Get to know me

Hi there! My name is Tania Arréllaga, I started at the ISL in 2019, and I'm currently teaching young learners at an English Institue, and here hopefully you will see my progress through these four years at the ISL.

My Teaching Philosophy Statement

When it comes to my teaching philosophy, I try to keep in mind some of the philosophies and ideologies we have studied at the ISL. One of the main philosophies I like to refer to is Realism, which allows students to use the knowledge in real-life situations, which is the main goal of any learning, but it is especially with language learning, teaching a lesson for students to apply to their lives in a meaningful capacity, this type of philosophy also aims for student agency and self-reliance, it helps the student develop critical thinking, and it leads them to be a better advocate for their education.

One of the ways I try to keep realism as a part of my teaching philosophy in my classroom is by using real-life examples for students to contextualize the meaning of the lesson. For example, when I started a unit about describing the features and body parts of monsters with my students, I asked them to draw their favorite movie character and describe that character, which could have been a kid, a monster, an alien, a pet, or anything else, so they could be able to describe the character, then they had to describe their classmate, this allowed them to associate the vocabulary not only with monsters as the book uses them for but for people, too.

Another aspect that I mentioned above is that I like to think of teaching ideologies, and the current ideology I apply to my teaching is Social Efficiency, which consists of me utilizing the resources I have at the Institute and presenting my students with them, then I become a supervisor of some sort, but I would love to implement a Learner-Centered approach to my teaching philosophy, that would be the best, students being at the forefront as they should be, and me becoming just a facilitator for their learning, being just a guiding force for them.

As previously stated, I have a current teaching philosophy, but I would love to achieve one day the other ideas that I have in mind, and I think these ideas are positive and achievable. Perhaps, I need to keep attending teaching seminars and ask other teachers how to get to the level of becoming more than a simple lecturer and research more about how to become a facilitator for my students rather than a dictator trying to rule over them. The end goal is always to keep students safe, interested, engaged, and participating.

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