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I have
gained a whole new perspective on teaching spelling, writing and reading! I feel
I am prepared to go into a classroom and teach THRASS with confidence! Spelling
and reading can be taught in a logical and most importantly a fun way! And
learning should definitely be easy and fun! Looking forward to using THRASS in
my teaching career!
I have
learned that the letters have more than one sound! It has opened my eyes to a
new way of teaching and I will use it in my class! I am so glad someone thought
of this programme!
This course
has definitely helped me, even at my age, to understand how to spell, read and
pronounce English words! It gives us as new teachers a new way of teaching and
helping children! It is a new century and therefore time for new teaching
techniques in English so that all children from different cultures get the same
opportunities in life! Thank you for an eye opener!
Extremely
interesting and very well presented! This is a wonderful programme that makes
sense and it will equip me with skills to be able to teach learners from
different cultures and who speak other languages! I can’t wait to be able to
implement THRASS!
I was so
blown away by this method! It just made me realise that I have missed out on so
much. I have learned so much! This method is really easy to use and is fun and
will engage all areas of the child’s life! It took a while for me to grasp the
concept but at the end of the second day it all came together and made so much
sense! I was so impressed and can’t wait to implement it!
Most
valuable and will enable me to teach literacy in a way that will make sense to
the learner! During the four years of my studies I had not come across such an
amazing and dynamic teaching method! I cannot wait to begin using this programme
to help so many children who have extreme difficulty with reading and spelling!
I am so confident and know I can now make a difference!
An
interesting course to learn how to teach English as we have never learned about
this and now we have the tools to teach it! I think THRASS is going to be of
great help as even I now understand where the sounds come from! I feel that
every second language teacher should do this course!
Quite mind
blowing. I learned a lot more about English and how to teach it! I sometimes
felt upset and angry because it felt like my whole foundation of English was
being shaken! I can now argue differently on the aspects regarding reading,
writing, speaking and spelling of English!
I’ve learned
a lot and I wish we could have learned about THRASS in the first year! I learned
that English could be taught in a fun way and that kids could enjoy themselves
while they learn! I believe that children do learn best while they are having
fun! I am sure that THRASS will help me next year to teach English as a second
language! Even I understand English better!
A wonderful
and extremely inspirational course! It has inspired me to want to use THRASS in
my own classroom! It has even helped me to better understand the teaching of
spelling and language and opened my eyes to a far more interesting and fun way
of incorporating it into the classroom!
This was a
valuable course! Wish I did it earlier in my life so my English could be better!
I am looking forward using THRASS in my class one day!
A very
useful and productive programme where all the senses are being used to teach the
children how to read, write and spell! I think that the children would enjoy
learning with the THRASS programme because it is fun and easy and the children
learn through play! I feel that the THRASS programme must be implemented in
every school because it entails everything that the children need and it is
fun!
I was and
still am pleasantly surprised by the entire THRASS programme! I think it is
going to be extremely beneficial to young learners in South-African schools! A
quality literacy programme has been lacking for a number of years and this shows
in learners current literacy rates! The fact that THRASS is interactive, uses
songs, flash cards and various other media forms, allows all learners the
opportunity to reach their full potential! I believe this programme is
brilliant!
Very
valuable to me! I enjoyed it immensely and learned a lot! Even as a grown up I
learned so much about English during this course and I am now quite excited to
teach English!
Very good
course, valuable learning experience and useful to use in my own classroom
teaching either first or second language English! Will help a lot with children
who do not speak English as a first language! I never knew that English had so
many different sounds!
Interesting.
It was presented magnificently! As a second language English speaker I found it
enriching. As a University student some things are now clearer! I hope to
implement THRASS in an Afrikaans school to help the learners understand concepts
properly from the beginning!
I enjoyed
this course a lot because I learned a lot! I am definitely going to implement
this in my classroom! The THRASS programme can only be beneficial as the
learners will benefit in a life long way! I personally feel that the THRASS
programme is excellent and thoroughly explained! I will definitely suggest that
every teacher do the course!
I think the
THRASS course was very good! I was scared of how I was going to teach English
because I am an Afrikaans student! This will help me in the future! For my
benefit and my learners! All the media is very good and carefully planned!
‘Stunning’! I would like to get all the media one day and implement the THRASS
programme in my school! I’ve learned a lot and can’t wait to teach one day! The
videos were an inspiration!
