JANET OAB
I am an Associate Professor of Palawan State University.
A full-time faculty of the Department of Languages and Communication and an affiliate faculty of the PSU - Graduate Studies.
Location Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, Philippines
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Thanks. I hope to see and visit Southampton University.
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Thank you for all these. The activities are just manageable. It is just a matter of time management and making/finding time for it so that everything will be complied smoothly and just in time.
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I think disagreement will really happen at anytime in the class may it be between and among students or between me and my students. Since, I am the person in authority in the class, this will become a challenge for me as to how I would I manage such situation or how would I deal with it. I think the secret to this is having an open communication line for my...
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Providing varied small group activities for the students will definitely avoid tension in the class. Each member will be given the chance and equal opportunity to share and engage in the exchange of thoughts for the group outputs. By then, this will eradicate having dominance and inferiors in the class. Likewise, they will be able to establish rapport among...
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I would say that RESPECT is the appropriate word to get rid of stereotyping. Because if one knows how to give respect; he then will receive the same... respect begets respect.
Since now in my country the coming elections is making a lot of noise because of the different preferences and reasons among voters. This sometimes resulted to exchanges of not so good... -
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Stereotyping really exists. It is like discriminating someone because of having partial judgment of a person. However, this can still be avoided by being sensitive with our actions and language toward others. Accordingly, since we are talking diverse culture, respect should be practiced within the classroom and among the students. Teachers play a vital role to...
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A teacher should avoid stereotyping anybody in her class to get rid of her biases and prejudices. Being known of stereotyping anyone will be an unhealthy classroom. It will just be making the students to be detached and sometimes withdraw from engaging himself to the class tasks and activities. The teacher will just be creating an atmosphere in which the...
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Usually, during the beginning of the class or the first meeting of the class, I give orientation of what the course is all about, the course requirements, and the class rules that they need to follow throughout the semester. After laying them my cards, I will also ask them if they have questions on the rules set, I solicit their suggestions so that we will...
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Students should be reminded or taught how to be sensitive with their language, actions, and treatment among the members of the class. Further, they should also be emphatic with their classmates in order to avoid conflicts and disagreements.
As a teacher, I would also emphasized that there is equity in the class; I need to be cautious with the language and... -
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It is really expected that in every class; students do have diverse culture, languages and linguistic backgrounds. In these situations where the professor play a vital role as to how he would be able to manage the pedagogical methods in order to achieve the objectives of the course. Individual differences will expectedly surface, yet, the professor will act as...
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During the first meeting of my freshmen classes, instead of letting them introduce themselves one by one, I would group them into 5 them and get to know each other by using an adjective to the initial letter of their names and let them explain why, then each will memorize the names of their group mates and tell the whole class as well as the adjective used....
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What practices that I usually apply in my class are; I start giving instructions what should be done while listening to the presentation. like, the students have to wait for the presenter to be done before asking questions or clarification; they should not interrupt the speaker so as not to distract the presenter as well as the flow of the presentation. If I...
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Usually, when I give instructions in English, there is a tendency that I need to repeat it in oder for my students to understand it clearly. Sometimes, they are the ones who would ask me to repeat it. hehe. However, I am treating it a natural scenario since English is not our first language and I presumed that they are processing my instructions well.
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I think the benefit that the students can get with the use of idiomatic expressions will just be an added knowledge to them. However, since Filipinos are not used to use idioms in their daily undertakings or conversations, I do not think idioms will be useful to them. I believe that American are the only people I know that they make use of idioms in their...
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Thank you for all theses phrases. These will help me not to be repetitive with my phrases. Somehow, some that were mentioned, I am also using that in my classes. I usually use phrases like; You have point! I am impressed of your idea..however...; Wow! impressive, anymore thoughts?; What I'm putting across....
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There were several factors that I see that my students stop or could hardly use the English language. These are; 1. poor linguistic background - which means, most of them are being taught in their own language or in Filipino even though the subject is English or the medium of instruction should be in English; 2. lacks confidence, because our classes are...
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I hope to learn for this week's lessons the considered best strategies that I can make use of in an interculturally varied kinds of learners in an EMI setting.
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I have learned significant points when making presentations; its dos and don'ts. The use of transitional devices is very important when giving lectures to guide the students. Most importantly, how to make manage of the large classes.
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Thanks a lot. I got refreshed with this week's lessons and got new inputs which I can surely make use to my classes.
