OUR CLASS

There are twenty two children in our class. We´ve got class teacher.We are a good group, we meet in the afternoon, after lessons too. We´ve got variety lessons.We learn and play games.Next year we´ll go to the sixth class.

 

LANGUAGE LESSONS

We´ve got English lessons three times a week. We sing songs, write English test and we learn new words and grammar.

 

GYM

There are two gyms in our school. In every gym there is one tollroom.There are for example vaulting-buck, mattress, cages.We can play football, volleyball, basketball, floorball, handball in our gym.

 

OUR PLAYGROUND

Our playground has got plastic rating course and football playground and one smaller playground.There is sand. We can jump there. We can run here during our P.E. lessons and in the afternoon too.

 

OUR SCHOOL

Our school has got ten buildings. In the first building there are small children. The other children are in the next buildings.We can play basketball, volleyball, we go to the trips, to the cinema, theatre, museum.

 

I.T. ROOM

There are twenty two children in our class. We´ve got two groups for I.T. lessons. Each pupil has got own computer. We do lots of things on computer. For example rewrite textbook, copy. We can play games and we can borrow headsets. We can work with Internet.

 

CLASS ACTIVITIES

We haven´t got only learning. We can go to the library, cinema, skating, swimming. We go to the trips, excursions.This week we were at the National museum in Prague. It was very interesting.In April we go to the Planetarium.

 

MULTI-MEDIAL ROOM

We´ve got multi-medial room in our school. There is a new board. We know about our world there, watch films, there are important meetings for children, parents or teachers.

 

 

Hello,

I´m from Neratovice in the Czech Republic. It´s a little town. I´m ten years old.My hobbies are riding a horse, painting and reading a book.

Best wishes Claire

 

Hello,

I´m Peter. I´m ten years old. My hobbies are playing football and playing computee games. My town is Neratovice. It´s a small town in the Czech Republic.

Peter

 

Hello,

I´m Ikonija. I´m from Neratovice. It´s little town near Prague. My hobbies are dancing, singing, playing the piano and reading a book. I´m ten years old.

Best wishes Ikonija

 

Hello,

my name´s Štěpán. I´m from Neratovice. It´s little town in the Czech Republic.I play the guitar.

Best wishes Štěpán

 

Hello,

my name is Vojta. I´m from Neratovice in the Czech Republic. I play football.

Best wishes Vojta

 

I´m from Neratovice in the Czech Republic. I´m 10 years old. I play basketball.

Best wishes Lukáš

 

I am Luboš Kolář. I am from Kojetice. I am 10 years old. My hobby is helicopters.

 

I´m from Neratovice. It´s little town. I am ten years old. My hobby is dancing.

Best wishes Linda Hrabánková

 

My name´s David Jeřela. I live in Neratovice. It is a little town near Prague. My favourite hobbies are ice hockey and tennis.

See you David Jeřela

 

Hello, my name is Honza. I´m from Neratovice in the Czech Republic. My hobbies are ice hockey and riding a bike. Neratovice is a little town. I´m ten years old.

Best wishes Jan

 

I´m from Neratovice. I´m ten years old. My hobby is dancing and I like reading.

Best wishes Nikola

 

Hi,

my name´s Šárka Hájková. I´m ten years old. My little town´s name is Lobkovice in the Czech Republic.My hobbies are tennis, voleyball, table tennis, swimming and computer.

Best wishes Šárka

 

OUR CLASSROOM

Our classroom is large. We´ve got musical instruments, for example guitar and piano. We´ve got computer here too. Near the windows there are many flowers.In our class there are wardrobes with exercise-books and books. There are things for P.E and Art too.We´ve got three rows of the desks.In our class there are a very nice new board.We are a very good group.

OUR PLAYGROUND

Our playground has got plastic rating course and football playground and one smaller playground.There is sand. We can jump there. We can run here during our P.E. lessons and in the afternoon too.