Very
helpful, not only because it is in English but I got a lot of ideas to integrate
with other subjects and how to teach it! I know that now I would be able to
teach reading, writing and spelling in English with ease and without feeling
insecure but with the confidence and that I would be successful in what I do!
And that the children would actually learn and enjoy it!
Valuable in
that it opened my eyes to a new world and it taught me a lot! It was interesting
to see how much more information is available to us and how advanced it can get
with regard to the use of technology! I am very appreciative of the resources as
it will definitely kick start my future career!
A wonderful
experience! I learned a lot more about English and I feel much more comfortable
to teach English as a second language! I feel that this course is a wonderful
way to teach children and that they will succeed more than in boring English
teaching! The children will enjoy this much more, after this course for children
and adult English, this will never be seen as a difficult subject!
This course
taught me that there is not just one way of doing something! Change is good! All
the ten different stages have opened my eyes to show that English can be taught
in a more simple way! Teaching, handwriting, reading and spelling skills will be
much easier to accomplish when all teachers follow this method in class!
I am crazy
about THRASS! This is very helpful in Foundation Phase because I have been
studying in Afrikaans and now I can take English as an additional language!
There might be a learner in my class that can’t read Afrikaans so then this
programme gives me a guideline and makes it easier!
At the start
of the course, I was a bit nervous because I did a course on phonics and battled
but during the course I found it a very simple and easy to understand course!
The lecturer presenting the course was prepared and I gained a lot of
information during these two days! The information I have learned will help when
teaching THRASS in the classroom! I hope all schools will implement this
programme because it is a fun way to learn!
Absolutely
marvellous. I have learned so much and they say that one is never too old to
learn and that is absolutely true! As a fourth year student I feel that it is so
important to know as much as we can because we are teaching the young children
of our world to become citizens who will themselves teach their next generation
children! Spelling, reading and writing is so essential to work oneself up in
the workplace and world and I have learned that if you start reinforcing the
THRASS in schools at a young age, the children will carry the knowledge through
their growing lives! Thank you for a great course! Thank you to ABSA!
THRASS is a
very good and valuable thing to implement in schools! I learned a lot about
English! This will definitely help our children to be more literate! This will
help children to think and to learn and not only memorise!
From the
beginning of this course I was fascinated with THRASS! Although I am Afrikaans
the course made sense and it could definitely work in schools! I was amazed with
the information I got to go out in schools and actually use it! I learned more
how to teach subjects properly! And the way you have to teach children! Thank
you for THRASS!
Absolutely
well-worth it! I learned a lot and I’ll surely make use of this programme and
share it with everybody I know! It changed my mindset about teaching literacy
and now know what is expected from teaching it! What a break-through in my
knowledge! Thank you THRASS!
It is
shocking that we were taught of 6 (a-e-i-o-u-y) vowels! I believe that more
schools should use THRASS! THRASS teaches learners to remember and not forget
like teaching them like parrots! I was very interested with the two day course
as I learned a lot! I believe that learner like to learn through song and dance
and that it is a easier way to learn! I would also like to thank ABSA for giving
us this opportunity to be part of THRASS! THRASS is an asset for any school!
I have
learned the importance of the process in teaching reading, handwriting and
spelling in young learners! THRASS makes a difference in all the difficulties in
English and does not just focus on five vowel sounds! This is an integrated
course that focuses on verbal fluency, general knowledge, memory etc… This is a
fun way to learn and suites South-Africa!
Now I have
learned what THRASS is and how to implement it in the classroom. I think it’s an
excellent programme and a much more fun way to learn! The children seem to learn
much faster and learning standards are very high! I am very impressed and would
love to work with the programme in my class! South Africa and the world should
all use this programme!
Enjoyable. I
think the programme is fantastic and wish I had it in my school! I still
struggle to spell and I think this will benefit me! I am very excited to start
implementing the things I have learned here! The presentation was very well
presented, clear and easy to understand and fun! I am so glad that education is
changing and is catching up with the times because our children deserve
innovative, interactive and reinforced learning!
I really
think that this programme will benefit all schools in South-Africa! In my four
years of studying we have learned a lot of theory, but knowing how to implement
THRASS is very useful! I will definitely implement this programme in my class!
An amazing
course! I need to process the information more after the course, because I am so
conditioned in the old process at teaching because that is how I was taught! But
I live this course and I think this method is fantastic and the numerous
resources available are great! I will definitely make attempts to use this
method, if I am able to in the school I end up in, and once I have processed it
all for myself! I am very pleased with what I have learned here over these two
days!
