English Workshop: SPEAKING

Last week we finished the training activity aimed at teachers of English and at those who teach their subjects through English:

ENGLISH WORKSHOP: 

DEVELOPING AND ACTIVATING SKILLS IN ENGLISH

Evaluation questionnaires have shown participants are very satisfied with the achievements of the course objectives and the teaching experiences they have shared. 

In the last session of this course, we dealt with Speaking.

Here is a brief list of some articles and resources you may want to have a look in relation to the Speaking session.

Speaking: Links and Resources

And this is Neda´s presentation on Speaking:

All the participants have been collaborating in THE BLOG OF THE COURSE (the collaborative virtual site of this activity) sharing their ideas, lesson plans, didactic strategies and resources they use/have elaborated to develop the contents of this workshop in their teaching practice. 

Thanks everybody for your participation and contributions to the blog, and thanks to Neda Mirova, the speaker, whose materials, links and presentations are also uploaded to the blog.  

You can access them by clicking on the labels:

English Workshop: Skills: Listening, Reading, Writing, Speaking, Interaction.

 

We will keep on using the blog for future activities to share strategies, materials, lesson plans, etc...

Nevertheless, feel free to add any comment on the posts or suggesting activities related to teaching English as a second language whenever you feel like.

Hope to see you again!

Here some photographs of the course:

English Workshop: Interaction

Last week, in the training activity "English Workshop: Developing and Activating Skills in English" we dealt with the interaction skill.

So, here are some links that you might find useful and interesting to explore:

• INTERACTION RESOURCES AND LINKS.
• INTERACTION MATERIALS 

And here is the presentation on INTERACTION:

Participants are collaborating in the blog of this course sharing ideas, lesson plans and resources they use or elaborate to develop skills in the English classroom.

The course finishes on 6th march and Speaking skill in English will be covered.

See you there!! 
To see all the posts on this course, click on the label English Workshop.

English Workshop: Writing

Last Thursday, in the training activity "English Workshop: Developing and Activating Skills in English" we dealt with the writing skill.

So, here are some links that you might find useful and interesting to explore:

WRITING LINKS AND RESOURCES 

And here is the presentation on WRITING.

Participants are collaborating in the blog of this course sharing ideas, lesson plans and resources they use or elaborate to develop skills in the English classroom.

Next session, on 21st february, Interaction skill in English will be covered. 

See you there!!

To see all the posts on this course, click on the label English Workshop.

English Workshop: Reading

Following the programme of the course "English Workshop: Developing and activating skills in English", last week Neda Milenova, teacher trainer and translator, talked about Reading.

We covered the following issues:

• Motivation and creation of reading habits.
• Differences and similarities between first and second language reading 
• Processes and strategies for 2L reading
• Extensive and Intensive Reading

Here are the links, resources and presentation to go with session on Reading. I hope you find them interesting and useful:

READING LINKS

READING presentation

ENJOY READING WITH YOUR STUDENTS! 

Remember that this Thursday (14 Feb) you have a date at the CEP at 17: 30 for our Writing Workshop.

See you there!

To see all the posts on  this course, click on the label English Workshop.

English Workshop: Listening skill

It was great to see so many keen teachers at the first session of the English Workshop: Developing and Activating skills in English at the CEP in Córdoba, and pleased to find some faces from last year's course, too!

As always, time just flew by and we'd only just scratched the surface of so many interesting and important issues. With this in mind it'd be great to use the blog of this course as a place to sound off anything we haven't had time to deal with in depth during the session and an opportunity to get things off our chests...Who knows, they may just be a solution for a tricky situation around the corner.

Something that kept on cropping up again and again was the problem of large classes and the difficulties of teaching language (and not only language!) with sometimes 30 or more students who aren't always motivated. Motivation is of course central to creating a positive learning environment and it is part of our responsibility as teachers to get and maintain our students motivated. But what do we do with those that just don't want to be motivated? Do we persevere, perhaps at the cost of the rest of the class? Do we crack on without them? How do you find the right balance? It'd be great to hear your thoughts on that, so over to you...

Neda and me are looking forward to seeing you at the next session: Tomorrow Thursday, 7 Feb, at 17:30  we´ll be looking at "Reading". We´ll cover:

• Motivation and creation of reading habits.
• Differences and similarities between first and second language reading 
• Processes and strategies for 2L reading
• Extensive and Intensive Reading

Neda suggests that, If you want to get in the mood for Thursday, you could start by thinking about your favourite folk tales or traditional stories!

Finally, please don´t forget our fantastic course blog!! I see that some of you have already made some wonderful contributions, so don´t be shy, share your thoughts and ideas!

This is the presentation on Listening / Language and Music (24th January).

To see all the posts on  this course, click on the label English Workshop.

English Workshop: Developing and Activating Skills in English (Curso con seguimiento)

Se ha abierto en Séneca el plazo de inscripción en el curso con seguimiento "English Workshop: Developing and Activating Skills in English".

Esta actividad formativa va dirigida al profesorado en activo de inglés (E.Primaria y E. Secundaria) o que imparte su materia en esta lengua y profesorado interesado con conocimientos de inglés (nivel B1) del ámbito de actuación del CEP de Córdoba.

Conocer estrategias y recursos educativos para abordar el desarrollo de las cinco destrezas en el aprendizaje de la lengua inglesa así como de los mecanismos necesarios para activar las mismas ha sido una importante demanda del profesorado de inglés de nuestros centros, a la que vamos a atender a través de esta actividad.

Así pues, las cinco sesiones de este curso se dedicarán a cada una de las destrezas: Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing e Interaction, relacionando con ellas, en unos casos, materias, en otros, distintas estrategias y recursos que propician su desarrollo. Activar nuestras destrezas nos ayudará a superar la barrera que nos inhibe a la hora de comprender la lengua o expresarnos con fluidez. 

Los objetivos de la actividad se verán reforzados por el hecho de que este curso se desarrollará en inglés, propiciando de esta manera el reciclaje lingüístico del profesorado de inglés y del que imparte su materia en esta lengua.

Se analizarán y elaborarán recursos y materiales para el desarrollo de las destrezas de comprensión oral y escrita, expresión oral y escrita e interacción en inglés, que todos los/las participantes compartirán en el blog del curso, blog que abrimos el año pasado para recoger las aportaciones de los asistentes al curso "Teaching and Learning English Celebrations". 

   

Las sesiones serán impartidas por Neda Mirova, traductora y experta en la enseñanza del inglés como segunda lengua.

Es nuestro deseo, tal y como ocurriera el año pasado, que este curso propicie el intercambio de experiencias, conocimientos y estrategias didácticas que enriquezcan la práctica docente del profesorado de inglés y del que imparte su materia en esta lengua y fomenten el desarrollo de las destrezas lingüísticas del alumnado.

Todas las entradas de este curso con los materiales y presentaciones relativas a cada una de las cinco destrezas, se pueden consultar en la etiqueta English Workshop.