I.T. ROOM

In our school there are three computer classes. We can learn computer lesson.The children from our class are divided for two groups.In the first computer class there are twelve tables with computers for pupils and one computer for teacher.We´ve got our mail adress, we can draw, write, play the computer games here.

LANGUAGE ROOMS

In our school the pupils can choose English or Germany language. We attend language rooms. There are pictures on the wall, computer and many other things for English. We listen to CDs and we learn from nice books.

AFTER-SCHOOL CLUB

When lessons finish, smaller children wait for their parents at school club. There are plenty of things for playing. The toys, games, etc.When the weather is nice, children go out and they play in the school playground.They can prepare for next school day and they can do their homework.

MULTI-MEDIAL ROOM

We´ve got multi-medial room in our school. There is a new board. We know about our world there, watch films, there are important meetings for children, parents or teachers.

EATING ROOM

We can choose two meals in our eating room. We can choose lunch at school or home on computer.Our eating room is very large.We´ve got a very nice new kitchen with many cooking machines.

BUILDING

We´ve got 9 levels. In our level there are two or three classes A, B, C.We are 5.B. We´ve got two gyms, eating room, special classrooms, headmaster´s room and many other rooms.There is a  playground next to our school. We can  run here, play football, basketball.

CLOAK-ROOM

We go to the cloak-room in the morning. We´ve got our clothes and shoes there.Some children have got small box for clothes, some bigger box.We´ve got lessons from 8 o´clock. During big break we can have a snack. We finish school at twenty-five to one, we go for lunch and then we go home.

GYM

There are two gyms in our school. In every gym there is one tollroom.There are for example vaulting-buck, mattress, cages.We can play football, volleyball, basketball, floorball, handball in our gym.

 

Children from 5.B

 

 

My interests

I love animals. I have got a frog, a dog, a rabbit and fish. I look after my animals every day. In my free time I like playing computer games, running, swimming and long jumping. I also play volleyball on Wednesdays and Tuesdays. I always have dance classes on Thursdays. I often meet friends in my free time.


                                                                                               Magda Jurga

  Class IVd

 My interests

I love horse riding. I ride a horse twice a month. I’m good at it. I love it, because I'm interested in horses. I have practised horse riding for along time.

 I have just finished my horse riding lesson. Mr.Albert is myteacher. He loves horses too. I'm interested in music and dogs. I’m good atsport but I’m bad at Maths.What are you interested in?

                                        Justyna Rapta

                                         Class VIB

  Hi, I’m Ola.
My hobby is singing songs. My favourite singer is Miley Cyrus. She is a pop star. 
My favourite song is “Port in the USA”. 
I have also another hobby. I love riding a horse. A horse is a beautiful animal. 
I love dancing, drawing and painting. 
I like taking photos, buying clothes and growing flowers.

Aleksandra Buchar, class VIB

 I am Norbert,

My hobby is music. I like listening to music all the time when, I am at home. Most of all I like hip hop. My favourite band is “Pezet”. My favourite song of this band is “ It Had Not Tomorrow”. I like  riding a bicycle and playing computer games. My favourite game is “Counter-Strike 1.6”. I am interested in animals, particulary I’m interested in hamsters. Do you know that a hamster is pregnant about 21days? A hamster alives from 2 to 3years.

What are you interests?

 

Norbert Grochowiak, class VIb

 

Patryk Kwiring, class IVa

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The role of the teacher

 

 

The purpose of this project  is to explore the ways in which the teacher's roles influence the teaching and learning process. Many different and complex factors influence the roles that teachers adopt in the classroom. According to Breen and Candlin (1980: 93-94) the teacher has three main roles. One of them is to alleviate the process of communication between all students in the classroom, and between these students and the wide variety of tasks and texts. The other role is to operate as an autonomous participant in the learning-teaching process.  The third role is to act as an observer and learner. These roles imply  a set of secondary roles which are described below.

