Teaching English without Teaching English | Roberto Guzman | TEDxUPRM
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Robert Guzman is a full professor at the University of Puerto Rico, Aguadilla Campus. Guzman teaches undergraduate English courses in which he stresses the development of critical thinking skills and hands on language development skills. He’s also a freelance writer and political commentator on the WPRA 990 AM radio show Comunicando with host Toti Figueroa. So far Guzman has published, among other books The Devil’s Advocate Reader, Tropical Tales of Terror, Mitos y Conflictos en la Biblia and Heroes.
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He was my professor and I can reassure you that his class was the best english class I ever had.
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This is exactly how I teach English, for the same reasons - I want my students to be able to use and enjoy the language, not just pass an exam! Roberto explains it so well, and his passion shines through. Love it. :-)
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"You cannot fake content. You cannot fake passion."
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As a newbie teacher I sometimes feel really anxious about teaching my students the correct form that I neglect what they want to express. This was really eye-opening, thank you so much.
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Such a humble title. This man's biggest flex is how he get the students to be interested enough to work with each other to actually learn something. And learning is a painful process that's why not many gets much enthusiasm towards it. Such a wonderful human being 🥺.
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"We never use textbooks". Such soothing words.
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This is one of the most inspiring talks I've ever watched. Thanks a million professor Guzman for sharing your experience on here.. hats off!
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This is information that soooooo many people need to hear right now. It doesn't matter whether they're English Language Learners or not. We are all lifelong learners. This teacher does a great job of explaining how to speak in public even when expressing differing ideas. He's amazing!
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This is gold .... thanks so much for inspire all of us.
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When the teacher does his job with love... this is creativity
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"Fear people who fear questions" this should apply to all things in the dimension.
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I am teaching English, currently, and think that it's a great point to let students make mistakes, but it's so different from the modern, standard educational system. You're right. Content is far more important than form. Being able to communicate--even grammatically incorrectly--is the motivation needed to continue to copy those who speak more "correctly." But even then, language is always changing, and English hasn't always been English. There are no hard and fast rules except those we agree to.
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Well I am an English teacher too and found this man greatly inspirational as a teacher. Do not feel you learning a language rather you are living the language 😊
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This TedTalk is brilliant! I’m an English Language&Literature graduate and I can say that I would have loved this kind of professor! His approach to language is amazing. He also uses some Psychology concepts and strategies and apply them to teaching English. I admire him and his passion for English language. ♥️ Thank you for sharing your knowledge! 🙏
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I have been teaching English for four months now and this was definitely an enlightening talk. I have been trying to get the students out of their shells, to talk more, to have conversations with them. I often take TED Ed videos to the classes for them to have a little debate, but it's very hard to get them to come out, but when it finally happens, it reminds me of why I love my job, and why I shouldn't give up on my students, because they and I know they can.
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Japan needs this. Hard. I've been an English 'teacher' here for a number of years. But the traditional methods always leave the students (and me) scratching their heads. I've executed a number of the points mentioned in the talk, but never really put them all together. Maybe I should learn how to cook.
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all teachers should use content-based teaching methods. great point
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Thank you for listening to my ted talk!
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"Ask questions, always questions" I found my best students are always the ones who ask many questions, as well as the ones being very confident in their learning, not being afraid of mistakes and always keep on going. I am on my way to change the way I teach French here in Taiwan. I am also pretty frustrated of the traditional way. From what I observed when I learnt language myself, and also in my students or polyglots, the traditional method is not efficient. Students should "dive into the language" and the teacher is there to guide them and give them the keys to understand how other people communicate....not the grammar. Thank you very much for your talk!! Muchas Gracias!
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This has inspired me to open my own English academy in my country. Thanks for the push I sorely needed.
