The document is an evaluation of a teacher's certification dossier. It contains: 1) A checklist evaluating the teacher's skills in planning and evaluating lessons, understanding curriculum context, and language exam preparation. 2) Notes on a project-based lesson plan involving meal planning and preparation, which integrated previous vocabulary and achieved communication goals. 3) The evaluator's disagreement with the teacher's self-criticism, finding the single exercise covered was appropriate for the project's goals.

1. Certificación de tutores de docentes de idiomas
Norma patricia Martínez Caamaño
mtzcaamano@hotmail.com
Content area: Planning and Evaluation
My evaluation
Target Skills and Competencies
(Please tick the spaces with an “X”, if the statement is true for the person you are evaluating.)
The teacher:
__x__ is able to plan and evaluate language lessons within the context of a given curriculum/course
of studies.
__x__ understands the institutional context of his/her teaching activities and is familiar with the
overall training programmes offered within his/her institution.
__x__ understands the levels of competence defined in the European Framework of Reference, is
familiar with the main language examinations offered in the target language and is able to
prepare learners to take such examinations.
In his/her certificate dossier the teacher has provided evidence that s/he is able to:
__x__ state general aims and objectives for a course or a series of lessons
__x__ define aims and objectives for a lesson and integrate them in the context of a course
__x__ plan lessons, selecting appropriate learning tasks and activities to suit the aims and objectives
of the lesson
The lesson plan has the appropriate activities and materials for the objective which is planning and evaluation, but
they are part of a whole.
The teacher feels dissatisfied with herself because the activity took too much time and she covered only one exercise
in the textbook, even though the students are able to use the language they met before.
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2. Certificación de tutores de docentes de idiomas
Original evaluation
Target Skills and Competencies
The teacher:
__X__ is able to plan and evaluate language lessons within the context of a given curriculum/course
of studies.
__X__ understands the institutional context of his/her teaching activities and is familiar with the
overall training programmes offered within his/her institution.
__X__ understands the levels of competence defined in the European Framework of Reference, is
familiar with the main language examinations offered in the target language and is able to
prepare learners to take such examinations.
In his/her certificate dossier the teacher has provided evidence that s/he is able to:
__X__ state general aims and objectives for a course or a series of lessons
__X__ define aims and objectives for a lesson and integrate them in the context of a course
__X__ plan lessons, selecting appropriate learning tasks and activities to suit the aims and objectives
of the lesson
Remarks
Susan’s “Planning and Evaluation” dossier presents a project. This is a series of integrated lessons - the last three
lessons of the summer term - which lead up through organising and planning a menu to the learners and Susan
cooking and eating a meal together - in English - as the finale. Well done!
The individual lesson plans have clearly defined and appropriate aims and materials, but are obviously part of a whole.
Vocabulary, for example, that students met in previous lessons is revised in the classroom and actually used in a real-
life situation in lesson 3.
Susan refers to the weak points in her reflection on page 5 and says that she was dissatisfied with herself with having
covered only one exercise in the textbook. I disagree with her - she covered the correct exercise for the project, and
also selected and ordered appropriate materials, tasks and activities to achieve her aims. The learners are much more
likely to be able to use the language they met and used on this project than any of the language they met and used
from the many exercises completed in their course book!
An excellent dossier.
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3. Certificación de tutores de docentes de idiomas
Compared to the original
The project that the teacher chose was interesting and useful because with the exercise the students
were able to review previous material already seen. They were involved in the whole production of
the project, they had to communicate efficiently but the activity was too long. But in general the
goal was achieved.
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