 

1.1. Controller

            The teachers as controllers always stand at the front of the classroom controlling everything. They are in charge of the class and control not only what the pupils do, but also when they communicate and what language they use. Each  stage of the lesson lends the teacher to this role very well. As Harmer (1991: 236) claims the introduction of a new language, where it makes use of accurate reproduction and drilling techniques, needs to be carefully organised. All attention is focused on the front of the class, and the pupils are all working to the same pace.

                                                           

            1.2. Assessor

            A meaningful part of the teacher's job is to assess the pupils' work, to see how well they are performing or how well they performed. According to Harmer (1991:237) there are two types of assessment: correction and organising feedback. In the first type of assessment the teacher's function is to show where errors and mistakes occur and help pupils to see what has gone wrong so that it can be put right. Organising feedback occurs when pupils have performed some kind of task. The intention of this kind of assessment is for them to see the extent of their success or failure and to be given ideas as to how their language problems might be solved.

           

            1.3. Organiser

            The most difficult role the teacher has to play is that of organiser. The success of many activities depends on good organisation and on the students knowing exactly what they are to do. As Harmer (1991: 239) noticed  the main aim of the teacher when organising an activity is to tell the pupils what they are going to tell about, or write, or read about. The teacher should give clear instructions about what their task is, get the activity going, and then organise feedback when it is over.   

 

            1.4. Prompter

            One of the teacher's important roles is the role of prompter when the teacher needs to encourage pupils to participate in the lesson. He or she also should prompt the pupils with information they have forgotten. According to Harmer (1991:241)   the teacher always needs to take suggestions about how pupils may proceed in an activity when there is a silence or when they do not know what to do next.

 

            1.5. Participant

           Another role the teacher performs in the classroom management is participation. The teacher participates in an activity especially where activities like stimulations are taking place. Harmer (1991:241) warns that there is the danger if the teacher tends to dominate, and the pupils both allow and expect this to happen. Teacher should not be afraid to participate if it improve the atmosphere in the class. The teacher's participation can also give the pupils a chance to practise English with someone who speaks it better than they do.

 

           

           

            1.6. Resource

            The teacher should always be ready to offer help if it is need. As Harmer  (1991: 242) claims English is the language that the pupils may be missing, and this is true if the pupils are involved in some kind of writing activities. Thus, the teachers make themselves available so that pupils can consult them when they wish.

 

            1.7. Tutor

            The teacher sometimes acts as a coach and as a resource when pupils are involved in their own work. As Argyle (1969) claims pupils can ask  the teacher mainly for advice and guidance. This is the role the teacher adopts when pupils are involved in self-study or when they are doing project work of their own choosing. The teacher will be able to help them clarify ideas and limit the task.

 

            1.8. Investigator

            Teachers want to develop their own skills by themselves or with colleagues. The best way to do this, according to Harmer (1991:242-3), is by investigating what is going on, observing what works well in class and what does not, trying out new techniques and activities and evaluating their appropriacy.

                       Apart different roles the teachers adopt in the class management there are, according to Nunan (1981:19), two additional roles that teachers should be involved in: teachers as researchers and planners their own professional practices in the classroom.   

           

           1.2.1. Researching teachers

            All teachers of English are involved in developing and understanding of the ways how different practices influence the English classroom. For many teachers research is becoming embedded as an undeniable part of their lives. Lawrence Stenhouse (1975:31) claims that teacher research can provide fruitful insight into classroom-based teaching and learning that offer teachers a sound basis for making professional decisions. In our project we would like to focus on classroom research which helps teachers to explore and examine aspects of teaching and learning and to take actions to improve their own skills. 

