✏️ My teaching philosophy | Everyday English B1 SLOW ENGLISH listening practice
Miss Jean Teaches
[{'start': '0.240', 'end': '6.400', 'text': 'Hello, hello, my friends. How are you'}, {'start': '3.600', 'end': '11.160', 'text': "all doing today? I hope you're doing"}, {'start': '6.400', 'end': '13.320', 'text': "well. In this video, I'm going to talk"}, {'start': '11.160', 'end': '14.920', 'text': 'about'}, {'start': '13.320', 'end': '20.000', 'text': 'me,'}, {'start': '14.920', 'end': '25.680', 'text': 'specifically me as a teacher, what my'}, {'start': '20.000', 'end': '30.279', 'text': 'classes are like, and why I teach the'}, {'start': '25.680', 'end': '34.600', 'text': "way I do. I've been teaching since"}, {'start': '30.279', 'end': '37.239', 'text': '2019. As of now, as'}, {'start': '34.600', 'end': '43.600', 'text': 'of filming this'}, {'start': '37.239', 'end': '47.520', 'text': "video, that's 5 and a half years. That's"}, {'start': '43.600', 'end': '52.399', 'text': "crazy, bro. Here's what I've learned"}, {'start': '47.520', 'end': '58.359', 'text': 'from being a teacher and how it changed'}, {'start': '52.399', 'end': '63.840', 'text': 'how I teach. Number one, not demonizing'}, {'start': '58.359', 'end': '68.600', 'text': 'mistakes. To demonize something means to'}, {'start': '63.840', 'end': '74.400', 'text': 'label something or treat something'}, {'start': '68.600', 'end': '78.240', 'text': 'as really bad, even evil. I could also'}, {'start': '74.400', 'end': '82.360', 'text': 'use the word stigmatize here. To'}, {'start': '78.240', 'end': '87.720', 'text': 'stigmatize something means to label'}, {'start': '82.360', 'end': '89.400', 'text': 'something very negatively. For example,'}, {'start': '87.720', 'end': '93.520', 'text': 'school'}, {'start': '89.400', 'end': '98.040', 'text': 'stigmatizes mistakes. If you make too'}, {'start': '93.520', 'end': '103.000', 'text': 'many mistakes, you are punished for it.'}, {'start': '98.040', 'end': '107.240', 'text': 'Schools treat mistakes as the worst'}, {'start': '103.000', 'end': '113.079', 'text': 'thing you can make. But if you think'}, {'start': '107.240', 'end': '117.479', 'text': 'about how people learn, you know that'}, {'start': '113.079', 'end': '123.399', 'text': 'mistakes are part of the process. In'}, {'start': '117.479', 'end': '126.200', 'text': 'fact, mistakes equal progress. You'}, {'start': '123.399', 'end': '130.680', 'text': 'cannot do'}, {'start': '126.200', 'end': '138.360', 'text': 'anything perfectly the first time.'}, {'start': '130.680', 'end': '142.640', 'text': 'So in my classes I am very relaxed about'}, {'start': '138.360', 'end': '146.599', 'text': 'mistakes. The first phrase I teach my'}, {'start': '142.640', 'end': '151.440', 'text': 'students is nitpicky.'}, {'start': '146.599', 'end': '157.200', 'text': 'Nitpicky describes someone who cares way'}, {'start': '151.440', 'end': '159.319', 'text': 'too much about tiny little details,'}, {'start': '157.200', 'end': '165.599', 'text': 'especially mistakes.'}, {'start': '159.319', 'end': '171.239', 'text': 'I am not nitpicky. This means that I am'}, {'start': '165.599', 'end': '176.160', 'text': 'not the best teacher for everyone. Some'}, {'start': '171.239', 'end': '179.080', 'text': 'students want a very nitpicky teacher'}, {'start': '176.160', 'end': '183.680', 'text': "and that's okay. That's personal"}, {'start': '179.080', 'end': '188.280', 'text': 'preference. I am not nitpicky for a'}, {'start': '183.680', 'end': '192.680', 'text': 'variety of reasons. First of all, I'}, {'start': '188.280', 'end': '198.000', 'text': 'value I care about'}, {'start': '192.680', 'end': '199.640', 'text': 'communication above all. If I understand'}, {'start': '198.000', 'end': '203.000', 'text': 'your'}, {'start': '199.640', 'end': '206.840', 'text': 'message, then communication was'}, {'start': '203.000', 'end': '210.159', 'text': "successful. That's my number one"}, {'start': '206.840', 'end': '215.280', 'text': 'priority, successful communication.'