A brilliant
new way of teaching the English language and I enjoyed the course! THRASS makes
learning exciting and from the videos I can see how THRASS speeds up the
learning process!
Taught me a
lot! I enjoyed it a lot. I can’t believe that a person can learn to read, spell
and write in such a creative manner! The media and technology used is fantastic
and I would love to have all the resources! My knowledge has been broadened and
I will make sure that I go to a school that uses THRASS! I would like to see how
to implement it and what the difference in standards is with non THRASS schools!
Thank you for an unbelievable course. I can’t wait for the Sing-a-Long Session!
I learned a
lot and I’ve got a remedy! I believe that I will still use these methods and
knowledge a lot! This will also give us an opportunity if we want to teach
overseas! I now understand after four years of studying what the difference is
between phoneme and grapheme!
An
innovative way to implement spelling, reading and handwriting! THRASS can be
very useful in the English classroom; I wish there could be a resource like
THRASS for Afrikaans. I find the songs cute and easy and it has lessons to
learn in every one of them! The Raps and Sequences are also quite annoying but
it tends to stick like glue in your mind; a-b, a-b-c, a-b-c-d-e-f-g! THRASS
helped me a lot with the pronunciation of words that I struggle with as an
Afrikaans speaker!
I have
learned about graphemes and phonemes! My eyes have been opened and I realise
that there are more to pronunciation and spelling of words that I thought. The
course was a great learning experience. THRASS should be implemented in all
schools, as it is an advantage to all learners! THRASS enables learners to learn
in a fun way! It allows interaction! I have also learned that we should let
learners articulate the sounds and link the sounds to key words! Thank you for
an excellent and informative two days! I hope that Namibia will also enforce
THRASS in the schools, they will only benefit from it! Learners learn through
visual, kinaesthetic and auditory learning! That’s why songs will help a lot and
it is fun and experimental! THRASS is an asset!
Very useful.
As being part of the PGCE we have not yet had a practical in a school classroom!
I will most definitely be more likely to challenge the children a lot more than
I previously would have! I can now see that children are most definitely capable
even at a young age! Even though this course was very brief and somewhat rushed
the structure behind it is fantastic! I will definitely encourage all teachers I
come across in my career to look into doing this course! I would also like to
look into doing more courses through THRASS in the future!
Very nice.
It had a lot of new things in it that I did not know and I learned a lot and I
think it can work well in schools, but I am not sure just how well it will be or
can be used to learn Afrikaans because I think that you are only going to be
able to use the course for English and second language! But I liked doing the
course!
Very
insightful. I never knew about all the possible phonemes and how you could
actually make English learning fun! I am not very good with it but now I have
more confidence! The terminology is not confusing or difficult it makes perfect
sense! The Sing-a-Long is wonderfully integrated! Phonemes and graphemes are two
different things but have the same meaning when you read, write and spell! I’ve
learned that graphemes could be divided into two different groups and that a few
keywords can open a whole new world! It’s amazing!
Valuable! I
learned how to teach in English! This was actually the building blocks because
you will start with a picture and go on! THRASS is the starting point for
reading and writing and that it is valuable in the children’s interest where
they will learn to read and learn the correct sounds!
Very
meaningful! Each student should have the opportunity to be introduced to THRASS!
This is a very successful programme that should be implemented into every
school, because each child will benefit from it! This is understandable and
joyous and learners will with this way learn successfully!
Valuable and
if it could possibly be implemented in all schools it would improve our
country’s literacy tremendously! The only thing I feel is that it is not
realistic at this point in time if the programme is not sponsored by our
government! The overall cost is just too high for most schools without sponsors!
Otherwise I find it a valuable programme!
I enjoyed
the course a lot! To see how English can be taught to learners in such a fun way
is very encouraging! We are a very lucky group to be part of this course and for
the resources we received I am really grateful and thank ABSA! To teach any new
idea to learners is a very long process but with the different ways that you can
teach and getting interactive it is much easier! To be able to link words with
pictures and through song and dance! THRASS is an asset for any school or
teacher!
I learned
about the importance of THRASS in schools and ways to present it to the
learners! THRASS is a programme to help children to read, spell and write
graphemes and phonemes! I also learned about the importance of letter location
as well as formation! Thank you I learned a lot!
