Mención de Lengua Extranjera 2012-2013 (UMA) (Grupo de Tarde

Hello mates: I want to share with you my glogster. It is about Halloween. In my opinion, this is a good example of how to introduce FL topics in a easy way , using the ICTs too.

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I really like the recipe of Ghost and Pumpkin Marshmallow... it would be really enjoyable if we could do it in Enlgish class with our pupils!

Hello! I have found an useful presentation about assessment. It is about assessment types and activities to assess, and it reflect about how and why teacher assess. It's quite theoretical, but I think you should have a look if you are interested in this topic.

Hi everyone!! Motivating young learners from the very beginning is important, that's the reason I have uploaded this link. It's a PDF with some practical ideas about how to motivate pupils to learn a second language.

Hello! I have found a web page about lesson planning. It is always essential to have a well planned lesson, that's the reason I have chosen this site. In this web page you will find different strategies that will help you achieve an effective lesson planning. It suggests many things like for example: how to start our lessons, how to establish the learning objectives, etc. I hope you find it interesting.

Hi all, I wanted to share my glog with you. It was fun to make once I found out how it works. I think it is a good tool to use in the classroom, especialy for a brainstorming session.

Hi mates!This article is about computer bases Reading Software. There is nothing more important to the reading process than a teacher who can provide high quality reading instruction to students. We all know this! However, it is surprising to read how ineffective some computer-based programs were in the area of reading instruction. one of the leading experts in the area of literacy instruction. Dr. Allington has some suggestions to foster better readers. I wish you will find it interesting!

Hi group! I have found a web page about the silent period when acquiring a second language. In this web page, you will find information about the silent period and also some suggestions for teachers to help learners overcame this difficult stage. It will help you understand it much better.

I've found it very interesting Laura. Who has not feel this experience learning English? The most useful part of the article is that provides some advices for teachers about dealing with this issue. I'll take them into account in the future.

Hello again mates!!! In this blog we can find information about differentiation in the classroom. Also, we can find the five questions: What, Who, Where, Why and When about differentiation. I think that this blog is very interesting for us because explain us many aspects about differentiation. I hope you find it interesting!!!

I like the different "tools" for differentiating, I find them interesting and useful.I will take them into account in the future. Thank you for sharing it!

Hello everyone! This article is about the Artigal's Method. It is based on short stories that promote communication in the English language throughout staging. Each short story, adapted to the level of the class, presents different didactic material that, by means of characters and their actions, makes children learn without realising it. So, what was senseless for kids at the beginning is at the end something that has sense in the English language, using the English words they have listened, memorized and learned.

Here is an article talking about Dictation Exercises as an assessing tool for the EFL class. Personally, I had never found this kind of exercises especially interesting for teachers before. However, after reading this I have changed my mind because I think that realizing of our pupils errors can be a great source which can help us to design differentiated activities in order to correct pupils' real mistakes. What do you think?

Hello mates!! This video is about Classroom management. I think that can be useful to answer questions about how to promote positive behaviour in our classrooms. The ability to control a group of students will depend on the teacher and the measures he/she adopted.

This article is about the educational uses of Digital Storytelling. Telling and listening to stories is an ancient tradition that can benefit foreign language learners of all ages, languages, and levels of proficiency. Stories contain linguistic, paralinguistic, discourse, and cultural features that provide the comprehensible input and output that students need to develop their oral skills. As with traditional storytelling, you tell stories using computer-based tools, usually contain some mixture of images, text, recorded audio, narration, video clips and/or music.

I found this interesting webpage with lots of articles about ideas for classroom management. The one posted here is just an example, because I felt some curiosity about how to handle difficult students, but also you can find strategies to get the attention of your pupils, things that we should not do, how to stop bullying in the classroom, etc. Sincerely, as a trainee teacher I personally think I really need to know what do to in difficult cases. So, I thought you may be interested too.

I really like those feedbacks, because children learn more if you encourage them to use their potential while realizing their limitations.

Hello! This website is devoted to differentiation and is reviewed by Dr. Tomlinson and her colleagues at University of Virginia (USA). You can find resources, sample lesson plans, practical strategies and discussion rooms devoted to differentiation.

Hi again, this is an useful and informative article with many practical instructional strategies to promote success for different kind of learners in our classroom. It describes some strategies called "high access instructional strategies" and they are compared to "low access strategies", which do not cater for diversity, such as lecture, calling on volunteers when questioning, unstructured groups, etc…