BEATRIX INTERACTIVE LANGUAGE SCHOOL OF ENTERTAINMENT
“I hear and I forget.
I see and I remember.
I do and I understand.”
Confuciaus
Narration itself is not a teaching and listening itself does not mean understanding.
Interactive teaching methods shelter a great number of targets under one roof. They are based on one basic principle:
Without applying things in practice, students very often cannot understand the teaching material. Student commonly lose their interest during classes. Interactive teaching methods focus their attention and build up the atmosphere of curios students willing to participate.
Brainstorming is a kind of interactive teaching method that is normally performed in groups. The process is suitable for generating of creative thoughts and ideas.
Interactive white boards enables students to participate in the process of teaching. Students are given opportunity to comprehend notions better, while writing, drawing and presenting. Interactive white board makes learning easier and turns learning into entertainment.
Nonconventional English teaching methods widen the road towards practical appliance of the theory of the Multiple Intelligence and the theory of the active studying.
The theory of active studying is characterized by:
*personalized approach
* intensive communication
* quick change between activities
* enhanced emotionality
* emphasis on feelings
* Reflection
* Self-assessment, analysis and summary of the work done.
A child who feels loved and highly esteemed feels understood and respected.
The role of The Teacher and Parents being good EXAMPLES
Many researches have already proved that Parents and Teachers have the most significant influence upon our children’s emotional and moral growth. The Teachers-Mentors who do not only transfer their factual knowledge to children but play their major role-being an Example.
Children listen, observe and repeat anything we do..they see what we are. They see:
What do we look like? Do we do sports? What do we eat? Do we read?
Healthy eating habits and physical activities are the essential elements of the healthy and successful way of living. Future success of our children depends not only on their social and emotional development but on their healthy status as well.
Children learn by COPYING. They possess the significant ability to observe and copy. That process is known as Modeling. Children learn how to speak just listening, observing and copying.
Children build up their model behaviour, moral values, personal preferences and even some of their manners through Modeling. Children do not do what we are telling them to do but what they See.
Interactive method in Language teaching opens the road to the Theory of the Multiple Intelligence and that of the Active learning.
Why Interactive?
The Interactive Boards enable student’s active participation into teaching process while visualizing the new notions and applying them in practice. Active feedback. Inter- acting.
Why Entertainment?
The Achieving child is the Happy one, who has the feeling of self-respect and being confident in own abilities. The children who will become successful adults are the happy ones. Our empathy as adults helps our children to understand and to define their own emotions.