The most important aspect for me in this reading, it's the way that the authors show us the process to acquire these language skills (speaking, reading and writing), starting from the early steps implicit in each one of them. It's an idea that we have analyzed in any moment of our lives as teachers, with the purpose to know why our students can develop better some abilities but others they can't.
Also, there are several examples of interesting activities which are possible to do in our classrooms.
It's a very deep topic that we have to follow reviewing to get better in our role as teachers of a second language.
sábado, 14 de noviembre de 2009
miércoles, 21 de octubre de 2009
How would you recommend to teach videos in class?
http://www.esl-lab.com/breakfastrecipes/breakfastrecipes-video.htm
I would recommend to teach this video in class because first, it's short and very easy to understand about what Randall is speaking. Second, it's a real american situation with a native speaker. Third, we can teach the topic of kinds of food. Fourth, the students can discuss and make comparisons about what people eat in America and what they eat currently for breakfast here.
I would recommend to teach this video in class because first, it's short and very easy to understand about what Randall is speaking. Second, it's a real american situation with a native speaker. Third, we can teach the topic of kinds of food. Fourth, the students can discuss and make comparisons about what people eat in America and what they eat currently for breakfast here.
How would you recommend to teach news and videos in class?
http://www.colombianews.tv/news/101909-fabulous-food-and-views-burukuka-rodadero-beach
SANTA MARTA, MAGDALENA:A fabulous restaurant and watering hole overlooks Rodadero Beach. It's called Burukuka and it was named after the Indigenous that used to live on the little hill hundreds of years ago. Now, it's home to some of the best food in the North Coast.
I would recommend to teach this video in class because first, it's a real place located in Santa Marta, in our country. Second, it shows the traditions and culture of our caribbean region. Third, it's new for our students because this is a beautiful tourist place far from Neiva. Fourth, we can teach the topic about "food" with it. And when the students watch and listen the video at the same time, they understand easier what the reporter and the interviewed people say.
SANTA MARTA, MAGDALENA:A fabulous restaurant and watering hole overlooks Rodadero Beach. It's called Burukuka and it was named after the Indigenous that used to live on the little hill hundreds of years ago. Now, it's home to some of the best food in the North Coast.
I would recommend to teach this video in class because first, it's a real place located in Santa Marta, in our country. Second, it shows the traditions and culture of our caribbean region. Third, it's new for our students because this is a beautiful tourist place far from Neiva. Fourth, we can teach the topic about "food" with it. And when the students watch and listen the video at the same time, they understand easier what the reporter and the interviewed people say.
IMAGENES
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jueves, 8 de octubre de 2009
Task 2: Review of an article
"El Papel de la Mediación de Feuerstein en la Función Docente y en la Promoción de una Cultura de Paz" is an article written by Marcia Macionk. It appeared in Magisterio magazine, number 40, august-september 2009.
It's specific for us, the teachers, who have different problems in our schools and find difficult students everyday.
It speaks about twelve criteria of mediation, which are ideas to apply in the schools in order to create a culture of peace and develop the formative values in all members of the educative community.
The teacher is a mediator, who inspires and encourages the youngster to search, plan and achieve future goals for the welfare of everybody because students must feel they're part of a community, in the family, in the schools or in a group.
The principal work of a teacher must be related with students who are considered as violent or aggressive. We have the option to think they can change their problematic behaviours and modify their negative attitudes.
In our hands, we have our students' lives.
It's specific for us, the teachers, who have different problems in our schools and find difficult students everyday.
It speaks about twelve criteria of mediation, which are ideas to apply in the schools in order to create a culture of peace and develop the formative values in all members of the educative community.
The teacher is a mediator, who inspires and encourages the youngster to search, plan and achieve future goals for the welfare of everybody because students must feel they're part of a community, in the family, in the schools or in a group.
The principal work of a teacher must be related with students who are considered as violent or aggressive. We have the option to think they can change their problematic behaviours and modify their negative attitudes.
In our hands, we have our students' lives.
Task 1: Review of a book
"Lejos del Infierno" is the last book I have read and I recommend it because it's a very interesting story about real facts. The authors, Marc Gonsalves, Keith Stansell and Tom Howes, are at the same time, the main characters and narrators.
These three American men tell us about their experiences in the Colombian jungle, from the moment they were kidnapped by the FARC guerrilla, to the day they were liberated by JAQUE rescue operation.
They give us a human, sensitive and subjective version, different from those given by other Colombian political kidnappers.
In general, they show us the horror of the kidnapping in Colombia from an external point of view.
These three American men tell us about their experiences in the Colombian jungle, from the moment they were kidnapped by the FARC guerrilla, to the day they were liberated by JAQUE rescue operation.
They give us a human, sensitive and subjective version, different from those given by other Colombian political kidnappers.
In general, they show us the horror of the kidnapping in Colombia from an external point of view.
viernes, 2 de octubre de 2009
Valor respeto de la naturaleza
Tu eres parte de este planeta, conserva el agua y todos los recursos naturales. Protege el medio que te rodea.
Valor responsabilidad
La responsabilidad es un valor muy importante que debes poner en práctica en todos los actos de tu vida. No lo olvides y aprende a ser responsable!
Valor Honestidad
Les recomiendo que observen detenidamente este video porque nos muestra diferentes situaciones de la vida en las cuales se práctica la honestidad. Analizalo y haz tus comentarios!
jueves, 24 de septiembre de 2009
Her name is Fanny. She's very proud to be born in this very hot city, named Neiva. Since she was a young girl she loved languages and she learnt English and French at high school. When she was sixteen years old, she went to Bogotá to study the career of Foreign languages at the Pedagógica Nacional de Colombia University. At twenty she finished it, returned to Neiva and began to work as a teacher in a small town of Huila. She has been working as an English teacher in public schools for twenty-five years and as a French teacher at the Surcolombiana University for sixteen years.
She has traveled to France to study French two times and to Bradenton in Florida (United States) in 1996. These travels learnt her to see the life with other eyes, to change concepts and to discover that the world is wider than she thought.
The most important in her life is her family, about all her daughter. She enjoys family and friend meetings. She likes traveling, reading literature books specially Gabriel Garcia Marquez, going to the movies, listening to music.
She has traveled to France to study French two times and to Bradenton in Florida (United States) in 1996. These travels learnt her to see the life with other eyes, to change concepts and to discover that the world is wider than she thought.
The most important in her life is her family, about all her daughter. She enjoys family and friend meetings. She likes traveling, reading literature books specially Gabriel Garcia Marquez, going to the movies, listening to music.
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