Interesting
from day one to day two, I really enjoyed it! Our facilitator was using very
useful resources! I benefited a lot from her, she was happy about teaching the
methods and the way she presents everything to us was really impressive! It was
marvellous!
A great
course; it covers every aspect of literacy! I think it will work wonderfully
with learners and we’ve seen from clips that it truly works! A great inspiring
presentation! Thank you very much for the resources and opportunity! I
definitely learned a lot and will implement it in my teaching!
As a second
language teacher I think that THRASS is a great aspect in which you can learn
English! I feel sad that I was not taught English in this manner! It is an
excellent programme and everyone should follow it! Thank you for the opportunity
that was given to us!
I have
learned different things and as to why THRASS is important and will help
learners! I had a problem with pronouncing to vowels as they are similar and
almost sound the same! But I feel that with practise this will improve and I
will be able to help the learners! The course was well organised and done well
but was long and not all the fun was spread out throughout the day which made it
boring at times! But overall it was a valuable course and worth the time and
very interesting!
Very
fruitful, especially for me because I am working with young children in the
foundation phase! In my school, English is the first additional language so
learners in my phase are going to acquire vocabulary enrichment at an early
stage, whereby through auditory and vision and synthesising learners becomes
easy and interesting! Our learners are going to read easily through acting,
hearing and seeing! THRASS is giving learners skills for life whereby concrete
represent abstract!
Brilliant! I
was a little confused in the beginning because everything was up in the air and
wasn’t linking together for me! However as we went on all the pieces came
together! I was surprised that THRASS could be used with children as young as
four! The programme is very complex and I do feel that you have to be careful
when using all the different media, because there is so much to use and it might
be overwhelming! The media that can be used and that is available is really
amazing.
Very
insightful and valuable! I believe it is an excellent learning tool within the
school system! I enjoyed the course thoroughly as well as the presenter!
This course
was more than worth it! I have learned a lot about teaching English as second
language! When I entered the room at first I didn’t know a thing about teaching
English in general! Now I have been given the tools and knowledge to do my best
and achieve my goal as a teacher!
This course
changed the way I think about teaching, handwriting, reading and spelling
skills! It is a new way of teaching with great media and wonderful resource
file! Although it is not based on the usual standard way it is lots of fun and
interactive! Learners are not passive learners anymore and with only a few years
of THRASS learners they will benefit from it for a lifetime!
A very
interesting approach and I would definitely try it in my class! The multimedia
is brilliantly done! As a person I had speech problems and I find if I had this
I would have been much better academically! I think that THRASS should be
presented in our first year of University! I do have concerns that it may
confuse learners as each learner learns differently!
This course
has set a foundation in the aspect of implementing English in the classroom! I
am glad I joined this course as I will use this method in future! I will have to
get more insight before I can use this effectively!
This course
gave me a whole different idea about English! I never thought about all the
rules and aspects when it comes to English spelling! It usually comes naturally.
It is a great programme to use in schools, it makes more sense! Everything is
neat and organised! I would love working with it because it is so systematic!
During the course I would like to be more physically busy and like to
participate more interactively! It gets boring in the end to just sit still!
Otherwise great experience and thanks for all the effort you put in! It will
make a teachers life much easier in class!
It was a
very interesting course with a new perspective and approach to handwriting,
reading and spelling! Will be great to start applying and hoping to see a
difference! I do however have some critic about this course with unanswered
questions!
I enjoyed
this course! My eyes opened to a wonderful new world of teaching English that I
will be able to use to successfully teach English! For second language learners
English is very difficult to acquire! THRASS has many effective and well thought
out resources that will aid my teaching! The learning is productive and fun and
the learners will be able to keep trade of their own achievements and progress!
Implemented in a classroom THRASS will be able to help younger learners become
effective and successful English language users!
An enriching
experience and I have learned so much more in two days than what I have learned
in three years at University! This was a sensible opportunity! The presenter was
enthusiastic and it was fun and interactive! This is a fun programme that
learners will enjoy and learn from!
Was
insightful and the active participation was enjoyed by all! Video clips were
fantastic as one is able to understand how a teacher goes from theory to
practise as well as to see how the children thrive from this system!
This course
helped me to see a way to teach learners how to read, spell and write words! Was
very well presented, pity it has to be done all in one go since attention is
lost easily and the novelty wears off really quickly even with all the breaks!
Would be even better if smaller groups could be worked with for more
understanding and help! Overall was very insightful and meaningful!