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I always emphasize every beginning of classes that this is an English course so expected our main language here inside the class is English. I accept their crooked english at least they tried. If the class seemed quiet, I will ask questions. I code switch if I obviously see that they can hardly follow the discussion. But basically I just do it when I am giving...
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In our case, we allot consultation hours for our students' concerns apart from their class time. There, the students can come to us for remedial classes if they failed to understand the lesson. Aside from that, in my class, I really provide a number of activities for the classwork and if still the lessons are not yet clear, another set of tasks will be given...
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Having large classes are but natural in my workplace. The strategies that I use in this kind of classes are; I do not do a purely lecture kind of teaching. I am not an instructor but I become a facilitator of the class. I will just discuss the key concepts, give examples, solicit questions from my students then if everything is clear; all the remaining time is...
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I am also using the above mentioned transitional devices. The most common are giving examples; "for example" or sometimes I would ask my students to give their examples; being persuasive like; "takenote class.." "make sure.."; telling anecdotes; by recalling some important events.
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The lecturer started the class with an introduction of herself and a welcoming message for the students for enrolling in the University. It can be sensed from her statements that she has been teaching literature in the Maritime class. Hence, she displayed a mastery of the lesson. Further, in order to formally begin the discussion she immediately throw a...
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Yes sometimes, I think. Because what I observe whenever I give lectures I usually dwell on how am I going to make this too academic structures understandable to my students. I usually simplify them and importantly I do not want them to problematize these semantics or jargons that they may not be able to make use of them in the future. I do not know, I think it...
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The second extract. It is more understandable because of the use of post signals or transitional devices. The structure is smooth and surely the students can follow through with the lecture. While the first one sounds too serious and highly technical in which for sure the students will be in awe as they listen to the terms used by the lecturer.
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Yes, it is indeed true that teaching in English will take much time. I also observe that in myself because I see to it that all of my students understand what I am explaining. I usually give several examples until such time they would get the points that I wanted to put across. But as a teacher, I should always have the strategy of maximizing the allotted time...
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It will still depends on the topic, the kind to students and the teaching methods to be used by the lecturer. One style of presentation does not fit in different contexts. What's best to consider is the intelligibility, clarity, and the students' engagement in the discussion. The presentation or the slides is just the flavor in making the discussion more...
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I'd like this presentation because it is simple, the presentation of the contents is not texts heavy, important points are in bullet form, the color of choice is not too flashy and the fonts used are just enough to be...
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Mary's advise when it comes to preparing the presentation slides is very helpful for those who are actually doing the opposite; like, SIMPLE is best, since there are some teachers who really fond of making their slides too colorful; they sometimes play with the different font styles and different colors, etc. It seems they are after on the aesthetic side of...
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The lecturer should have set the mood of the class first by having a short game or motivation starter before starting the intended lesson for the day. He should be conscious with the way he speaks, he tends to stammer which could mean unpreparedness and lacks confidence. He should maximize the space by moving around the room or even just in front. He should...
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Since my Province has diverse culture, there a lot of adjustments to make when it comes to body language. Usually, students are really keeping distance with their teachers. It is not that they are afraid but may be they just pay respect and they should not be too close with their teachers. Further, when you see them outside of the room, they would bow and...
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The physical environment that I have like the space of the classroom is quite fine and conducive and the class size is quite huge. As to the access to technology, I have my own LCD projector and I use my personal laptop every time I hold my class. As we all know students are basically visuals, thus, I find it more effective if I have my powerpoint presentation...
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I hope to learn new strategies how to improve further my skill in doing lectures or presentations the EME way.
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I've learned a lot from W2 lessons. Beginning with language, speech, being flexible, clear and open to new ideas. Lastly, realizing the goal of EMI highlighting the learning of English language through content and pedagogy over form.
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Many thanks.
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Still I will encourage my students to use the target language. By doing so, it will become their habit thereby having improvements in their proficiency in the long run. This will definitely help them in using English without compromising the objectives of the course. As their teacher, tis will entail a lot of work but in the end it will be rewarding. All my...
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I will tell this colleague to form a group in which there is a leader who is the one who is fluent in English. This idea will definitely encourage the not so fluent to have a conversation with the leader. Thus, his English will be practiced every time they will have a group tasks.
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Yes, we do have the ENGLISH ONLY POLICY. However, with the concept of MTB-MLE it cannot be avoided that oftentimes we make use of Filipino and our first language in class.
