This is my 4th year teaching in Budapest. I've been at the same school all these years. After teaching the same thing year after year, I sometimes forget what/how I should be teaching. At the mid-year mark, I asked my students what they think we shoud do to make their English better. I got lots of responses from students, such as "play more games" and "watch more English movies (with subtitles.)"
I feel that in the right environment, those could be very good activities. But why? Well, a young lady wrote this response to my question, and I wanted to share it with you all. For her privacy, I'm not publishing her name, but I did get her permission to share it.
(I have not edited this at all)
"Speaking English is VERY important to me. Not just because I wouldn't ever get a diplom without having at least one language exam. English is really a beautiful language, I can be myself while using it.
I think we should help each other in a way that really helps. I mean the first thing the others shoud "learn" is how to enjoy speaking English. For a long time, I don't care so much about my marks anymore, I'm just trying to enjoy speaking, improving my knowledge. It means a lot more to me to watch a flm in English and understand it without subtitle, than to get a 5 in school.
So maybe watching more films would help. Or a nother good thing is I think reading. So maybe we could read more books in English. But I guess it would eb difficult to chose one that everyone likes, so each of us could find a book for him/herself. Than give a bookreport, or just talk about it after reading it.
Well, I hope my ideas will help you!"
What wisdom from an 11th grader. Wow...a student wanting more than a mark (grade) as a reason to learn a language.
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