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

Hi everyone! Yesterday we saw in class "Classroom Management" and we discussed about this topic, so I have considered relevant to look for some useful information about it. I like this page, which is a chapter of a book, because I have found very interesting its layout. Throughout the chapter the author makes us reflect on different aspects, such as: some common types of student grouping in the classroom, how we can get more student-student interaction, etc. Then, he/she comments possible options for cover these aspects. I hope you find it useful!

Hi guys! I dont know if you have used this book earlier in your education. This is a book that we used a lot at my University in Sweden and it deals with how we can improve as language teachers, why we should focus on different tasks, how learners learn etc. I think it is a very good and useful book for us future teachers. I do, however, have no idea where you buy books from here in Spain. My google only showed me swedish and english webpages, so I linked it to Amazon.com, but I am sure that you can find it in any spanish bookshop/ webshop as well:)

Hi Lisa !! i knew about it one of my teachers used it!!! She alsos uses this one I invite you guys to have a look if you have the chance, in the web you can find some resourses http://www.macmillanenglish.com/course.aspx?id=28690

Hello everyone!!! Last Monday we were talking about reading. As we were talking I realized that most of us had some lacks about reading strategies. Due to this I want to share with you this link in which appears differents types of reading, reading strategies, activities and some characteristic and differences between bottom-up and top-down. I hope you like!

Hi everyone! I just found useful information about Assesment and what are the characteristics that we need to take into account when we are assesing. It´s very important to differenciate assesing from Evaluating, but, when we asses teachers must know that there are plenty of ways that we can help our students in their process of learning. In my opinion Assesment helps students to gain autonomy in their process of learning and also they can be aware of the many ways they can contribute in a class and also they many ways they can learn. Quantity and qualiy are essential in the assesment process. Assesment must focuss to develop higher order thinking skills so that students can be able to create and think in a profound way about htei learning objetives. Hope you like this page :)

I've always thought that singing is a very effective way to improve learners' pronunciation and to make them learn new vocabulary. They learn as the same time they have fun! I've chosen this song because it's very lively!

I agree with you and because of that I use this website: http://www.lyricstraining.com/ This page will make you easy to understand lyrics of songs and at the same time you are practicing your listening skill. There's a great variety of music that is on the radio nowadays. Other advantage is that you can choose your level of difficulty depending on your understanding.

Hi everyone! :) I've found this web where you can create your own flashcards and worksheet :3 I think is a good resource you can use with your pupils ^^

Hi Marta! Thank you very much for sharing this page with us, I believe that through the flashcards can perform different activities that multiple intelligences' develop. Also, flashcards are a useful and effective resource for children of any age, offering attractive ways to present, practice and recycle vocabulary. Furthermore, this is generally a cheap alternative and one of the great things about flashcards is that they are fun, because children don't think they are working, an important factor of successful learning. Thank you again!

Hello everyone! According to your tittle, Marta, I am going to add here a web that is about this. You can find there printables pages, sheets, a colouring book, games and puzzles all related with kids' mouths healthy and the characters of sesame street. I think it is very useful for little children. I hope you enjoy it! http://www.sdds.org/Kids.htm

This link offers a lot of Books that you can read while you listen the pronunciation. It is certainly a great way to improve language proficiency. I hope that it helps you with your language learning. Additionally it also offers a dedicated space for children's readings so that as future teachers I think that it can be useful.

Hi classmates! In this link I found a guide to carry on a role play in the classroom. Role-playing refers to the changing of one's behaviour to assume a role. In this link you can watch an example of role playing (At a restaurant). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5hsfNo2JRU To learn more about role playing, you can visit this link: http://imet.csus.edu/imet3/odell/portfolio/grartifacts/Lit%20review.pdf

Hi again! :) If you really consider how the pictures and words work together to tell a story, you can make the case that comics are just as complex as any other kind of literature. If you're not sure, here are the top 10 reasons why everyone should read comics: http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-reasons-why-everyone-should-read-comics.php Also, here you've got a useful software tool: http://comiclife.com/education It lets you create astounding comics, beautiful picture albums... and more! I hope you like! :)

Hi Gloria! I have found another web where children can create their own stories or fill a story that is already started. With this tool, children can develop their writing expression and they can work some vocabulary and grammar. Furthermore, this tool have a guide for students and teachers to they learn how use it. Here i leave the link, if you like to know more about it: http://ntic.educacion.es/w3//eos/MaterialesEducativos/mem2009/playcomic/index.html I hope you find it useful :)

Hey! I found this website and I'd like to share with us. This web site contains a lot of flashcards, worksheets, videos, games, etc. This can be useful for our homework and for our futures classes :D

Hi all! As we know, it is very important to keep in mind what goals we are trying to achieve with each activity. Similarly, it is essential to ensure that our students develop more complex cognitive processes as we advance in a topic. Bloom's taxonomy helps us to plan activities according to the level of complexity that we want to achieve. Here I leave a link with more information about Bloom's taxonomy. I hope to serve you for future practices.

Some days ago, we saw in class the way to do a Storytelling, and I remembered that last year we had to do a storytelling so I'd like to share it with you ^^

Hii! I found this website and I'd like to share with us because it has a lot of information about the things we saw in class. I like this web because it has a lot of videos too. I hope you enjoy this web!

Hello everyone! I would like to share with you this page because we can find there a lot of materials of different topics. For example, there are a lot of images that are very useful for making flashcards or role-play resources which approach children to many situations of their daily life. Also, there is a lesson plan section which contains loads of inspirational ideas for use in early years settings. I hope you find it interesting.

I'm agree with Faroza, I think too is very important to have this kind of activities so thanks you for sharing this web site.

Oh, thanks so much! :D This page is very useful, because probably we'll need a lot of resources in our future, and in this web I can find materials which I can use in my lesson ^^

This website will help us widen what we already learnt about lesson planning. Browsing it will help you write a plan for a lesson clearly and also learn how to implement it.

Hi again! I have found this web where it is explained six scaffolding strategies which can be used by us as teachers in the future. I think they are very useful to encourage the learners motivation and to develop their abilities. Hope you find it interesting.

Hi all! I would like to share with you this article where explains self-assessment and peer assessment and the difference between them so these tools of assessment can sometime create confusion. Moreover, this article explains how put in practice self assessment and peer assessment and how they benefit children at school. I hope you find it useful.

Interesting article. It's important for us to know the different ways of assessing our students, and those two ways are definitely relevant.

Hi all! I found this power point on the internet. It seems to me very interesting summary which highlight the differences in the types of assessment. It also adds the benefits of using each type of assessment (for both the student and the teacher) and the teacher's role. Distinguishes three types of assessment: Assessment of, for and as Learning. In my view, all three are needed in school because of all learning is derived.

Hi! This power point is very interesting for me, the concepts are clear and it expains us very good the different ways for assessment.

Helloo! I really like this powerpoint because I found it very interesting! I like because the concepts are very clear and I learnt a lot about the three types of assessment! Thanks!