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Assignment 3
REFLECTIONS
February 2013
Fabiola Pérez Palma
Universidad Tecnológica de Cancún
E-mail: fperez@utcancun.edu.mx
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Aim: To reflect on the areas which worked well and where you still feel unsure about.
1. Which of the content areas interest you most? Why?
The area I feel more interested in is Self-assessment and Development since I consider it is
fundamental aspect in the teaching process. It helps us to analyse the students and teacher
performance in the teaching and learning process as well as to make use of assertive feedbacks
and if it is necessary to make some adjustments in the planning or goals.
2. In which areas do you feel sure / unsure?
The areas I feel confident are: language awareness, language and culture, language learning
processes, language teaching and planning and evaluation.
The area I need to work more is: Self-Assessment and Development.
3. Which resources (materials, books, websites, articles, methods, visual material etc.) do
you already have relating to the five content areas?
•Authentic material: Quizzes, Puzzles, Pictionaries, Thesaurus, Flashcards, PowerPoint
Presentations. Brain Gym exercises, videos.
Books: "Teaching grammar creatively” by Gerngross, Günter et al. (2010).
1) Steven, Anderson (2006). The Super Book of Web Tools for Educators.
2) Christiansen, David (2001). The Complete Listening-Speaking Course (Student Centered
Teacher Guided).
3) Harmer J. (1998) How to Teach English. Pearson Education.
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4) Harmer J. (2007) The Practice of English Language Teaching. Longman Ed.
5) Richards, Jack C. Communicative Language Teaching Today.
6) Open Mind 1(students & workbook)
Magazines: Speak Up, National Geographic, Times.
Radio shows: bbc.com; bigtop40.com. TV shows.
Websites:
www.englishformyjob.com
www.englishwilleasy.com
www.wordreference.com
www.freetranslation.com
www.englishexercises.org
MacMillan YouTube Channel
1) English Central
http://www.englishcentral.com/en/videos
2) USA Learns
http://www.usalearns.org
3) Tech Learning
http://www.techlearning.com
4) EFL Classroom 2.0
http://eflclassroom.com
5) British Council. Teaching English.
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/
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4. How would you keep the trainees' motivation high during the training?
First of all, I would take into account their learning styles and special needs as well as I would bring
authentic material, brain gym exercises and motivational and inspiring activities.
5. How could you check and evaluate the learning progress of your trainees during the
training?
a. Use of portfolio
b. Use of rubrics
c. Use of checklist and progress checklist
d. Skype Interview (Feedback)
e. Teacher Evaluation, Peer Evaluation and Self-Assessment.
f. Monitoring
6. How can you improve the learner autonomy of your trainers?
By identifying their expectations of the courses, the learning styles and SWOT Analysis.
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