                       According to Nunan (1989: 9-10), there are three main types of research: 'pure' research, policy-oriented research and 'action' research. The first type enables better understanding what it is that makes certain procedures appear effective in the classroom. The second research enables future planning to be more effective. The 'action' research is the most important for teachers because it is aimed at a particular situation. Nunan (1989) claims that the action research is nearly bound to the specific interests and requirements of individual teachers. On the other hand, Nunan (1989) emphasises on areas   nominated by teachers as worth investigating: methodology, classroom management and interaction, professional development and self-evaluation, applying skills, affective factors, assessment and evaluation and acquisition. All of them are important because they enable teachers to become more confident, raise teachers' consciousness, have led them to not only confront and deal with all the practical issues facing teaching and researching, but have also led them on to improve their own work as teachers and researchers.

 

            1.2.2. Teachers as planners 

            Good teachers think carefully about what they want to do in the classroom and plan how they want to organise the teaching and learning. Harmer (1991:259) claims that variety of different learning activities is the teachers' main target. They must give the pupils a purpose and tell them what the purpose is. As Harmer (1991:259) claims: 'Students need to know why they are doing something and what it is supposed they will achieve ..... teachers must have a purpose for all the activities they organise in a class and they should communicate that purpose to the students'.    

            An ideal balance is created for the class if teachers use mix techniques, activities and materials. Pupils should be treated as individuals and the more teachers know about their needs the more they can achieve in teaching-learning process. According to Harmer (1991) before teachers start planning their lessons they should be accustomed with three main areas: the job of teaching, the institution and the students. In my diploma paper I would like to focus on the students. Harmer (1991) claims that teachers should take into consideration many factors such as: who the students are, what the students bring to the class and what the students need. Delving into these factors more scrupulously they should know age of the students, their sex, and social background. Thinking about what the students bring to the class teachers should know how the students feel about learning English and should be familiar with four major areas such as: motivation and attitude, educational background, students' knowledge, and their interests. Knowing the students and their needs helps the teacher to provide   a programme of balanced activities that will be most beneficial and motivating to the students.

                       In this project I have pointed at different roles the teachers take in the classroom which influence the teaching and learning process. According to the researchers (Breen and Candlin (1980), Harmer (1991), Argyle (1969), Stenhouse (1975), Nunan (19810), the teachers' major role in the classroom is to create the conditions under which learning can take place and to impart, by a variety of means, knowledge to their learners. 

 

                                                                                                                 Anna Dorabiała

 

 

My name’s Ada. I’m 11 years old. In my free time I like playing computer games and singing. My favourite song is “ Reaplay” and “Before the storm”. I don’t like learning and I don’t like to be bored.

 

 

Ada Wilkosz

Class IVA

 

My name’s Patryk. I’m eleven. In my free time I like paying football and I like to meet my firend- Marcin. I also like lessons. I like computer games and dancing. I don’t like waiting and I don’t like to be in a hurry.

 

Patryk Kwiryng

Class IVA

 

 

I am SylwiaTumiłowicz. I’m ten. In my free time I like swimming, dancing, paying the guitar, learning, playing basketball, drawing, flying kites, going to the mountains and to the seaside. I love my dog and I like PE.

 

What do you do in your free time?

 

                                                                       Sylwia Tumiłowicz

Class IV A

 

Hi, I’m Szymon. I am fond of sport. My bobby is cycling. I often ride a bike. I’m also keen on basketball. I’ve never played golf but I often run. I’m good at swimming and I’m interested in football. I’m good at Maths but I am bad at Polish. I’m keen on bowling.

 

What are you interested in?

Szymon Posypanko

Class VIa

  

Chodzę do kl.IVA i od tego roku szkolnego rozpoczęłam naukę w budynku przy ul. M. Konopnickiej 2. W klasach nauczania zintegrowanego miałam wszystkie zajęcia z jedną Panią-moją wychowawczynią Barbarą Getner, teraz klasą opiekuje się Pani Genowefa Maszczenko i uczy nas j. polskiego. Dzień w szkole różni się bardzo od nauki w klasach młodszych, teraz każdą lekcję prowadzi inny nauczyciel- jest to dla nas bardzo trudne, ale niewątpliwie intersujące. Zajęcia są zróżnicowane pod względem stopnia trudnosci i wymagań. W ramach promocji kultury fizycznej i zdrowego stylu życia wyjeżdżamy często do AQUAPARKU- odwiedzilismy Polkowice i WROCŁAW. Od 01.03 do 7.03. 2010 r. uczestniczylismy w zajęciach BIAŁEJ SZKOŁY w Zakopanem. Było fantastycznie-wszyscy nauczylismy sie jeździć na nartach, niektórzy nawet na snowbordzie. Poznalismy rówież kuturę i tradycję Tatr oraz Podhala. W naszej szkole dużo się dzieje, na pewno nie można się nudzić!

