The document summarizes an interview with a female English teacher who is 27 years old and has been teaching for 4 years at Domingo Lacson National High School. When asked about the strengths and weaknesses of the language curriculum, she notes it is student-centered but lacks emphasis on basic topics. She finds task-based activities and group work most effective because they allow independent learning, while lectures are least effective. She also notes fourth year students are unprepared for college due to lacking linguistic and meta-cognitive skills. Additionally, she is dissatisfied with lack of administrative support for teacher development and school enrichment programs. In a typical week she divides time between literature, grammar, and writing, using literature as a springboard for grammar

1. University of Negros Occidental- Recoletos
College of Education
EDULAC230
Interview
Teacher profile:
Gender: female
Age:27 years old
Status: single
Teaching at: Domingo Lacson National High School
4 years in the service
By: NARIA,NIñO G.

2. 1. What are the strengths andweaknesses of the language curriculumyour
school is using?
Strengths weaknesses
 Student - centered  Lack of emphasis on the
foundation or basic topic
2. High school students canbe restlessandhyperactive, what strategies as
an Englishteacher have proveneffective/least effective? Why?
Effective Least effective
 Task basedactivities which
allow student tobe
independent learners
 Group work
 Lecture
3. Are your Fourthyear students ready for college? Explainyour answer.
No, because they lack linguistic andmeta-cognitionskills, they lack
communicative competence, they seemtobe in school for two years
more to polishor enhance their skills inthe macro-skill areas.
4. Are you satisfiedwiththe support fromthe administrationinachieving
your goals as an Englishteacher? Explain.
No, because there is no effort on the admin. To provide school-based
programs for student enrichment, nosupport for teacher dev’t
5. How do you divide each week inteaching Grammar, Literature, and
writing? What are you reasons for adapting that system?
A week’s time, may not be enough to cover this 3 topics. However, I start
withliterature whichthenbecomes aspring board for grammar. Writing
comes last. 2 days is spent on literature, 2 days for grammar and 1 day for
writing, sometimes though, grammar is givenemphasis andwriting is
embeddedafter every exercises

3. Reflection:
I can say that today’s teaching is focused on the student
which they are involved or their cooperation is required. Which
the teacher is only a facilitator, because she cited some
strategies that considered as student- centered. She also said
lecture are least effective because some students find it boring
and exhausted. Student- centered includes task-base which
allows student to independent. There are activities that the
student needs to perform not only to sit down and listen to the
teacher, Also to enhance the skills of the learner especially their
communicative skills. She also said that learners lack on the
emphasis in basic topics. I considered traditional teaching is not
effective anymore base on the answers of the teacher to the
question no.2. She also said that there is lack in support and
effort of the admin. To provide school- based programs for
student. For me schools should try their best to provide school-
based program to enhance the skills of the learner and also to
motivate them to study hard, administrator, can show their
support through providing sports equipment, because learning
by doing learners learned best. In student – centered student
learned with fun.
We teacher should cater the needs of the student not only
designing lessons without any planning. That’s why there are
some changes in our curriculum which can enhance the skills of
the learner it is not the interview but it is viewing the different
stands of the teacher towards the 5 questions given.