffix
• Noun-forming Derivational Suffix
• Verb-forming Derivational Suffix
• Adjective-forming Derivational Suffix
Example: industrialist = Derivational- Noun - Forming
Washington Irving
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
In the bosom of one of those spacious coves which indent the eastern shore of the Hudson, at that broad expansion of the river denominated by the ancient Dutch navigators the Tappan Zee, and where they always prudently shortened sail and implored the protection of St. Nicholas when they crossed, there lies a small market town or rural port, which by some is called Greensburgh, but which is more generally and properly known by the name of Tarry Town. This name was given, we are told, in former days, by the good housewives of the adjacent country, from the inveterate propensity of their husbands to linger about the village tavern on market days. Be that as it may, I do not vouch for the fact, but merely advert to it, for the sake of being precise and authentic. Not far from this village, perhaps about two miles, there is a little valley or rather lap of land among high hills, which is one of the quietest places in the whole world.
1. Spacious
2. Expansion
3. Denominated
4. Protection
5. Generally
6. Adjacent
7. Authentic
8. Quietest
9. Places
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Week Nine
This week I learned a useful method from Professor Gleason. She prepared a handout which was a summary of notes and terms of Chapter 3 English Phonology. Arranged in a circle we discussed this handout and sometimes students looked up in our textbook for more information. It was also a preparation for the next exam. This kind of handouts shows students what kind of question they have to answer in the quiz and how. Students, who got a B+ or better in the first exam, took notes when Professor Gleason repeats the answer. When students listen carefully then they know the right answer. On the one hand I think the students have to do a lot and they will get only 3 credits for this class but on the other hand Professor Gleason makes it easy to get a good grade. The key point is they have to read each chapter and listen to Professor Gleason during the class.
Friday, March 18, 2011
Seventh Week
Seventh Week
I see how the class becomes more and more together. They are talking to each other and I recognized that we are laughing more in class. I am pretty sure that students like this class and therefore, they learn a lot more. But, I also think that the students do not like the first exam. They told that they spent hours for this exam and it was too much for them. It is true, the exam was long but they had almost five days to answer to the questions.
We watched the video about dialects. Showing videos is a good opportunity to give the class a brake. When we talk about the movie I recognized that students applied the information from our textbooks to the video. This was a proof for me that they learn in this class because applying knowledge is a proof that you understood the topic.
I also recognized that I fell comfortable to talk in class and this makes me happy. I do not feel “useless” anymore. When we talked about how to pronounce my name or when I talked about my scarf all students listen to me and I was not concerned about my English when I talked about this. After the class I recognized that it was not our topic and I had the feeling that I changed the topic. Next time I will be more careful and try to stay on our topic.
I see how the class becomes more and more together. They are talking to each other and I recognized that we are laughing more in class. I am pretty sure that students like this class and therefore, they learn a lot more. But, I also think that the students do not like the first exam. They told that they spent hours for this exam and it was too much for them. It is true, the exam was long but they had almost five days to answer to the questions.
We watched the video about dialects. Showing videos is a good opportunity to give the class a brake. When we talk about the movie I recognized that students applied the information from our textbooks to the video. This was a proof for me that they learn in this class because applying knowledge is a proof that you understood the topic.
I also recognized that I fell comfortable to talk in class and this makes me happy. I do not feel “useless” anymore. When we talked about how to pronounce my name or when I talked about my scarf all students listen to me and I was not concerned about my English when I talked about this. After the class I recognized that it was not our topic and I had the feeling that I changed the topic. Next time I will be more careful and try to stay on our topic.
Seventh Week
Seventh Week
I see how the class becomes more and more together. They are talking to each other and I recognized that we are laughing more in class. I am pretty sure that students like this class and therefore, they learn a lot more. But, I also think that the students do not like the first exam. They told that they spent hours for this exam and it was too much for them. It is true, the exam was long but they had almost five days to answer to the questions.
We watched the video about dialects. Showing videos is a good opportunity to give the class a brake. When we talk about the movie I recognized that students applied the information from our textbooks to the video. This was a proof for me that they learn in this class because applying knowledge is a proof that you understood the topic.
I also recognized that I fell comfortable to talk in class and this makes me happy. I do not feel “useless” anymore. When we talked about how to pronounce my name or when I talked about my scarf all students listen to me and I was not concerned about my English when I talked about this. After the class I recognized that it was not our topic and I had the feeling that I changed the topic. Next time I will be more careful and try to stay on our topic.
I see how the class becomes more and more together. They are talking to each other and I recognized that we are laughing more in class. I am pretty sure that students like this class and therefore, they learn a lot more. But, I also think that the students do not like the first exam. They told that they spent hours for this exam and it was too much for them. It is true, the exam was long but they had almost five days to answer to the questions.
We watched the video about dialects. Showing videos is a good opportunity to give the class a brake. When we talk about the movie I recognized that students applied the information from our textbooks to the video. This was a proof for me that they learn in this class because applying knowledge is a proof that you understood the topic.
I also recognized that I fell comfortable to talk in class and this makes me happy. I do not feel “useless” anymore. When we talked about how to pronounce my name or when I talked about my scarf all students listen to me and I was not concerned about my English when I talked about this. After the class I recognized that it was not our topic and I had the feeling that I changed the topic. Next time I will be more careful and try to stay on our topic.
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