                                                                                               Natalia Chrzanowska

I walk to kl.IVA and I began the learning with this school year in the building by the Rd M. for Konopnicka 2. In classes of the integrated teaching I had all classes around one Panią-moją with class tutor with Barbara Getner, now Mrs Genowefa Maszczenko is looking the class after and he/she is teaching us j. Polish. And the school day is differing widely from the learning in the lower school, now other teacher- is conducting every lesson it is very difficult for us, but undoubtedly intersujące. Classes are diversified in terms of the degree trudnosci and of requirements. As part of the promotion of the physical culture and a healthy lifestyle we often leave for AQUAPARKU-  Polkowice and Wrocław. from 01.03 to 7.03. 2010 r.  in the class of the White School at Zakopane. It was fantastic-everyone to ski, some even on snowbordzie.  She is already familiar to us culture and tradition of the Tatra mountains and Podhale. At our school much he is happening, it isn't certainly possible to be bored!

Natalia Chrzanowska

 

My typical week at school

 

 

 

       I always start lessons at 8 o‘clock. I have school subject such as: Maths, History, P.E, Science, English, Polish, J.T, Art, Music and Religion. I don’t like Science and Art but I like P.E, History, Music, Polish, and Maths. At 1 p.m I have lunch in the school canteen. I like running during breaks. My lessons always ends at half past one.

What is your typical day at school?

Bartosz Ciesielski

ClassVc

 

OUR CLASS There are twenty two children in our class. We´ve got class teacher.We are a good group, we meet in the afternoon, after lessons too. We´ve got variety lessons.We learn and play games.Next year we´ll go to the sixth class.   LANGUAGE LESSONS We´ve got English lessons three times a...

Hello, I´m from Neratovice in the Czech Republic. It´s a little town. I´m ten years old.My hobbies are riding a horse, painting and reading a book. Best wishes Claire   Hello, I´m Peter. I´m ten years old. My hobbies are playing football and playing computee games. My town is Neratovice....

OUR CLASSROOM Our classroom is large. We´ve got musical instruments, for example guitar and piano. We´ve got computer here too. Near the windows there are many flowers.In our class there are wardrobes with exercise-books and books. There are things for P.E and Art too.We´ve got three rows of the...

  My interests I love animals. I have got a frog, a dog, a rabbit and fish. I look after my animals every day. In my free time I like playing computer games, running, swimming and long jumping. I also play volleyball on Wednesdays and Tuesdays. I always have dance classes on Thursdays. I...

  The role of the teacher     The purpose of this project  is to explore the ways in which the teacher's roles influence the teaching and learning process. Many different and complex factors influence the roles that teachers adopt in the classroom. According to Breen and Candlin...

  My name’s Ada. I’m 11 years old. In my free time I like playing computer games and singing. My favourite song is “ Reaplay” and “Before the storm”. I don’t like learning and I don’t like to be bored.     Ada Wilkosz Class IVA   My name’s Patryk. I’m eleven. In my free time I...

   Chodzę do kl.IVA i od tego roku szkolnego rozpoczęłam naukę w budynku przy ul. M. Konopnickiej 2. W klasach nauczania zintegrowanego miałam wszystkie zajęcia z jedną Panią-moją wychowawczynią Barbarą Getner, teraz klasą opiekuje się Pani Genowefa Maszczenko i uczy nas j....