Two methods of teacing Vocabulary

Today we learned about two approaches for teaching vocabulary: the Teach and Learn Approach and the Learning through Input Approach. You can see a PowerPoint presentation of the approaches here. I would like to tell you about the strengths and weaknesses of each approach as well as the approach I would use as a Junior High School English teacher.

First, I will talk about the strengths and weaknesses of the Teaching and Learn Approach.
◇the strengths
Learners can understand firmly through possible approaches,especially translating the word into the students' own language.Because, they can't translate without understanding meaning of the new word.
Learners can reflection.They would review whether they can understand or not periodically.
◇the weaknesses
It tends to be studied passiveness for the student.It may hard for learners to interested in the topic that teacher presented.

Second, I will talk about the strengths and weaknesses of the Learning through InputApproach.
◇the strengths
Learners can learn a lot of new vocabulary and grammar incidentally.Learners going to investigate a purpose of learning by themselves.And they going to understand the topic for themselves.
◇the weakness
Some learners can understand the topic, but the other learners can't understand or difficult to understand.
Understanding and the achievement degree vary by learners.

Lastly as a junior high school English teacher I would favor a hybrid that the Teach and Learn Approach Learning through Input Approach.
Because, Two methods has the strengths.I would teach taking in good place of two method carefully the weakness.

Improve of STCA

Today, I am going to review two of the "typical Japanese junior high school"
communicative activities presented in ETM 3. The activities I am going to review
are Information Gap:Card A and Find someone who.

1.Information Gap: Card A
I think that it is better to use picture instead of words.Thus, students can think about Jiro and Nancy was doing.

2.Find someone who...
A:what do you want to do after graduating?
B:I want to ~.
A:Wow, you want to ~ after graduating.
After that, A writes paper “B　wants to ~ after graduating.”

My important thing

The thing which is important for me is a dream.
It is because that a dream is one of my energy. Marcus Aurelius said,“Only a big dream moves a heart of a person”I think so, too.
However, a human being does not have a clear dream all the time. I am also confused if there is not a dream. I don’t understand what to do and what I want to do. But, I think that it is an important process for us to stop. A flow I stop and to chase a dream constitutes my life.
So, the thing which is important for me is a dream. Now my dream is to be an Elementary school teacher!!