The young Teacher and Teenagers: Vertical or Horizontal Relations

This group was compounded by Francisco Campos and Melissa Herrera. They talked about the relations among the teacher and their students. I learned that teachers and students have certain relations which can play a substantial role in the learning process. They said that these relations can be both vertical or horizontal. On one hand, vertical relations are based on Authority which is represented by the teacher. Nevertheless, students may be afraid of the teacher at the moment of giving instructions or asking for homework in class. By the other hand, there are horizontal relations that correspond to a more flexible position of the teacher who increases the communication with students.

According to the group presentation seen in class, I can say that I liked it. Melissa has a good pronunciation and she used the teaching space in an appropiate way; besides, she moved a lot which is something absolutely important when teaching. Francisco has a good voice proyection, I could understand what he said; however he has to practice his English since I noticed some grammar mistakes but I know he can improve. One nice strenght of this group was the seating arrangement. Everybody was sit down in a semi-circle, I really liked that. They turned the teaching space into their own stage, that's awesome!.




but it is not set up which realtion is the best