I studied English at middle school at first time. To study English was very interesting to me. My first English teacher was very nice and kind woman. She tried to teach English happily and actively. But because of my high school English teacher, my thought was changed. Korean education system is to get good score about all tests. So many high school English teacher forced us to memorize many  words and whole sentence. When I met my high English teacher at first time, many people said that he was good teacher, because many students entered university they wanted by him. I think so. But his teaching style is not match me. So I am going to tell the my failure experience. His lecture is very boring. He always say that study hard, must study hard and only relied on text than communicating. So our class is always spreaded out only teacher's voice. Now, as I tell his english teaching style, I will learn more better teaching skills.

My high school teacher has a traditional teaching habits. He is based on text book and his knowledge. Also he has receptive skill like reading and listening. And he is always lecturing so he is center of all his lectures. So students become passive and don't take part in class. Therefore students feel boring and lose interest in English.

There are three type in teaching style. The first is Explainer, the second is Involver and the third is Enabler. These three styles have common features that know subject very well. But according to teaching methods and people skills, these styles are divided. I think that my high school English teacher is explainer. Because he relies on explaining about text and he forces us to pass the exams. So we always liten and copy into notebooks.

He expail grammar easily and quickly by using mother tongue. This method is very useful to pass the exams and to build English structure. But this method is developed only two skills, reading and listening. These days society needs four skills, reading , listening, speaking and writing. It is proper methods to pass the exams but is not proper to conversation to each other inquiring exact translation nowedays. Because of it, although I have studied since middel school, I can not speak English well. This is a big reason to fail.

He seems to think that his effective teaching is to pass the exams. It means that entering university or successing the exams is good and excellent teaching goals. He considers that the result is more important than the process. So I forget all information about English after graduating school. During university life or getting a job, I must study English from the beginning. I always think that English is very difficult subject, so I used to give up learning English.

I think that because of passive methods , my English ability is not to progress. In my opinion, when we study English, communication and confidence are very important. This is why interaction is very important to learn English as second language. When I was young, I learned Korean as talk to many people.

Through the experiences, I learned many things teaching for examples, skill, teaching system and teaching method. I am glad to go one step forward as good teacher. I will try and learn to be a effective teacher.

My name : Seo Yu-Kyung

Teacher's name : Valerie Hamer

Essay title : Second language Acquisition

Class : TESOL 31

Date : 2010. 7. 14

Word count : 563

Outline

Introduction : I have learned English for 13 years. Especially as                I studied English at high school, my thinking was                 changed. But I failed that time. Teacher's method                didn't match my charater.

Paragraph ① Traditional vs Modern teaching : My high school                  English teacher is traditional teacher. My class is                 centred ma teacher.

② Learning style : He is explainr. So students are                  very passive.

③ Teaching method : He taught English using G.T.M.                This method is useful but unnatural method.

④ Effective teaching : He thought that passing the                  exams is effective.