Personalization

  

By: Teacher Licda Cleopatra Noel Drummond

The principle I am going to define is the seven one that speaks about personalization, but to understand this we need to know first what is personalize? and after seeking in different sources I finally define it as "to take in a personal manner" or " To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify."

It is important that students feel they are related to as individuals and are not simply numbers on a list. Sad to say that it is easy to fall in a routine in large classes; and by doing this we don't give the students the important part in the classroom, students feel that they don't count and that there is really no point in expressing their opinion.

But according to the reading it is doubly important, in large classes, to provide opportunities in which students may share opinions, relate to their own future plans, and explore their ideas on important issues. To reach to this point teachers can use any reading text, listening passage, and speaking activity to be adapted in such a way that it allows personalization.

Points to take in account:

• After reading about a controversial topic, students can write letters to the editor.
• Students can give mini-presentations about their hopes or dreams for the future.
• Students can investigate the professional requirements of their hoped-for profession.
• Students can talk about a person they admire.

To conclude I will say that the more we give the students participation in the classroom the more they will express themselves, use the language in a meaningful way, feel that they are important for the teacher, and finally increase their self-esteem. Take your students in account and give them their place for a successful learning-teaching process.