Masaryk university, brno faculty of education

3. Do you have any comments to the role of the teacher? Would you change anything? 
 
Majority of the students mentioned teacher’s friendly behavior, his encouraging 
approach to them and good mood. Some voices were suggesting that the teacher is more 
involved in the activities – playing along with the students.
“I don’t have to be afraid to ask for help or if I don’t understand something. Nobody 
puts me down or look down at me.” (One of the answers). 
“I like our teacher’s enthusiasm and patience, I would sometimes kill us for behaving 
the way we do.” (One of the answers). 
4. How did the activities help your English? 
 
Almost everybody believes that his or her English has improved. Students mostly 
mention the fact that they are less stressed when they are supposed to lead a conversation, even 
in front of other people. They also feel that by means of ‘playing games’ they have learnt much 
more than from books and lectures. 
“Now I am no longer afraid to travel to Greece on my practical training. I think I would 
handle most of the basic situations in a hotel.” (One of the answers). 
“I would never imagine that acting and playing games could make such a difference in 
my speaking skills and confidence” (one of the answers). 
5. Are there any areas that were not covered? If there are, which ones? 
 
Students expressed a desire to practise speaking situations at the airports, they would 
also like to practise areas connected to gastronomy – restaurants, receptions etc., learn more 

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about running a travel agency and its everyday agenda and they would like to spend more time 
speaking about foreign countries. 
“I liked the activity where we were organizing the trip in California. I wish there were 
more activities where foreign countries are involved.” (One of the answers). 
“I think we should do more activities connected to food and restaurants. I think that 
speaking about world famous dishes may be interesting.” (one of the answers).