What grabbed my attention in this chapter? Firstly, there are some key ideas such as "understanding" as our learners' goal. It is vital to mention that our students must understand what they are asked to learn and not only to make them take in and recall the information given by the teachers.This idea is logically opposed to the typical instructional design used in some schools nowadays.
Personally, I agree on this point because not only teaching must focus on covering contents and activities, but also students must grasp the meaning of these issues and use the language in real-world situations.
Secondly, as educational purpose is understanding, the idea of a "backward design" will make our students' learning more effective and productive. This is because the backward design, as a first step, provides the vision of desired and specific results so as to see the purpose of the activities and achieve the goals. Equally important is to take into account our learner's needs, interests, previous achievements before designing learning experiences, assignments and assessments.
Finally, we as teachers, must reflect on these relevant ideas that will deal with time-consuming,but it will provide meaningful results in the teaching-learning process.
Thus considering the learners`needs, the output more than the inputs, the "why" and "so what" questions about learning will help this design achieve the goal student understanding of the language and teachers think more deeply.
