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

Günter Gerngross demonstrates a TPR sequence with a class of children using Playway Second edition. The children learn vocabulary using mimes, gestures and drawings on the board. You can find out more about Playway if you want. It is just an example.

Hello Miriam! I really believe that this is one of the most effective methods of teaching English to children. It's good to remember this methodology from time to time. Also, I want to share with you another video quite interesting (to see how learn Spanish with this methodology) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmfnrYerYbY

Primary Resources - free worksheets, lesson plans and teaching ideas for primary and elementary teachers. it is a page when you can find different resources, on the left, if you click on: English, you find English resources, please check some of them. I have been watching some of sentence level and is interesting to use in class, maybe it will be helpful for our pupils. What do you think?

Hi folks! Searching on the Internet I have found an interesting article that includes a set of communicative activities that we can develop in the classroom. As we have been studying, one of the big challenges that language teachers face is to promote the skills of speaking and oral interaction. In several of the case studies the teachers express the difficulties they have developing oral language. However, as a language teacher it's really important to know what counts as speaking in language learning and how to promote such skills. I think that these are the advantages of using this kind of activities in the classroom: More exposure to the target language More authentic opportunities to use the foreign language Fun and interesting for learners These activities provides opportunity to use authentic materials Nevertheless, I consider that there is a big problem that we have to take into account: Learners can be resistant, specially if they are accustomed to teacher-centred styles of teaching. I hope you find it useful!

Hello mates! The other day in the class of Desarrollo de Competencias de Comunicación en la Lengua Extranjera, Daniel told us that most of us have problems designing previous activities. Searching on the Internet I have found this interesting article that talks about pre-listening activities. It includes these aspects: * Why do pre-listening tasks? * Aims and types of pre-listening tasks * Selection criteria I believe that the part that talks about the different kinds of pre-listening tasks could be very useful for us when we create listening activities in class. Hope it serves!

Hello, class! I've found an useful Web to work with ICT in the school. It's very intuitive for the teachers and it's attractive for the pupils. It's has a variety of activities. I think that to know this kinds of resources can help the teachers to attend the diversity. I hope you like it!

Hi everyone! I want to share with you this amazing video that can help us for a better understanding of a concept that we studied last week (differentiated instruction) and also it can help us to be aware that this strategy can be put into practice in the classroom. I would like to comment briefly some ideas that the video shows: The teacher takes into account the different learning styles of the students trying to work the maximum number of multiple intelligences in designing activities. Remember that catering for the different learning styles does not mean that we have to develop eight different versions of every activity we do in the classroom. But it means that at the end of that a lesson or a didactic unit we should have given opportunities for the different learning styles. Besides, I want to highlight the good atmosphere that the teacher fosters, always respecting the views and personal opinions of all students. I consider that if students feel comfortable in the group they will be more open to learning and may develop a more positive attitude towards the language they are studying. Finally, the teacher promotes both individual, pair and group work. Flexible grouping was defined by Redencich and Mackay (1995:11) as "grouping that is not static, where members of the reading group change frequently." Flexible grouping is another measure to be adopted in the classroom in order to attend the diversity. I hope that this material can be useful for our personal training. See you!

I have uploaded information about the benefits of choral reading and how to use it in a classroom. I also find it quite good as a tool at the pre-prodution stage for English learners. I have also highlighted some similarities with the use of songs in the classroom. I HOPE YOU FIND IT INTERESTING AS WELL!! :)

The silent period is the period of time in wich a learner hesitates beginning to speak a new language.

Hi again mates! Today I would like to share with you a website which I found on the website of the Ministry of Education. I consider that it's a very interesting web because primary students can learn in a fun and effective way. It contains two levels of difficulty and a wide variety of activities that can be performed. Each topic is presented through funny flash animations and games. The objective of these exercises is to practice vocabulary, pronunciation, visual acuity and memory in a funny way with varied and colorful characters. I hope that you really enjoy it. I think that it can be really useful. See you soon!

Hello Class!!! I found this web with a lot of stories. We can download the audio archive in mp3 format or listen to it online. Also, we can read the story in the web page or print the story I think that this web is very useful for us because we can use it with our pupils. I hope you use it in future

Hello class! I've found a page, which I find very interesting to share with you. This can be very useful in the future, and also during the practicum. We all know that one of the best ways to learn is singing. For this reason I've looking on internet for an interesting page of this type. With the songs of Matt, founder and animator of dreamenglish.com, we can get the nursery and primary pupils learn their first words and simple sentences, while singing and having fun. We can found a big variety of songs about prepositions, clothes, body parts, Halloween, Christmas, animals, the time... There are a lot of songs about interesting issues. I hope that you enjoy it! Merry Christmas and happy new year!!

Hello Group!!! It's a very good web page and very useful for us. In this PDF we can find information about planning. It answers different questions, like for example, why is planning important, what aspects you have to include in a lesson plan, etc. On the other hand, the guide also explains us five aspects that must be included in a lesson plan: -Learning Objectives -Assessments -Activities -Materials and Resources -Wrap-up and Reflection Finally, the guide includes an appendix with three resources as: Lesson Plan Templates; Sample Lesson Plan and Sample Rubrics. It's very recommendable for young teachers because it explains very well the importance of planning

Good Morning mates! I have found this article of Cambridge where explains for to create effective language lessons. But I want to do reference in pages 35-42 because we can solve doubts we have about planning, is very simple. Here explains the advantages (is a road map for the teacher, provides security, determines sequencing and timing) Also, this article advises us about the essential aspects to take into account to develop an effective plan, as the way to approach goals, groupings, resources. It´s very easy to understand, and only in seven pages!