ENGLISH INMERSION:

A WONDERFUL PEDAGOGICAL EXPERIENCEBARRANQUILLA ,NOVEMBER 17 th TO

DECEMBER 7th

GUIDELINES OF THE ENGLISH INMERSION

1. READING2. WRITING

3. SPEAKING4. LISTENING

5. STANDARDS6. METHODOLOGY

DEVELOPING READING SKILLS AND STRATEGIES

Pre-reading Asking questions Using resources such as a dictionary

or a glossary Predicting (I’ll bet that…) Picturing the text (I can see that…) Making comparisons (This reminds

me of…) Identifying problems (What does this

mean?) Fixing problems (Maybe that means…) Making comments (That’s

interesting…)

THE WRITING PROCESSPRE – WRITING WRITINGRESPONDINGREVISINGEDITINGPUBLISHING/SHARING

TEACHING SPEAKING

1.LEARNERS TALK A LOT2.PARTICIPATION IS EVEN3.MOTIVATION IS HIGH4.LANGUAGE IS OF AN

ACCEPTABLE LEVEL(Cambridge University Press 1996)

CHARACTERISTICS OF A SUCCESSFUL SPEAKING ACTIVITY

1.INHIBITION2.NOTHING TO SAY3.LOW OR UNEVEN

PARTICIPATION4.MOTHER TONGUE USE

PROBLEMS WITH SPEAKING ACTIVITIES

LISTENING

REAL- LIFE LISTENING SITUATIONS

Make a list of as many situations as you can think of where people are listening to other people in their own mother tongue.

INTERVIEW INSTRUCTIONS LOUDSPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENTS RADIO NEWS COMMITTEE MEETING SHOPPING THEATER SHOW/MOVIE TELEPHONE CHAT LESSON, LECTURE CONVERSATION, GOSSIP WATCHING TELEVISION STORY-TELLING

LISTENING SITUATION

STANDARDS HOW TO IMPLEMENT THE STANDARDS IN

THE CLASSROOM?IMPROVE LANGUAGES SKILLS IN THE

CLASSROOMTO DO A LESSON PLANCLASS PROFILE: (level, age, type of learner,

time)SOCIAL SKILLS (table manners)LIVING SKILLS( dressing)LEISURE SKILLS (hobbies, sports, free time)TEACHER IMPLICATIONS

METHODOLOGY

METHODOLOGYHOW DO CHILDREN LEARN?

THEORIESCOGNITIVISM ( Chomsky)CONSTRUCTIVISM (Piaget)

HOW TO DO A MICROTEACHING?STRATEGIES TO TEACH READING,

GRAMMAR AND SPEAKING

 

 1. COMMUNICATIVE PORPUSE OF THE LESSON. (What will learners be better able to do by the end of the lesson?)

2. WHAT SKILLS ( Speaking, listening, reading, writing) will you practice? WHAT LANGUAGE (Grammar, vocabulary, functional expressions) will you focus on?3.STANDARD(S) .4.TOPIC . What the lesson is about?5.MATERIALS.6.CLASS PROFILE (Describe your students)7.HOW THIS LESSON WILL MEET THEIR NEEDS?8. PERSONAL AIMS.9.CONNECTION WITH OTHER SUBJECTS IN THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM.                         

HOW TO DO A LESSON PLAN

OUR MICROTHEACHING

To have been part of this english inmersion was very important for us because:

To improve the skills to assume the English teaching process in an effective way

To implement appealing strategies for helping Ss to learn English in a proper form.

PEDAGOGICAL IMPLICATIONS

To clarify clue aspects of English standars to be applied in the English classroom.

To interchange cultural aspects with teachers all around Colombia.

To open the door to a new concern at this kind of English inmersions stablish a new version about how to be an effective English teacher.

T H A N K S