1. TEA Fellow: SoeungSopha Content area: English as Foreign Language (EFL) Portfolio The Kingdom of Cambodia Nation Religion King

2. 1. Introduction This is the classroom environment which I am in. Students have less chances to interact or share ideas. Learner-based approach is very difficult to implement

3. Students are squashed in row

4. 2. Philosophy of Education “ Be the leader in the classroom can ensure the success of learning and teaching” “ Lecturing is better than asking students to share because it will make so much noise in class” “ Grammar-Translation Approach is the only way to help students learn”

5. 3. Growth in Different Areas

6. 3.1. Teaching Strategies ** Demonstrations of best practices including group-centered approach Seats are arranged in groups Students are provided enough time to work All questions are organized Activities are planned and arranged in order Roles of teacher are to give support and feedback

7. Students are given choice Students are provided enough scaffolding via various techniques Students are always given chance to answer and do all tasks before exact answers/ideas are given Factual and real life examples are used to explain Instructional differentiation is almost always used

8. ** Culturally relevant teaching strategies Make use of students via asking them to share their understanding or the differences and the similarities of their own experience in their culture

10. What action research look like

11. How to avoid plagiarisms

13. ** Assessment Techniques There two types of assessment which I have learned here: Bloom’s Taxonomy:

14. ** Collaborative teaching Inspire the ideas of working in group Lessons are more effective and efficiency Gain more ideas in terms of planning lessons and presenting lessons and flexibility in teaching Build up confidence Students get more supports

15. 3.2. Instructional Materials Post-it Flip chart Marker pens (various color is the best) Computers Internet access in classroom LCD Enough course books

16. 3.3. Effective Learning Environment There barrier between students and teacher is fluid and flexible but with limits Students call teacher by last name Teacher and students can share their personal feelings and not afraid to talk about their family Relationship is like one family Students can tell the teacher what they don’t like or can express when they are not happy with what the teacher has done .

17. 3.4. Role of Culture; Diversity Diversity of the culture creates more challenges for teachers BUT Autonomous learning will be created Students will learn faster and more effectively because teens enjoy new things Students will be so flexible in their life Students can adapt themselves to different situation easily in life.

18. 3.5. Technology LCD is used to make accessibilities in teaching and learning Internet access is available in school campus Students are allowed to use internet when they get stuck with some questions

19. 4. Synthesis “ Getting the students involve and let them do activities in class is the best way to get them to learn” “ Everyone in the classroom is the learner so I have to give more chance to my students to present the class something which they know about topic I am going to teach them” “ The way to success in learning and teaching is the engagement of both sides on the same task”

20. 5. Implication + How I will use approach in classroom Providing enough time to work Stand on the role of facilitator and monitor Giving choice to students to choose task they want to do Providing more scaffolding Using instructional differentiation Using factual and real life examples to explain or link with the daily lesson Exit slip . Advisement session

21. + Gain activities / strategies / techniques used Group discussion Presentation Listening and ask for more information Think-pair share Read aloud .

22. + Interaction Assigning task and activities to make students more actively involved in the lesson Open the discussion together Providing support is part of their learning and teaching Creating family relationship in the learning environment

23. + Classroom management Making sure that all students have chance to speak Students’ achievements are displayed on the wall Exit slip box is placed near the door There is a word wall

24. Estimated difficulties in applying these ideas 1- Advisement session: using the fixed classroom cannot be done spend much time to help students and colleagues to see advantages of this session be hard to motivate and encourage teachers to facilitate the session + Plans to deal with these difficulties . Make suggestion to principal to use library as an advisement classroom . Put “Advisement Session” in the weekly meeting agenda . Ask for some incentive for teachers who volunteer to help this session . Give those teachers more opportunity

25. 2. Provide enough scaffolding: - Lack of resources - Time consuming + Plans to deal with these difficulties . Write requests to Asian Foundation and Room to Red and Local library . Combine some lessons together if they are connected . Use “Exit slip” to check students’ comprehension in order to save time

26. 3- Develop lesson plan structure: Inspectors will complain about ignorance of Format given by Ministry Fight with the conservative ideas of colleagues and person in charge Promotion will be postponed or cancelled + Plans to deal with these difficulties . Be patient, listen to their complains and use their input to improve the transition to these new strategies . Explain them about the advantages of “Flexibility” . Promote ‘the idea of taking risk’ “No risk, No change”

27. Extra reading Whole document about my objectives for TEA program Bloom’s Taxonomy Service-Learning (pdf) Service-Learning samples (1 and 2) Service-learning powerpoint