As mush as I want my students to make use of purely English in my class, my students really have the difficulty of following the rule. I am trying to discourage them to use other languages... -
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Yes, just to break the ice. But the humor that I inject is usually related to the topic being discussed.
Usually, humorous statements are in another language. In which I make sure that they are all familiar with it. Just like what Mary want to zero in in this article/ video with the use of unfamiliar terms. It is not enough to just make mention of it but... -
Yes, this will definitely help me in doing a research in corpus linguistics. This tool will give me a much easier way to determine the number of occurrences a certain may have appeared in the certain texts or spoken corpora.
The only tool that I know is the concordancer in the philippines the ICE-PHI.
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In order to make your teaching effective, focus more on the content and pedagogy rather than on form. Because as you continually do it in your class, the students are being able to embrace your style of teaching without them realizing that at the same time language teaching or form is already part of the pedagogy. Everything in them will just come out...
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Yes. perfect speaking of the language is less necessary and what is important is being able to make the discussion dynamic, engaging and foster conversation among students. The main focus of the lecturer should be on the content and pedagogy.
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I can say that he speaks more intelligibly in the second video because in the first video he is talking to french media hence he needed to sound like them. However, the problem that I see is that when he speaks so fast some utterances are not understandable anymore.
The changes that I see was the pacing of his speaking, the french accent that he needed to... -
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The word Colonel in which my students would write it as kernel. Maybe my pronunciation is intelligible only that my students are not familiar with the word and they just write the word from the way I sound it. Another is the word twenty which I sometimes pronounce as tweny and they will take as twinny (millenials' word for twins or having similar clothes). And...
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Yes. Since English is not my first language, I definitely cannot be a native speaker of English. However, since I am an English teacher, I should be adaptable to the needs of my student; What they need to learn from me, how will I make myself understandable to them. In short, I need to be flexible, clear and open in order to attain my goal in making my...
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I will be honest that I also experienced pronouncing words in English incorrectly maybe because of my mother tongue influence. Or should I say when I try to speak fast I would sometimes mispronounce words in English. But there was no hilarious mispronunciation that the meaning of the word was compromised. Basically, minute errors of pronouncing short [I] and...
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When communicating in speech, it requires preparedness and being firm to what one is going to say. Because in speech, we cannot make corrections as we speak and change our thought every time. Unlike when communicating in writing, we can make a well organize write up, still run through to see the errors and make edit to make it perfect and free from...
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I always believe that the teacher's voice plays a vital role in the classroom to make it either a lifeless kind of discussion or a healthy and dynamic discussion. Thus, if I speak slowly and in a monotonous tone; It will surely make my students feel bored and uninterested in the discussion. Further, I will not be making them participative in class and I might...
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They are all insightful and worth emulating. They made me realize that I can still do more in teaching English to my students. There is really a lot of rooms for improvement as a teacher. Things indeed are changing since language is continually evolving.
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Here is the example of TED talk good for EMI lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pZa6R3rmRQ
This video vividly shows how his students learn English inside the class without realizing it. It just happened naturally. At first he noticed that his students are good at writing for they are applying the learned rules in grammar. As he speaks to them he just... -
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It seems that Rob and I have commonality when it comes to the use of signposting languages or phrases. I make use of these phrases when I begin my lecture to signal to my students that we are commencing the class discussion. In the middle of the discussion, I still make use of signposting phrases to give a cue of the transition of the topic or the continuation...
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Honestly, these two phrases are commonly used but depending on the kind of interlocutor. In my point of view, I prefer to use the phrase "i feel" because I can intuitively explain my thought based on what i feel and believe in. Based on my experience in my law subject, when I started to use the phrase "I think", my professor stopped me from explaining and he...
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I would like to further know more strategies from this training as to how am I going to motivate my students to use the English language in the classroom without having the feeling of fear and doubts. Thus, will eventually make them proficient with the use of the language.
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I realized that I still need to learn more in order to improve my teaching of English. Learning new things in order to continually improve my teaching in English is a never ending quest. Thus, it is very fluid so I need to be flexible with the innovations for me to be abreast of it and become a well-versed teacher to my students. As long as I am still...
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Yes, if the module will be crafted is in EMI way, the change that could possibly happen is the structure of language to be used; meaning, the appropriateness and accuracy of the language based on the level of the learners.