Very
interesting and very valuable to my future teaching career! I found that the
programme is fun and I believe kids will love doing the programme! The ideas and
resources are great and can be integrated into many different aspects within the
classroom! The course was very knowledgeable!
Very
interesting! I will definitely make use of it in my class! I have learned a lot
of new things! I knew what a consonant and a vowel was but in two days I have
learned more! I loved the video clips that were shown! I feel that the teachers
must be lively in the classrooms and that the learners must be active and
through THRASS the learners will be more active! I like the resources that we
were given but I will have to study through them before I integrate it in my
classroom!
I have
learned a lot. It has given me a secure feeling for when I am going to teach
English in a school! The resources are very nice and I would like to invest in
all of it!
Very
valuable, I learned a lot!
Very
interesting and helpful! It was very long and I think the course can be
shortened if the facilitator don’t repeat herself over and over! But overall it
was a good experience!
THRASS is a
really interesting package and I do think that it can work! But I do want to
know how do you implement it with Afrikaans schools that only start with English
in grade 3? Is it going to work there? I was a nice course and I learned a lot!
I never knew
how to teach English to the learners, because English is my second language!
THRASS taught me that there is an easier way to teach phonics! I like the music
as a method to teach the letters and sounds! It is a fun way for the learners to
learn and they will remember it!
Taught me
valuable information to teach English as either a first or second language! I
realise the need for change in the education system! I feel that this is a very
valuable course that needs to be implemented in all schools to better the
reading and writing! I can really see the need for the course and I sincerely
hope that I do get the opportunity to teach at a school that uses the THRASS
programme! I do appreciate the fact that a certificate is issued for completion
of the course! I feel that it will be good to get a job and really change the
way that the learners use language!
In the
beginning of the course I didn’t really like it as I was wondering how it would
be implemented but at the end of the second day everything made sense! If I ever
go teach at an English school I will definitely make use of it! I have learned
the alphabetical sounds and how to teach them in a fun way! This is a very
informative programme and children will benefit from it!
I learned
that the alphabet is bigger and much more complicated! Also gained more ideas
for class activities such as Sing-a-Long movements etc... Thanks, this was
brilliant!
This course
has helped me a lot and I really feel that the ideas were very useful because
they really showed how the teachers can implement the course! The course is
presented in a way that keeps all the participants interested! Very fascinating
course!
This is the
second time that I have done this course! It has helped to reinforce my believe
that this is a useful programme for helping to teach the various literacy
skills! I did however find the sessions very long and think that fewer examples
could have been used and more focus could have been placed on actual
implementation through the video clips etc...
I have
learned how to break up words into Phonemes and Graphemes! How to teach English
as they don’t teach us at Campus! This course has showed how to make the English
language fun to learn! It is a shame that we won’t be able to use the font as
our schools font is different!
Very
valuable! I think it is a great way to ensure that learning takes place
effectively! What I learned during this course is how to teach the basics of
English! Meaning how to get learners to learn new words and by doing that and
using the yellow picturechart to learn new words and improving spelling and
reading! As well as how to use the resources to make sure that learning takes
place effectively and that learning takes place in a fun and creative way! It is
very enjoyable!
Very
interesting. I have never heard of it before but I found it enjoyable! I am
privileged to be on this course to improve my English and also the learners
English! THRASS is a good concept!
This course
has taught me about phonetic sounds and how you can teach children to understand
English better! I think the course was dragged out too much and could have been
shorter seeing that we already know how to spell, write and read! I also think
it is difficult to use in schools that use Grade 1 font and to pronounce words
like in England!
Having come
across this method before, during teaching practise period, I found this course
very informative and has helped me to understand why it operates the way it
does! I feel that two days was not enough time to cover everything as most of
the information was very shallow and if we could go into more depth for each
stage! I am interested to see how it works in the school and to implement it
myself! I believe that the method is valuable and will work well!
I have come
across the THRASS programme on both my previous two practical experiences! I
never knew what it completely entailed until these past two days! I feel that in
the schools I was at it was not implemented properly! There is an amazing basis
to this programme! I feel that it could possible be a lot easier for learners as
it is based on helping them to learn easier and quicker! I feel excited to try
out THRASS on my next practical as I know that schools do it! I feel I have
enough knowledge to go out confidently and teach THRASS with enthusiasm and
passion!
A valuable
course! It has helped me gain a better understanding of how to teach English to
children! I believe that, if THRASS is implemented properly, it will be a good
investment for all! I feel I now have the basics to apply what I have learned if
I am faced with THRASS in my future teaching!