}, {'start': '210.159', 'end': '219.120', 'text': 'Second of all, I do not want to stop you'}, {'start': '215.280', 'end': '224.120', 'text': 'every time you make a mistake. Stopping'}, {'start': '219.120', 'end': '228.080', 'text': 'you when you make a mistake stops the'}, {'start': '224.120', 'end': '232.480', 'text': 'flow of the conversation. So the'}, {'start': '228.080', 'end': '237.080', 'text': 'conversation is less natural. I teach'}, {'start': '232.480', 'end': '240.519', 'text': 'conversation classes. So the goal is to'}, {'start': '237.080', 'end': '247.040', 'text': 'have natural conversations. Third of'}, {'start': '240.519', 'end': '248.360', 'text': "all, there's research that suggests that"}, {'start': '247.040', 'end': '252.519', 'text': 'instant'}, {'start': '248.360', 'end': '256.000', 'text': 'correction is not the most effective'}, {'start': '252.519', 'end': '259.280', 'text': 'method in conversation. Instant'}, {'start': '256.000', 'end': '263.320', 'text': 'correction is better for things like'}, {'start': '259.280', 'end': '266.280', 'text': 'grammar exercises, but in'}, {'start': '263.320', 'end': '269.840', 'text': 'conversation, instant'}, {'start': '266.280', 'end': '275.639', 'text': 'correction may not be the best method.'}, {'start': '269.840', 'end': '280.840', 'text': 'So, how do I correct mistakes? I make'}, {'start': '275.639', 'end': '285.280', 'text': 'notes about mistakes and during a'}, {'start': '280.840', 'end': '289.040', 'text': 'natural pause in the conversation, I'}, {'start': '285.280', 'end': '293.919', 'text': 'will talk to my student about that'}, {'start': '289.040', 'end': '298.960', 'text': 'mistake. I focus on patterns of'}, {'start': '293.919', 'end': '302.120', 'text': 'mistakes. If I hear you make the same'}, {'start': '298.960', 'end': '306.560', 'text': 'type of mistake many'}, {'start': '302.120', 'end': '310.680', 'text': 'times, I want to talk about that. I'}, {'start': '306.560', 'end': '316.160', 'text': 'think this is more effective'}, {'start': '310.680', 'end': '321.720', 'text': 'because then you can make one change and'}, {'start': '316.160', 'end': '325.919', 'text': "it has a broad effect. If I don't"}, {'start': '321.720', 'end': '331.160', 'text': 'understand what you are saying, I will'}, {'start': '325.919', 'end': '336.320', 'text': 'make a confused face like'}, {'start': '331.160', 'end': '339.680', 'text': 'this and we will figure out your meaning'}, {'start': '336.320', 'end': '344.960', 'text': 'together and I will make corrections'}, {'start': '339.680', 'end': '348.720', 'text': 'then. But usually I make a note and then'}, {'start': '344.960', 'end': '353.120', 'text': 'we talk about it later. Number two,'}, {'start': '348.720', 'end': '358.000', 'text': 'comfort is king. When we say that'}, {'start': '353.120', 'end': '362.440', 'text': 'something is king, it means that that'}, {'start': '358.000', 'end': '365.560', 'text': 'thing is top. I most often hear this'}, {'start': '362.440', 'end': '369.319', 'text': 'expression to say cash is'}, {'start': '365.560', 'end': '373.840', 'text': 'king. Although that is probably not true'}, {'start': '369.319', 'end': '378.199', 'text': 'anymore. But in my classes, I want my'}, {'start': '373.840', 'end': '383.440', 'text': 'students to be comfortable. I want my'}, {'start': '378.199', 'end': '388.199', 'text': 'classes to be fun and relaxed. If the'}, {'start': '383.440', 'end': '392.080', 'text': 'student is stressed, anxious, or'}, {'start': '388.199', 'end': '395.600', 'text': 'worried, it makes learning more'}, {'start': '392.080', 'end': '400.319', 'text': "difficult. There's actually a name for"}, {'start': '395.600', 'end': '404.919', 'text': 'this, the effective filter hypothesis.'}, {'start': '400.319', 'end': '407.240', 'text': 'This hypothesis says that when a'}, {'start': '404.919', 'end': '409.880', 'text': "student's negative"}, {'start': '407.240', 'end': '412.919', 'text': 'emotions such as'}, {'start': '409.880', 'end': '415.240', 'text': 'stress, fear,'}, {'start': '412.919', 'end': '418.960', 'text': 'embarrassment or'}, {'start': '415.240', 'end': '422.759', 'text': 'anxiety, when those negative emotions'}, {'start': '418.960', 'end': '424.440', 'text': 'are high, it becomes'}, {'start': '422.759', 'end': '427.199', 'text': 'significantly'}, {'start': '424.440', 'end': '430.960', 'text': 'significantly more difficult for'}, {'start': '427.199', 'end': '434.160', 'text': 'learning to happen. I know this from'}, {'start': '430.960', 'end': '439.240', 