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Paige Smith 8/30/12 ECI 430 “Envisioning English” Communication arts suggest that a student needs to be able to communicate with their peers within school and their community. I believe that language arts teach things such as punctuation, sentence structure and grammar. Communication is something that is used every day and would be very hard to impossible to survive without it. In our world today, students have different ways of communicating, whether it is by mouth or technology. Other ways one can communicate is by gestures or hand movements. Eye contact and eyes can be a powerful way for someone to respond to another. Interpreting is another power of communication. A student can interpret what the teacher is teaching by understanding and comprehending the information. When I think of traditional teaching, I think of a teacher standing in front of the classroom and teaching there the entire time. Traditional vs. alternative is more information based and information storing. The teacher teaches and then wants the student to comprehend it. Once they have comprehended the information they then are given an assessment to regurgitate that information. Alternative teaching is more of what teachers are doing today. It is about the student and the teacher creating ideas and becoming creative as they do so. I believe the teacher is also learning and participating with their students. The students are not just sitting at their desks and taking notes, they are interacting with one another and learning information in a new way. Traditional teaching is more for the teacher to get the students to remember what they say rather than getting the students to actually absorb and apply the information. One take away that I have from this chapter is that there can be a combination of traditional and alternative teaching. Some teachers like to mix them together. I have taken away that alternative learning and teaching can be more interesting and fun for the students as well as the teachers. I really want to incorporate this in my classroom.
 * 1) Pg. 2, Figure 1-1, #5 “Which of the following best describes the center of your interest in becoming a teacher?
 * 2) Adolescent Students
 * 3) The Act of Teaching
 * 4) Print/Non-Print Literature
 * 5) Language (writing or speaking)
 * 6) Life of Schools
 * 7) Other
 * 8) What does the term communication arts suggest to you that language art does not? What powers of communication can you imagine outside of speaking, listening, reading, and writing?
 * 1) Traditional vs. Alternative Beliefs
 * 1) <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 15.99px;">One Take Away