Mención de Lengua Extranjera 2012-2013 (UMA) (Mañana)

Maybe you find this blog usefull. It's the one that the teacher of Conocimiento del medio bilingüe uses with his pupils in "El Tomillar" (where I've made my practicum II)

"La literatura en la clase de lengua extranjera: ¿una presencia incómoda?". Think about it: what if we teach English using the literature? Could it be possible?

"Enseñanza de inglés como lengua extranjera: manuales desde la perspectiva del enfoque cognitivo".  You can read the article by clicking upon "texto completo"

"La adquisición/ aprendizaje de la pronunciación, del vocabulario y de las estructuras interrogativas en lengua inglesa. Un estudio por edades". Maybe you could find this research interesting.  You only have to click upon "texto completo", and the file will be downloaded directly

Long time ago I saw this video and I thought in using it in my future classes. It can be a useful tool when you work with 6 year old children. Whenever the teacher goes into the class, and using it like the first activity in the lesson, we can sing the song "Hello, good morning, how are you?", using gestures. It can be very funny.

Total Physical Response activities are very helpful, especially in the early stages of childhood, when children can listen more than they can produce. TPR activities considerably increase oral comprehension skills. Through this link we can review main features and useful resources which put into practice this method.

Forbes, one of the most prestigious magazines about business news and financial information explains what real intelligence is and what is really needed to succeed. The article approaches the intelligence topic from a financial perspective, in any case, it's still quite interesting and very related to the multiple intelligences theme.

The following link is an article written by an experienced teacher who reveals his top 5 classroom management strategies.

I've found a very interesting link which highlights the most important aspects of action research and its applications in real contexts. Most of the content will seem very familiar but there are some features quite interesting which can be useful.