ELT REFLECTIVE PRACTITIONERS

DIRECTIONS:  Initially draw a metaphor about the main role(s) you have been playing in your own teaching context? Afterwards, write and post in your personal blog a reflection about those roles and about the ones you would like to play in the future.

DIRECTIONS: Here you are some general guidelines for writing the reflective report through which you are expected to analyze a sample video-taped teaching performance: ● Initially, plan an English lesson and teach it in your usual manner ● Videotape your lesson ● Watch the video and answer the following questions: Do you feel your students achieved the aims of the lesson? How did they behave and respond to the lesson? What was the nature of the activities, and how do you think those activities went during classroom instruction? How did you try to maintain students’ attention, and increase their interest and communication? How differently would you teach this lesson if you taught it again? Did you have any difficulties within this lesson? If the initial lesson plan did not work, how would you explain what caused the lesson to go astray? ● Ask one of your colleagues to watch your videotaped lesson and give you feedback about the weaknesses and strengths he or she could i...

DIRECTIONS:  Based on Bartlett´s framework (1994), analyze your own journal entries in terms of mapping ( description ), informing ( interpretation ), constesting ( intervention points ), appraising ( courses of action ) and acting ( follow-up ) references.

DIRECTIONS: In your personal blog re-write your response to the question "How reflective am I?. Then, based on Farrell´s framework (2016),  identify in your self-reflection paper some features of your: Philosophy Principles Theory Practice Beyond practice

DIRECTIONS:  Based on the Chapter "Exploring Teachers´ beliefs" (Richards & Lockhart, 2004), write down in your blog your main beliefs about English, Learning and Teaching. To the effect, you may consider answering the suggested questions or the teachers` beliefs inventories at the end of the chapter: BELIEFS ABOUT ENGLISH: Why do you think English is an important language? Do you think English is more difficult to learn than other languages? What do you think the most difficult aspects of learning English are (e.g., grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation)? Which dialect of English do you think should be taught (e.g., British, American, other)? Do you think it is important to speak English with native-like pronunciation? How does English sound to you compared to other languages you know? What attitudes do you think your learners associate with English? Do you think English has any qualities that make it different from other languages? BELIEFS ABOUT LEARNING: H...

DIRECTIONS: Based on three lessons you are to teach the following days, write and post in your blog three journal entries as evidence of your reflection-in-action and reflection-on-action. These entries are expected to go beyond the descriptive account of what happens in the lessons. They should also examine all the whys and whereabouts of the classroom occurrences, and appreciate alternative ways of teaching in the future. REMARK: T hese journal entries are required for the sixth session on October 5th.