WEEK 10 (31/01/13)

Today, we have devoted the class to take a look on different English text books. But before there have been two presentations. The first one based on Publishers' websites and the second one, in which I participated, was about implementing a reading program. In order to have a look to our presentation, I have added the powerpoint in my PLE. After the presentations, we have had the opportunity to examine different English books from different publishing houses and for different levels. Firstly, we have done pair work as we have discussed about one of the books with our partner following a questionnaire. Secondly, we have presented mutually our books and we have explained them the advantadges and disadvantadges. Finally, we have shared out impressions with the rest of the class.

As I have said before, this week in my PLE I have added all the material connected to the oral presentation. Therefore, we may find the powerpoint presentation. Furthermore, in our oral presentation we have used Triptico, a programme that I wrote about two entries before. This time, we have used it to create a game.

WEEK 9 (24/01/13)

Today, after the microteaching session on 'My wellbeing', which has been really interesting because of the use of ICTs when teaching, the session has been teacher-centred, that is, we have focused on how teachers have to behave to succeed in class. In this sense, I think that it has been very interesting because the different handouts we have received might help us in our Practicum II. In order to do this, our professor has given us a ten-level scale to take into account in order to achieve a good working atmosphere. Furthermore, we have read a chart with different items about what effective teachers appear to do; techniques to engage and motivate learners; different teacher behaviours and a short self-reflection questionnaire about it; some classroom routines and protocols and, finally, how to use questioning and elicitation techniques effectively in English.

This week, I have added to my symballo a webpage called Hotpotatoes that a teacher from the Master presented to us. Hotpotatoes is very interesting as it allows you to create your own materials easily, for instance, a multiple choice activity.