In person midterm.

 

On Tuesday, August 23rd,2022 we had or in person midterm... After almost 3 years doing online midterms and evaluations, we had the first in person evaluation.

Even though I took notes and read the material the teacher uploaded to the campus, I am afraid of fail the exam, I think I didn't study enough to get a good grade.

I don't know my grade yet, but this period has to end, and I am looking forward about what my grades are.

Don't miss my next entry because I will let know them!

No classes

Last August 9th, we didn't have classes because teacher Orlando had an important event at the University, so he requested us to participate in the forum instead of going to Campus.

So we stayed home that day, but I couldn't participate in the forum on time because I have feel overwhelmed with the internship I am in.

I hope the teacher takes into consideration my reply to the forum, since I don't want to lose it. 

Here is the question:

Out of all the teaching methods that you studied in English Didactics I, and that we reviewed the week before, which ones did you find most interesting? Why? (Categorize them as 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place.)

And this is my opinion:

1-The audio lingual method is my favorite,I think is friendly and effective.

2- Direct method, because I consider it is very popular in the majority of language courses.It is considered to be a natural way to learn but the fun fact is that I feel this method doesnt work for me.

3-The last one is the silent method, I think this method is bored and difficult to apply.

Thank you for reading.

Presenting a Teaching Method

 My friends and I have been incomplete, missing Leyla for a couple of weeks since she was sick with COVID-19.

Today my class had to present the teaching methods, my group and I presented the Grammar translation method, it was a little different from my classmates presentations since Leyla's mom got a surgery, she couldn't be presenting with us. At the end, my classmates and I just presented a demo about the method and did the rest of the presentation via zoom.

I would like to share with you some facts about the grammar translation method:

It was proposed by Professor Karl Plotz.

This method was popular during the 18th and 19th century.

This method focuses on reading and writing.

Even though this method is easy to understand, sometimes is boring.

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Making the Zoom presentation was funny, my friends and I met for the first time the new building at the campus and we took a lot of pictures of us in there.

We miss you a lot, Leyla, and we hope you come back to classes soon.

Thank you for reading!

Different learning styles-Learning methods

 Hi everyone,

 I'm sorry for the delay, but I've been sick, I got flu and sore throat, so I couldn't go to classes the week before vacation.

On July 26th the class was about the teaching methods fortunately, I have some notes about that topic from the past semester and teacher Orlando told us it is ok to share notes and previous knowledge from Didactics I. 

When it comes about teaching, we can choose from a variety of principles and strategies used for classroom instructions, so this is what we call TEACHING METHODS.

There are two paths to choose, the first one is teacher-centered and the second one is student-centered. The main difference between them is that a learner-centered class facilitates a more collaborative way for students to learn.

Going back to the teaching methods, we have: 

• The grammar-Translation Method
• The Direct Method
• Audio Lingual Method
• TPR Method

My favorite one is the Direct method because I feel more encourage using the target language by recreating real situations, I can interact with my classmates, and it feels like a more natural way to acquire the language.

And last but no least, we had to do an activity to discover what kind of intelligence we have, I haven't done it yet, but I will share you the results in my next entry.

Thank you for reading and see you soon!

Thank you for reading and see you soon!