English in my life

Teacher as a researcher Professor Viljo Kohonen, a retired University Professor of Education shares his work in this video as teacher as researcher and more. He says that a teacher might be a curious person about his/ her work and reflective too; a person who has to work against evaporation. From my point of view our work as teachers demands us to be updated and to be “eternal students”. So I agree with Professor Kohonen. The man also suggests that in order to explore his work a teacher should record analyze it. Professor Kohonen mentions the idea of finding “camaderie”, “collegiability” with our colleages. Working as teachers we sometimes isolate ourselves. It means that we tend to work on our own and this is not advisable. Sometimes busy schedules and running out of time cause that kind of situation. In this video, we can find that empowerment comes from trust and from sharing with other teachers as well. It takes little time and it is very useful. We just have to make an e

Differences between L1 and L2 In this video you will meet the main differences between language acquisition and language learning. By their names you can realize that L1 means that when you acquire a particular type of  knowledge  you are involved in a process of learning  it or developing it whereas learning L2 is the process of gaining knowledge through studying. On the one hand; acquisition is unconscious and intrinsic by birth. It is acquired quickly and complete almost perfectly. It also occurs rapidly which means that it happens without instruction just by listening and imitating others. On the other hand; learning happens consciously. It is a personal choice that involves motivation. Here the learning speed varies and it is never achieved as a native speaker. This kind of process can be natural as the acquisition or guided by an instructor. This means that the steps of gaining a language need somebody to teach it. I hope you enjoy it and you find it as clear as I f

What we know is a drop. What we ignore is the ocean.  Have a nice week!!!

ISFD y T 55 English and Its Teaching III UNDERCOVERING CLIL CHAPTER 3: Starting CLIL in the Classroom   SUBJECT: English and Its Teaching III TEACHER: Sara Racker STUDENTS: Bapp, Colombano and Rochelle Starting CLIL in the Classroom This chapter translates CLIL methodology into classroom practice. It proposes activities for the first week in a CLIL classroom at the primary, secondary and vocational levels. The lessons are based on the main features of the CLIL method and guiding principles of CLIL (described in Chapter 2). HOW DOES THE CLIL METHODOLOGY TRANSLATE INTO CLASSROOM PRACTICE? A WEEK IN THE LIFE OF A PRIMARY SCHOOL CLIL TEACHER : -There is an overview of activities that teachers can use in year one during the first week of school at the start of a CLIL programme. -It is assumed that most of the students entering school have very little or no prior knowledge of the CLIL language. -Students will often answer questions in their firs

My phrase of the week. We can learn everywhere, from everyone. Life is an opportunity to keep on learning eveyday even from our own mistakes. Stand and enjoy this beautiful ride! 

Enjoy with numbers! The Singing Walrus presents "Number song 1-20 for children" - an upbeat chant that helps kids count the numbers 1-20. The kids all count from 1-20 together three times, each time counting faster than the previous. This is perfect for preschool aged children, and for young learners of ESL and EFL! Today I had  a whole class devoted to numbers with my first group of kids. They are about 8-9 years old and they attend to private lessons in order to be prepared to start their English lessons at school in two years time. I projected the  following video I found in Youtube and the students really loved it! The first  time they sang it timidly. However, the second and third time they louded their  voices in chorus. They laughed because the song increased it speed so we had to  sing it twice. I recommend the video for you and your students in case you need  to revise them! I also prepared some activities such as sums, unscramble the words (so they practic