Well, let me start by quoting the famous cartoon Porky Pig and his signature line at the end of each show "Th-tha-that's all folks!" This is the end of this course, and I am very sad it's over, but at the same time happy that I've learned so much. I still have a road ahead and a lot of hard work to do. The road to becoming a better professional never ends, and I believe that's one of the exciting aspects of our career that's never the same nor it's boring. Throughout the last 10 weeks, I have come to realize that there is never enough learning. I have loved the course because it mixes theory with practice, and I feel I have grasp most of what Robert wanted to teach. I know I want to study everything again once I'm on vacations because I know that I can still learn more things and do much more of what I was able to do this time. I am still intrigued by ANVILL, which was one of the new tools I learned about, but I still feel I have to learn a lot about it to really take advantage of it. I know that the friends I have made here will continue to accompany in this journey because I am definitely not alone. I hope to have the chance to take courses like this in the near future. However, I know that I'm not the kind of person who sits to wait for opportunities, I look for them. I will probably be looking for a tutorial about the latest tools to use in the classroom. For instance, the other day I heard about "courselab." I have no idea what that's about, but I know how curious I am, and I will definitely try to see what that tool is all about.
I hope to see all of you soon or read you. Thanks again Robert for such a wonderful course. God bless!
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Sunday, March 11, 2012
What I
enjoyed the most about this course we are taking is that it really gives us the opportunity to be better professionals. This week we have reviewed the importance of catering our sessions for our students in terms of their LS (Learning styles) and their MIs (Multiple Intellienges) . I have been able to implement different activities that incorporate technology and that also help me reach my students and their LS. I am usually asking myself whether an activity X will be suitable for my students or not. I have only been with them for a few weeks, but this week in particular I have had the opportunity of seeing how
much my students have improved in the use of their pronunciation. Which is one something I started to work with this semester. Through the different activities I have used in
the class, my students have had the opportunity of realizing how much they have
learned in this period of time. It is
very gratifying to see how well they can identify the different sounds of the
words. Besides that, students feel very
confident using the language throughout the class.
Seeing my students communicate both
fluently and accurately is the best reward of the hard work we have been doing
throughout this course. Although I have to
confess I felt very scared because of the challenging situation we were putting
us through, right now things seem a lot easier.
I feel very comfortable using the different aspects we have learned about in this course. However, the most
gratifying thing of all this is seeing that all the effort I have done is
reflected on how comfortable my students feel and on how much they have
improved.
I still have more classes to
teach, but I can say that it
has all been worth the effort.
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