Teach Jas

I am Jasper Mikko Arcenal, a third-year college student, and this is my blog. I created this blog to account my journey in becoming a professional teacher. I hope you’ll learn something as I take on this journey!

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SPECIALIZED DISCOURSE AND ESP

Specialized discourse is a theory that constitute to the use of language in a specific context. It is the basis of ESP in creating program and module as it focuses on the language and communication process, that is present or in-use of a certain field of profession, setting, or discipline. The objective of ESP is to teach learners how to communicate effectively within their setting. With that, specialized discourse enables teaching of ESP with accurate and realistic communicative scenarios or written samples of a certain setting or context. Nurses' report is a realistic communicative sample. It is an oral or written communication about their patients or medical situations that are shared between people in medical field. Using nurses' report as an authentic example allow the learners to know the guidelines for documentation and its process. Furthermore, specialized discourse has the following features: monoreferential, neutral in tone, precise, transparent, concise, conservative.

To reflect on this topic, I saw the important role of specialized discourse in ESP course. Since, as being said, that ESP is focused on teaching language of specific setting, it is only essential to incorporate how to understand language that is used on a certain field of profession or discipline. Through this, instructors of ESP are able to design instruments and use methods that would effectively teach ESP since they have understood the system of the target language. Additionally, specialized discourse promotes the use of authentic communicative examples which are beneficial to immerse the learners to real deal of learning ESP, and also to make sense of what they are learning since they are able to see where the skills and knowledge that they are learning were being used.

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Journalist's Code of Ethics poses 11 ethical rule for every journalist to observe in their profession. These ethical rules encourages good journalism and promotes honesty and fairness in the profession.

Source: Philippine Press Institute - Philippine Press Institute (philpressinstitute.net)

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The original lead missed the “why” of a lead. With the topic, other information, such as place, time, or date may not be necessary to be presented but the reason for why Galvez was unsure was not present in the lead. I still wrote the lead almost similar to the original, but I removed unnecessary words and sufficed the missing information that I mentioned earlier. 

Read the original news article here: https://mb.com.ph/2021/03/03/galvez-unsure-about-march-4-arrival-of-astrazeneca-vaccines/

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I have realized that there are more than just the news itself. There is also the effort and dedication of the people behind the news that we read.

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In the set up of teacher-student or teacher-parent relationship in the Philippines, giving feedback or progress report is uncommon. Some parents do not appreciate or consider the feedback that the teachers provide for their children. With this situation, I think it is important to formalize feedbacking by giving progress reports to the parents.

Following the progress report format, the two most important parts are the learning achievement and areas of improvement. These two sections are vital because: first, it is important to recognize the learning achievement of the students. Recognition can be equated to motivation, making their achievements worthy of their given efforts. It is also important for parents to be aware of the learning achievement of their children in order continuously motivate them in schooling. Second, it is also important to identify the areas of improvement so that parents may contribute to helping their children overcome their difficulties in class. The schedule of giving progress report has also an impact. The progress report should be given every Friday of the week so that the learner has time to assess themselves, with the help of their parents, throughout the weekend and prepare themselves for the coming weekdays. Progress report are useless if the learners do not have the time to improve themselves. With this kind of progress report, teachers and parents may now have a significant contribution in improving and motivating the students. After all, the learner’s improvement is not solely provided by the schools, parents should constantly participate.

Understanding the importance of feedbacking and progress report helped perceive how Filipinos, in the current set-up of education, view comments from their child’s teachers. Maybe Filipino parents became dependent to the schools when it comes to their child’s education. Maybe they have forgotten that schools are their child’s secondary home only, that learning should primarily supported by the parents.

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MY FIRST  STUDENT COUNCIL PROJECT

As a member of the student council, it is one of our duty to conduct events and activities that would engage students with one another. An annual pageant was one of the projects of the council and I was tasked to spearhead the said project.

It was nerve-racking and I was in constant self-motivation because pageant is a big project. The month came when we began to conceptualize the pageant. Proposing various concepts and theme, and building the whole motif of the pageant was hard. What I did to make my options at hand more sensible was to draw inspiration from existing local concepts and past pageants in our country. Tons of concepts I created was rejected, but as each ideas were placed aside, our choices and mindset narrowed down into choosing the concept of  “Makabayan” and “Makakalikasan” two of the four core values of Philippines. Having that motif made the building of the pageant easier. For the national costume segment, we had a Trashion Show were candidates wore Philippine-inspired costumes made from recycled materials. The other segments where then aligned to the theme, especially the Question and Answer Portion.

When we were planning the project, we look directly into the audience. Aside from our goal to have a representative for the university-wide pageant, we also aimed to put on a good show for the students. We considered the class schedule of everyone in our college and the number of students present each day. We were able to schedule the event on a perfect date as everyone was able to attend the event. The Instruction Resource Center where jam packed and students were cheering for their bets. Freshmen students were there and even our seniors from OJT and alumna of the college was able to attend and watch the event.

The event was a rollercoaster experience. It was hard, to be very honest. But that experience taught me how to plan and organize events, and to continue proposing plans and create ideas amidst many rejections.

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A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops

Henry Adams

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Intrinsic Development Philosophy

Becoming an education student, I understood what teaching and learning means. We have always thought that teaching is the only task of every educator, but teaching is more than just instruction or the content. Teaching goes beyond standing in front of the class or giving exams. It is an act of bringing out the best in the learners.

As a teacher, I must give opportunities where the learners can enhance their strengths and make their weaknesses manageable through experiential learning conducted in an educational and safe environment. Additionally, I must instill in them and develop a sense of individuality, prudence, and dependability which are essential in building their character. In this ever-changing word, I must become progressive and be creative with my teaching strategies and methods where diverse learners will be able to reach their full potential. I must continue learning to improve my teaching skills which will be beneficial to my learners. I must also attend to the needs of the learners and assist them in times of difficulty during the learning development.

Instrinsic Development focuses on forming the instrinsic values of the learning because I believe that the success of the learners begins within them. Improving what they already have as an individual and inculcating the right value and attitude will keep them on track. Beyond that, tough love and continuous support from me, as their second parent, will be their guide in becoming the best version of themselves.

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I chose Section 3 of Article IV as the most important item because I strongly believe that as teachers, It is our duty to continue learning and enhance our teaching capabilities in order to provide quality service to our students and even to our community. Next important item for me is Section 9 of Article VIII because we are the facilitators of leanring and that includes us ensuring that the learners are assisted when difficulties are present during their learning development. My least important item is Section 3 of Article II for the reason that the well-being of a teacher is important so that he can carry his tasks, but the physical, mental, and moral state of a teacher changes depending on the situation and teachers are also humans that experiences stress.

Now it's your turn. What's your most important item from the code of ethics? Let me know your answer on the reply section below :D

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