Is "Smith" REALLY a Good Example?

<A name=[문서의_처음]></A>HW-3                                              M20081413 이은경     a) Teach Boys' names / Girls' names   Peter/ Kevin / Thomas / Tony / Lisa / Julie / Micky / Minnie / Alice   Teacher prepares some cards on which are written boys' and girls' names from a text book, a cartoon and a fairy tale book. Show the cards to the students and then make students think whether it's a boy's name or a girl's name. Make two sections on the board for boys' names and girls' names.   A good idea and a very good plan. But I always worry about the word "prepare".   Teachers spend a LOT of time on preparation already. And a lot of activities require them to spend even MORE.    It seems to me that a <st1:place w:st="on">LOT</st1:place> of the activities that require preparation from our teachers make unfair demands on their time and also TAKE AWAY from the opportunity to use the manipulation of materials to EXPLAIN the activity.   We saw that when we taught "Rock Paper Scissors" we began like this:   T: Look! Now, this is not a hand. This is a rock. See? What's this?   It seems to me that in this way we can   a) Get attention. b) Give information (about the tools of the game, the parts of the game, the raw material of the game). c) Eliminate preparation and make life easier for the teacher.   So what happens if Ms. Yi uses a WHITEBOARD or a BLACKBOARD and writes and talks at the same time? Wouldn't it be LESS preparation and MORE interaction?   T : Everyone, you have many friends from <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region>.     Look, Peter.(showing up the name 'Peter') Is this a boy's name or a girl's name?     Right, Peter is a boy's name.(Put the card to the section of boys'      names)     …………     What letters do you see at the end of the boys' names?     Right! r, n, s, y. We call them consonants. Usually boys' names end      with consonants like r, n, s, y. Is "y" a vowel or a consonant? Compare:   July, Julie Pretty Betty, Ugly Bettie Yellow, yes, yak, yesterday   How do the children know what a vowel is and what a consonant is? Even if they KNOW the concept, how do they know the difference between vowels and consonants in English?   As we saw earlier, there are many Korean vowels which are consonants in English (e.g. 유, 여, 야, 워, 와, and even 우). There is also, as in English, a consonant which looks and sounds and even feels like a vowel (ㅎ, or /h/).   As Vygotsky says, the word is ready when the concept is ready, but not vice versa.   Take a look at Mr. Yun's work and Ms. Ahn's work. We said they were highly DEDUCTIVE, because they began with general rules and abstract concepts ("name", "vowel", "consonant") and only then looked for examples (r, n, s, y). Compare this with Ms. Park's work. We said this was highly INDUCTIVE because she began with concrete examples and never actually used the word "consonant" or "vowel".   Which is Ms. Yi? Is she being deductive or inductive? Does it matter?       What letters do you see at the end of the girls' names?     Right! a, e, i. We call it vowels. Usually girls' names end              with vowels like a, e, I.      Look, here's a name, Betti.    Is this a boy's name or girl's name?    Right, Betti is girl's name. Why?    Ye~s, it ends with 'i'. True, but it usually ends with "y" or with "ie".   b) Teach Family names / Given names T : My name is Eunkyoung, Lee.     My GIVEN name is Eunkyoung.     What is my GIVEN name?      -------     And my FAMILY name is Lee.     What is my FAMILY name?      -------     My brother's name is Eunwoo, Lee.     What is my brother's name?      -------     My brother's GIVEN name is Eunwoo.     What is his GIVEN name?      -------     And my brother's FAMILY name is Lee.     What is his FAMILY name?      -------     Good! 김수연, please stand up.     What is your GIVEN name?      -------     Good! What is your FAMILY name?      -------     I want to know how many FAMILY names are in this class.     Let me look at '출석부‘.     There are 박, 이, 김, 최, 구, 송, 손, 고.     How many FAMILY names?      -------     How many GIVEN names?      -------     Good!   Ms. Lee has taught the concept PERFECTLY, and very inductively, with one new piece of information at a time.   You can see that each exchange consists of GETTING ATTENTION, GIVING INFORMATION and then CHECKING UNDERSTANDING.   But...these are all Korean names. What about ENGLISH names?   c) Teach Titles ( Mr. Miss. Mrs. )   T: Hello, everyone. My name is Eunkyoung, Lee.    I'm married. So please call me Mrs. Lee.    How can you call me?       -------     Another English teacher is  Mi-young, Cho.     She isn't married. So please call her Miss. Cho.    How can you call her?       -------     This is your native English  teacher Jason Fields.     Please call him Mr. Fields.    How can you call him?       -------    I have a question. Fields, is it a family name or a given name?       -------    Right! In the text book, we have Mrs. Smith.    Is she married or single?       -------   Right! Tell me about the name,'Smith'.       -------    Good! Smith is the family name.    We only use titles like Mrs, Miss, Mr with FAMILY names.   Is it INDUCTIVE or DEDUCTIVE? Compare with Ms. Ahn, Mr. Yun, and Ms. Park!   Is "Smith" really a good example? Take a look at Ms. Ahn's work!