Enjoyable,
informative and interesting! English is a very difficult subject for
Afrikaans-speaking learners to learn! With the help of THRASS it will be much
easier! There were very interesting ways and ideas shown to us to teach the
learners! The media is very colourful and I would love to have all of it! I look
forward to the Sing-a-Long! I will definitely implement THRASS in my classroom!
The course
has made it clearer for me to be able to teach learners English! This was very
interesting and the resources we received will help me a lot in my practical!
The sounds make much more sense to me and I wish I was taught in this way then
my English would have been much better! The course was at a bad time and I don’t
understand why the University waited so long!
I am pleased
with the THRASS programme as it opened my mined and eyes! It evoked a new way of
teaching literacy especially with phonics, phonemes, graphemes and a variety of
language structure and use to my young learners! I am appreciative of the
facilitator who conducted the presentation workshop! If I get an opportunity
again I will never let it go!
I have
benefited a lot from the THRASS programme! How to teach the learners spelling,
writing and reading! The pronunciation of different words that I was not aware
of! I have gained a lot of things from THRASS! Thank you Laola for your good
work, keep it up!
This is my
second THRASS attendance and this time round it was very different! The first
time round the course was given by Mr Alan Davies! It was energetic but I guess
I was a bit overwhelmed because I did not fully understand everything about the
programme! This second time round I feel I understand better and how to
implement! I love THRASS and wish the school I get employed at uses it! I will
use it at home to help my sibling and family members!
In the
beginning of the course I looked forward to it! I found it very interesting! It
got boring and everything was repeated too often! THRASS is a good way to teach
learners how to understand, read, write and spell English!
Very
interesting programme! I especially like the Sing-a-Long component! The
presenter is experienced but shares too much personal information. I would have
liked to see more video material! It gives a clearer explanation of the THRASS
programme and it is not boring! Thank you for an excellent learning experience!
I have
enjoyed the course! The facilitator Laola is doing her work in full force! I
want to tell that I’ve learned a lot, a new change that prevails has to be
adapted with the process! I like to come again just to reinforce the practice if
THRASS! I am going to explore and share with the learners, community and at
home! I loved the two day workshop!
Interesting!
I enjoyed most of it! Although it was a bit long and was repeated the whole
time! I will be able to use parts of it! I feel that being a fourth year student
we know most of things like using different materials and strategies! The chart
is a wonderful idea!
I really
enjoyed this course and what a clever way to learn! I believe that this will be
for my benefit one day! Thank you for the opportunity!
During my
last practical I was asked to do an English lesson with Gr 2 students! I didn’t
know where to start or how to do it! After THRASS I am more capable of doing
this now! It will also be of good use to me from next year since I am planning
to teach in London for a short while! Now I am capable to teach English and in
English!
An
interesting alternative to the old out-dated way of teaching English! If I am to
be an English teacher I would most definitely use this methodology. I would
certainly also use it for teaching second language English! I wish I could have
been taught English like this then my spelling may have been better!
A really
good idea! Just not for a fourth year student! If we did this in the first year
and our lecturers followed it as well it would have been amazing! Us Afrikaans
students enjoy it, but we will never be able to implement it a 100%! Most of the
basics we know and will never change and I feel that too much time went into
that! Other than this I feel it is a wonderful invention and a good add on to
the education programme! The children will definitely benefit from this!
I really
think that if it can be implemented in schools that the children will learn so
much faster! The only thing is what if you don’t have all the resources or what
if the school doesn’t follow THRASS? But I learned a lot!
Yes I have
learned something! The course was very well presented and I will most definitely
use this practical information.
A wonderful
course and I have really benefited from this! I would definitely want to
implement this in the school where I teach if they are not using it! I think
children can learn a lot with this! I can’t wait to read more and find out more
about THRASS because I think it is brilliant! I really enjoyed the course and I
hope to do a lot more THRASS in the future!
THRASS is a
fantastic way of teaching handwriting, reading and spelling! The course was very
informative and the resources very useful! I am looking forward to using this
methodology in my own teaching as well as finding out more about THRASS through
practical experience!
Very
informative! The THRASS method is a brilliant method to us in school! I think it
is a much simpler way to teach learners to read, write and spell! I am glad to
have been introduced to the method and hope to be able to use it in schools or
extra lessons as much as possible!
