Week 12. The Importance of Students' Interaction in Classrooms.

By Vanesa Paniagua

Article: 10 Benefits of getting students to participate in classrooms discussions.

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Article: Increase student interaction with "Think-pair- shares" and "Circle chats".

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A quote about the reading of this week that calls my attention was “Would be difficult to become a good piano player by listening to someone play, with no opportunity of your own to practice”. I am totally agreed with this quotation since practice it is the most important step when we are learning something.

Moreover, in the teaching field students must be encourage to interact with their classmates, but sometimes this could be difficult for students because they feel afraid to make mistakes or they do not feel comfortable or they are not ready to share their points of view in public. Therefore, we teachers have the responsibility to create different suitable activities where students can develop and increase their interaction.

Also, in the article were mentioned two fantastic activities to increase students’ interaction: “Think-pair-shares and Circle chats”. In my opinion any activity that involves the speaking skill would be awesome to develop students’ interaction, but also taking in to consideration each student’s participation, so then all the class will share opinions and they would be provided with feedback.