ALI IHSAN and SELALE

         ALİ İHSAN and ŞELALE

     Education has a crucial place in our world. It starts from the birth and continues until the last breath. Thus, to be a good person, every single child should be sent to school when s/he is mature enough. There are several teachers to teach something for students. Those teachers are from different departments. One of the departments is foreign language. English is part of foreign language. To be teacher is really important. There are several teachers for English. There are two teachers whose names are Ali İhsan and Şelale. They are my English teachers from high school. Although they share same similarities, they have some differences, too.

     Ali Ihsan is similar to Şelale. First of all, both of teach grammar. For example, they teach how to use grammar. So, I can use grammar easily thanks to them. Secondly, both of them teach speaking. They also give some clues about pronunciation. They say how we pronounce the English words.

     Despite these similarities, Ali İhsan differs from Şelale. To begin with, their teaching methods are different from each other. Ali İhsan uses some methods like making groups which create ambiance to study as stated by Brosh (1996). However, Şelale reads only the current subject from the course book. As a consequence, this is not beneficial to students and no one learns anything. Moreover, the materials they use are not the same. Ali İhsan distributes handouts about what he is going to mention in that lesson, gives worksheets and uses projector to make the lesson more effective. So, his lessons are better than Şelale’s when we compare. On the other hand, Şelale never uses such materials except for the course book. Thus, in her lessons students are bored and they cannot benefit from the lessos.

    To sum up, even though they have similarities such as grammar and speaking, lesson they also have differences in terms of teaching methods and the materials they use. A good teacher should understand the situation of her/his students and try to make the lesson enjoyable.

 Reference: Brosh, H., (1996). Perceived Characters of the Effective Language Teacher. Foreign Laznguage Annals, 29 No:2, 125-134.