I can see
how effective this will be in schools! I gained a lot from this course and how
important it is for learners to grasp a topic before moving on! I found the
resources amazing and will definitely be implementing it in my classroom!
I found the
course the most interesting and beneficial to my future of being and English
speaking teacher! I think there has been a great paradigm shift from the old way
of teaching to a new exciting method! The children who get taught in the THRASS
method will develop optimal skills in handwriting, reading and spelling!
This has
made it easier for me to use words differently as a future teacher and learners
of South-Africa! The course caught my attention but it got very long! This was
inspiring and motivating!
The THRASS
concept is very interesting and informative! The course was just very long by
repeating information throughout the course! I will definitely make use of the
THRASS system!
Extremely
well planned! There were no hitches at all and all the course content was
discussed in full detail! The instructor was very interactive and knowledgeable
about the content! The course was extremely long but valuable in all THRASS
aspects! I believe that the course will only benefit me and my teaching career
and was an appreciated opportunity!
Course was
very long but enriching! The concept THRASS is based on is great and if my
school were using THRASS I am going to teach it one day!
The course
taught me a lot; it is a very interesting way to teach learners! I also think
that the children really enjoy it as we saw on the video clips! We were not
taught like this and if we were my pronunciation and English would have been far
better! I will definitely implement THRASS. If the school I go to don’t use
THRASS, I’ll convince them to use it!
I think this
programme will mean a lot in the classroom one day! I understand better now when
I have to teach children letters that they have different sounds and that I will
be able to teach it better! I will definitely use this method in the class! I
also learned about ‘graphs’ and how to pronounce correctly so that I will be
able to teach correctly!
The course
has taught me a lot! I have also learned how to teach learners in an easier way
and to make it more fun! I now understand the difference between a graph,
digraph and a trigraph! I also understand the vowels better! I think that THRASS
makes it nice for children to learn words and language! It was definitely worth
it to be part of the course and I really enjoyed it!
This course
taught me the basics to implementing THRASS into my classroom one day! I found
the course very inspirational and valuable! The programme designed is very good
in terms of helping learners to master the English language! The video clips
helped me to realise that this is possible to implement this programme in areas
which are disadvantaged! I enjoyed the course and can’t wait to implement it
into my class one day!
Really
enjoyable! I learned a lot on how to teach English to second language learners!
Some of the information that I received I have dealt with before, so I found it
time consuming to hear repetition of knowledge I have already e.g. Piaget’s
Constructivist Theory’. The course was very valuable and I will use it in my
school practical!
Enriching
and helpful to me as a future educator! The THRASS programme seems to be
rewarding to the learners and I would love to implement it in the classroom
someday! The presentation of the course has made me enthusiastic about THRASS
and I look forward to reading and learning more about it in the future!
I am pleased
that as a fourth year education student I had the opportunity to attend the
THRASS course. I learned a lot in the English language as I learned something
myself in the course!
Very
interesting and I learned exactly how to use the THRASS system although I have
already used it during both my practices because the schools used THRASS! The
course itself is valuable when teaching learner English! The course was long and
tiring but overall enjoyable! I will use THRASS in my future as an educator!
A really
good learning experience and I would like to know more of it since I still find
it very confusing just because I have never heard of it before! I have to say
that I had learned a lot from the course and would definitely consider using
this programme in my future teaching career! This programme would also help to
improve my English so that I may teach my learners more!
A very
interesting course and it feels like I have learned a lot about THRASS and how
to implement it into my class one day! I think that the course should be in
smaller groups to have more interaction and practical examples! I think it is
great for English but can we use it for Afrikaans?
I enjoyed
the THRASS course a lot! I found it very useful and learned how to teach English
to learners! I was shocked to see how African and other disadvantaged children
are able to spell at the age of five! Beautiful! I can’t wait to use THRASS in
my own practise!
Very
informative and interesting! I found it very informative because THRASS makes it
easier and more interesting to learn! The Sing-a-Long CD, book and interactive
book is very valuable as children can now be part of their own learning and
learn to understand the concept of sounds!
I benefited
a lot and feel that it is a wonderful programme, A lot of people will benefit a
lot from it, especially our future generation children that have the privilege
to be taught through THRASS! This programme is a life long learning experience
and I will always treasure it and use it!
I benefited
from the theory but at times felt overwhelmed by all the products! (Although
they are wonderfully designed and packaged.) I would love to become involved
because it is revolutionary!
Helpful
because it gave us new insights into how to teach more effectively! Would
definitely incorporate THRASS into teaching with the resources we were given!