'text': 'personal experience. The language'}, {'start': '434.160', 'end': '445.680', 'text': 'classes I took in high school were'}, {'start': '439.240', 'end': '449.919', 'text': 'awful. I was so stressed, so anxious and'}, {'start': '445.680', 'end': '454.080', 'text': 'I was not able to learn very well at'}, {'start': '449.919', 'end': '458.160', 'text': 'all. So based on my experience as a'}, {'start': '454.080', 'end': '462.479', 'text': 'student and based on the effective'}, {'start': '458.160', 'end': '469.160', 'text': 'filter hypothesis, my goal as a teacher'}, {'start': '462.479', 'end': '473.680', 'text': 'is clear. My goal is to create a fun,'}, {'start': '469.160', 'end': '478.080', 'text': 'safe, relaxed environment for my'}, {'start': '473.680', 'end': '482.199', 'text': 'students. When students are relaxed and'}, {'start': '478.080', 'end': '486.240', 'text': 'happy, they learn more, they learn'}, {'start': '482.199', 'end': '490.639', 'text': 'better and they learn faster. Finally,'}, {'start': '486.240', 'end': '493.080', 'text': 'number three, the value of taking notes.'}, {'start': '490.639', 'end': '497.919', 'text': 'When I first started'}, {'start': '493.080', 'end': '502.400', 'text': 'teaching, I wrote my notes by hand. The'}, {'start': '497.919', 'end': '506.000', 'text': 'notes were just for me. But then early'}, {'start': '502.400', 'end': '510.080', 'text': 'in my teaching journey, I was also'}, {'start': '506.000', 'end': '514.719', 'text': 'learning French and I took a class with'}, {'start': '510.080', 'end': '519.000', 'text': 'a French tutor and this tutor used a'}, {'start': '514.719', 'end': '522.320', 'text': 'Google Doc to share notes with me'}, {'start': '519.000', 'end': '527.279', 'text': 'including corrections. I thought that'}, {'start': '522.320', 'end': '532.080', 'text': 'was great. So I started to do the same.'}, {'start': '527.279', 'end': '536.080', 'text': 'Every class I create a Google doc, share'}, {'start': '532.080', 'end': '539.600', 'text': 'my screen, and then type notes during'}, {'start': '536.080', 'end': '543.680', 'text': "our conversation. It's really useful to"}, {'start': '539.600', 'end': '547.200', 'text': 'do it this way because then both of us'}, {'start': '543.680', 'end': '550.720', 'text': "can see what's happening. I don't just"}, {'start': '547.200', 'end': '554.800', 'text': 'write mistakes and corrections. I also'}, {'start': '550.720', 'end': '558.640', 'text': 'write example sentences, include links'}, {'start': '554.800', 'end': '562.320', 'text': 'to other resources, pictures, etc. At'}, {'start': '558.640', 'end': '565.519', 'text': 'the end of class, I send my student this'}, {'start': '562.320', 'end': '568.320', 'text': 'document so they can reference it if'}, {'start': '565.519', 'end': '571.839', 'text': "they like or do nothing with it. That's"}, {'start': '568.320', 'end': '575.839', 'text': 'also personal preference. So, those are'}, {'start': '571.839', 'end': '578.519', 'text': 'three things I like to do as a teacher'}, {'start': '575.839', 'end': '582.480', 'text': "and why I do them. If you're still"}, {'start': '578.519', 'end': '587.200', 'text': 'watching, leave me a comment with a'}, {'start': '582.480', 'end': '592.320', 'text': 'pencil emoji so I know you are one of my'}, {'start': '587.200', 'end': '595.560', 'text': 'loyal viewers. Also, if you have had an'}, {'start': '592.320', 'end': '599.120', 'text': 'English teacher in the past, what'}, {'start': '595.560', 'end': '601.920', 'text': 'techniques did your English teacher use'}, {'start': '599.120', 'end': '604.240', 'text': 'that you liked? I would like to know.'}, {'start': '601.920', 'end': '609.440', 'text': 'Thanks for watching, friends. Until next'}, {'start': '604.240', 'end': '612.080', 'text': 'time. Bye. Oh, my legs. Oh, jeez. Forgot'}, {'start': '609.440', 'end': '612.080', 'text': 'to have my'}, {'start': '612.120', 'end': '616.320', 'text': 'water. Pip, do you want to come say'}, {'start': '618.760', 'end': '623.600', 'text': 'hello? Hi,'}, {'start': '620.680', 'end': '627.640', 'text': "buddy. It's Pippy. Do you want to sit?"}, {'start': '623.600', 'end': '627.640', 'text': "No, he doesn't want to sit."}, {'start': '636.500', 'end': '639.570', 'text': '[Music]'}]