As to the development of the module, the things that I need to consider are; (1) to thoroughly understand the course description so I can... -
Yes indeed EMI will work for me. Since I am an English teacher, EMI will definitely help me in many ways to make my teaching of English more effective. Similarly, EMI way of teaching can help me innovate my teaching strategies and my students will also learn something new from me. Accordingly, the inputs from my EMI training can also be shared to the...
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I can say that the use of English should be flexible and fluid. One should be able to adapt himself in any communicative situations. Meaning, one should not delimit himself with the language of a scientist or any other fields but significantly, he should be able to make himself belong to any settings of communication. Hence, to be a native-like speaker is more...
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I think being accurate in the use of language is very important. As a teacher, learning lies in all the things that i say to my students. So, as much as possible, I should be accurate in the discussions, reasonings, structures, instructions, etc at all times. I need to sustain accuracy because the inputs that they will be getting from me will also be applied...
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Everything is insightful and an eye opener for me.
All the points presented by Rob are accurate scenarios. As much as I wanted to be an effective teacher to my students, still, I experience struggles and problems towards the teaching of the language. Rob is right that there are a number of factors that need to be considered for each one has unique identities... -
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I am happy to see that I have students who are good in English. I should expect that since my classes are usually heterogenous and obviously they have different linguistic backgrounds and exposures. Somehow, it would be easier for me to deliver the lesson and at least there will be spontaneity in the discussions. Likewise, having students who are good in...
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Since I am an English teacher, I believe that my students expect me to use purely English in my class. However, most of my students come from different places in my Province, I cannot expect that all of them are also fluent with the language. As much as I wanted them to use English, honestly, I cannot impose it for I may not become effective in my teaching...
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I am agreeable that I should be encouraging my students to use English as native speakers. This means that they should be using English correctly, although in my general observation, Filipinos are really rule-based speakers of English, by which, seldom that I hear erroneous structures particularly among my colleagues and other professionals. However,...
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The articles of Professor Jenkins are insightful and an eye opener. All her claims based on her research are factual particularly the existence of the use of English that uniquely appear to some nonnative speakers and countries that English is not their first language.
Q1. Yes, ELF research becomes the basis of the EMI. The EMI will serve as the resolution in... -
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Yes. It depicts that as a higher education institution it is expected that it should always be open to accommodate innovations in order to respond positively to the signs of the time. Specifically, the Commission on Higher Education is highly recommending that every HEI should be ISO certified in order to heighten its standard and profile. Accordingly, our...
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I am surprised with Dr. Ishikawa's sharing that in his country, EMI is not open to all. There is discrimination among non-English speakers. By which, this defeats that purpose of internationalization. Good thing that in the EMI-UK, where I am having the training, it is open across countries. Each participant in the EMI is given equal opportunity. Accordingly,...
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I want to continually learn and accommodate new ideas from EMI training which will help me improve my pedagogical skills and approaches and for me to become an effective educator. Actually, I have been attending to some webinars since the commencement of the pandemic because I am really eager to learn new ideas that I can make use in my teaching.
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EMI is ultimately an opportunity to anyone. EMI is the new trend to help improve an individual and the academic institution. As for my institution, it envisions to be an internationally recognized institution, thus EMI can be a contributory factor in oder to achieve its vision. EMI will likewise help open doors for future transnational collaborations in which...
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Yes, all the situations presented in this article are truthfully existing in my institution. Since, I can say that my students have diverse cultures, languages and linguistic backgrounds, it is a big challenge for me to hurdle as to how am I going to let them embrace that learning English is as important as their lives in the future. However, I take this...
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For me EMI is a tool to convey meaning to my students and in all my undertakings. I always see to it that I make use of the language in all my classes; I always encourage my students to use the same so that in the long run they can be proficient in it, although I also believe that they have the schema and register of the language and what withdraw them from...
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Hello everyone! I am Janet Oab from the Province known as the "last Frontier"; Palawan. I am currently teaching at Palawan State University. I have been in this profession for 27 years. I handle English courses both the basic and core courses in the undergraduate and graduate levels.
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Hi Mary and Robert. I very grateful and fortunate to be part of this training. I am glad that I will be under your tutelage. I know I still need this kind of training to hone my skills to be accurate with use of the English language as well as my speech/voice in order to present my ideas vividly. Likewise, inputs from this training would be of great help for...