I can’t
believe what I have learned! The fact that there is more than five vowels and
that the letters sounds and names differ, and the materials that are used e.g.
like music! It makes learning fun and that children want to learn! Children must
be able to recognise picture words, letters and sound to be able to read and
write! If a child cannot spell a word they will have difficulties in reading!
Helpful and
may be good to use in the schools! It will definitely help children in schools
who struggle to learn the language but also it will help children who have
difficulties! It was just too long to sit down and when your attention span is
short ‘very short’ like mine it was a real challenge!
I honestly
learned a lot more in this THRASS course than I expected! It was a valuable
learning experience that I will certainly use and implement in my classroom! The
multi media presentations and video clips were very interesting because you can
see the hands on implementation of this programme! I hope this programme will be
implemented in every school in South Africa and I will certainly do my own bit
to promote this programme in the schools I visit!
I enjoyed
the course although I would have enjoyed doing a bit more practical! Before the
course I did not know how to teach phonetics to second language learners! After
the course I feel more positive to teach to learners! Laola did a great job!
I feel that
this course is very valuable and can be used well! I think that the learners
will enjoy the work because it is in an interactive and a play way! The course
was presented very well as I understand all the concepts and this programme is
very nice and I am very excited about it!
Very
meaningful to me; it gave me a whole new perspective on how to teach children to
be literate in the English language! I have learned a whole lot about the
language and am now very motivated to teach the children how to write, read and
spell successfully! I have enjoyed it a lot!
I am glad
for the introduction to THRASS! I think it is a great programme to use in a new
and creative way! Children enjoy music and this is a fun way to learn! I believe
the course could be given in less time! I think it would be better to see more
practical examples of how this looks in the classroom and less talking about it
in theory! Thank you for your time and effort!
Firstly
thank you for exposing THRASS to us! I am sure it will always help us in any
class situation! THRASS is a good foundation for teaching any language but
especially English! It is a good way for schools to look more widely at
education! THRASS shows that teaching should be fun! Children should enjoy
learning English and I hope the schools in Gauteng implement THRASS in their
schools! Laola was a very good mentor!
I learned a
lot. The information was very well planned and taught to us! THRASS is a course
that looks well on paper and you can really use it in the classroom! You can
make your own cards to use in the classroom. All BEd students should be taught
to use THRASS!
Fantastic
and I would really like to implement this in my classroom next year! This is a
really good methodology for parents to use at home! I have realised that
learners can start from four years! It is a huge mind shift from OBE or the old
syllabus and most of all it is a fun way of learning!
In the
beginning I was sceptical about doing this course yet excited at the same time.
I thoroughly enjoyed doing the course and feel I learned a lot! THRASS is
definitely an approach to practise, implement and help develop through all
South-African schools! The THRASS course certainly opened my eyes to new
techniques and as a future teacher it is something I would try to implement! I
enjoyed watching the videos and practicing the activities, you begin to
understand how learners will think and how they will enjoy it! This course will
most certainly help me with my future teaching practicals this year! Thank you
for the resources and a highly informative course!
This course
has given me many ideas to help the learners to learn English and the different
sounds! The songs that the learner can sing along they look like they can be a
whole lot of fun and that the learners will enjoy themselves as well as learn
something at the same time! The songs will teach them not only the 120 keywords
but the other words that are not in the song!
An eye
opener! I learned so much about integration and helping learners to be literate!
I really like the THRASS programme because it involves active participation from
the learners! The learners do not only learn new words and phrases but they
build confidence to interact! This programme is also beneficial when discipline
is kept in mind! I will definitely build on my new found knowledge!
I have
really learned a lot about THRASS and I like the concept of it! I think that it
is a fresh new way of teaching English and children of all ages will certainly
enjoy it and find learning easier! I am very impressed with what I saw and I
love the new font! I think that it’s easy on the eye and easy to learn! I sure
hope that I will be able to use THRASS in schools in the future! A wonderful
experience!
Very
informative and valuable! It is of utmost importance that we learn all this at
University level as a tool that we can teach young children! The resources are
also valuable and one can use them for more than one thing! From THRASS I
concluded that teaching reading, writing and spelling does not have to be hard
work and that it can also be a fun and exciting exercise! The workshop itself
was interesting and intriguing and there was never a dull moment! The speaker
was energetic and enthusiastic and this in return kept our attention and made
things exciting!
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