Questions 

What language speak when, where?

How to assess/evaluate a student’s skill/competence/performance/knowledge in English?

                                                                                         Big tests

                                                                                         Small tests

                                                                                         Presentations

                                                                                         Active involvement in class

                                                                                         Homework

                                                                                         Speaking always English in English lessons

How important is it to do one’s homework regularly?

Number the following activities according to (selon) their importance as class activities. (1 = most important)

Writing                      o

Speaking                   o

Reading                    o

Interacting                 o

Listening                    o

What is needed to contribute to an interesting English lesson?

All the necessary material: books, paper, stationery (pen, pencil, rubber, tip ex)

Homework done

Goodwill

What's the Purpose of School?

Education is about:

Covering all the standards

Improving performance on government tests

Meeting AYP (Adequate Yearly Progress)

Producing a competitive workforce

“The purpose of education is to appropriately prepare our children for their future.”

There are some implied, but essential questions in that answer:

What will their future hold? What will they need to know?

What are appropriate method, materials, environment, activity?

Who are these children? What is their frame of reference?

"The purpose of education is to make the world a better place!"

The purpose of school is to:

1. Become an informed citizen
2. Be able to read for pleasure
3. Be trained in the rudimentary skills necessary for employment
4. Do well on standardized tests
5. Homogenize society, at least a bit
6. Pasteurize out the dangerous ideas
7. Give kids something to do while parents work
8. Teach future citizens how to conform
9. Teach future consumers how to desire
10. Build a social fabric
11. Create leaders who help us compete on a world stage
12. Generate future scientists who will advance medicine and technology
13. Learn for the sake of learning
14. Help people become interesting and productive
15. Defang (désamorcer) the proletariat
16. Establish a floor below which a typical person is unlikely to fall
17. Find and celebrate prodigies, geniuses and the gifted
18. Make sure kids learn to exercise, eat right and avoid common health problems
19. Teach future citizens to obey authority
20. Teach future employees to do the same
21. Increase appreciation for art and culture
22. Teach creativity and problem solving
23. Minimize public spelling mistakes
24. Increase emotional intelligence
25. Decrease crime by teaching civics and ethics
26. Increase understanding of a life well lived
27. Make sure the sports teams have enough players