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 Hi everyone, today I'm going to talk about CQs and ICQs!!

CQs (Concept Checking Questions) and ICQs (Instruction Checking Questions) are techniques used in language teaching to ensure understanding.

CCQs (Concept Checking Questions)

• Purpose: To check if students understand a particular concept or language point.
• Example: After teaching the present perfect tense, you might ask, "If I say 'I have eaten,' does it mean I ate yesterday or at some unspecified time?"

ICQs (Instruction Checking Questions)

• Purpose: To verify that students understand the instructions for a task or activity.
• Example: If you instruct students to work in pairs to discuss a topic, you might ask, "Are you working alone or with a partner?"

The topic "Let's Go Home" from “Let’s Go for English in 100 Fun Ways”

"Teachers and parents negotiate the boundaries of their respective responsibilities, sometimes through over and explicit means, sometimes with subtle nuances of language and interpersonal behavior" (Miller, 2003, p.3).

I chose this activity because I found it interesting since the home is where we spend most of our lives, surrounded by objects, and we also have a daily routine, it is a great way to learn vocabulary by doing things we like to do such as sleeping, eating, playing, etc... 

the activity is simple, it is about introducing someone in front of the class, it can be the child's favorite toy, and then take it home to practice it with your family, in this way you learn vocabulary from school, to practice and learn something as easy as introducing someone.

It is a fun and simple activity, it encourages children and helps them to have confidence. Especially recommended for kindergarten children, as they tend to be the most energetic and eager to learn at a young age.

That's it, thank you, take careee!!!✌

Group presentations part II- and last blog!

 Well first of all thanks to the teacher Orlando, the subject was quite a journey, I learned a lot, it was dynamic and fun, I hope to see you again next semester to continue learning, take care and continue being a good teacher! ☆🎐✨

On the other hand, we made presentations about grammar, listening and reading comprehension, and vocabulary in all the levels: basic, intermediate, and advanced. 

1. Advanced Grammar by Irene's group

we started warming up with a dance, it was fun because it helped us to pay attention, and then the topic was about the second conditional (if+ past simple,...would+infinitive), We did an exercise and were asked what we would do if we were the president of the country.

2. Reading comprehension intermediate by Celeste's group

for this group's activity we read a story and then played a kahoot to answer questions about the topic, it was fun.

3.  Basic vocabulary by Fatima's group 

we played a vocabulary guessing game at the beginning, and then we also played hangman, which was quite funny.

4.  Pronunciation intermediate by Taís group

For this one we had to go over a phonics chart and word pronunciations, the activity consisted of saying tongue twisters, and at the end we played a kahoot which was great, I won in that round!!!!👀👅👏

5. Listening comprehension, my group!!!!👄💪❤

well we reviewed a little bit about listening topic and then we did two activities, one from chinese whispers and also my partner Andrea read a story and everyone had to answer questions, it was very fun and dynamic (not only because it was my group).

6. Reading comprehension by Genesi's group

In the activity we had to read about the problems of the market and labor exploitation, and then we made a kahoot about what we read.

7. Grammar intermediate by Cindy's group

in the activity we had a past tense verb writing competition, it was fun and full of adrenaline, our group won ofc👊💪

And this has been all for the semester, I enjoyed a lot and I will miss these classes, I hope to see you soon, happy hollidays to everyone !!!! 🥂🏝️🌈

Group presentantions

 Hello everyone, hope you're doing great!! 

Last week we started our presentations on the topics studied in class. The topics were: grammar, vocabulary, advanced pronunciation, and listening comprehension.

1. Kedim's group :  Basic grammar for beginners

The exercise consisted of making sentences with words that the team gave us, and I did it with the word "believe". 

2. William's group : Vocabulary 

House stuff, the game consisted of guessing household objects and thus refreshing our vocabulary knowledge. 

3. Marvin's group : Advanced pronunciation 

The game was entertaining, it was like a lottery game with words similar to others as we listened to the pronunciations, unfortunately the power went out and we could not finish, but my team won a prize. 

4. Daniela's group : Listening comprehension 

Basically, the activity of this group was to play a Sia song and try to give our opinion about it, and then we watched a video that was about two actors, and they had a very thick accent, so we could show if we understood that kind of accent and slang. 

That's pretty much all, see you soon, take care!!👀

Teaching grammar and vocabulary writing

 Hello everyone, hope you're doing great!!

This week we have been reviewing receptive skills and productive skills. 

Teaching a particular language involves teaching its various skills. The major language skills include: reading, listening, speaking, and writing. The first two are referred to as receptive skills, while the last two are known as productive skills.

Receptive skills

• Listening Skills: This involves the ability to understand spoken language. 
• Reading Skills: This involves the ability to understand written language

Both listening and reading skills are essential components of language comprehension and are developed through exposure, practice, and targeted instruction.

Productive skills

• Speaking Skills: This involves the ability to produce language orally and communicate effectively with others. 
• Writing Skills: This involves the ability to produce written language effectively.

Both speaking and writing skills are crucial for effective communication in a language. Like receptive skills, productive skills are also developed through practice, feedback, and targeted instruction.

We also learned that there are two ways to learn grammar:

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That's pretty much all, see you soon, take care!!

Describing teachers.

Hi everyone, I hope you're doing great!! First, Happy teacher appreciation week teacher Orlando. 💫

This week, we did a review about describing teachers and describing learners. 

Describing learners =students

Describing teachers= Teachers

 

One of the things we learned is that, depending on the age, level of educational, learning style and cultural background, each student can be different and unique.

Also, we learned about:

• Teacher’s role in the classroom
• As performers (activity-behavior)
• As an organizer prior a lesson
• Their rapport (+ or -)
• As native or non-native speakers
• As teaching aids (input, gestures)

during the week, we did some activities on vocaroo, and they were very interesting, as it was about answering questions about our teachers and some memories about them. 

That's pretty much all, thank you, take care!!☝

Describing learners

 Hi, this is our last blog of the registry, it has felt very long but with a lot of learning in between!!

Describing learners

There are many types of learners. These are sectioned by age, for example:

Young Children

• Those children up to the ages of 9 or 10 learn differently from older children, adolescents, and adults in the following ways:
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• They respond to meaning even if they do not understand individual words.
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• They often learn indirectly rather than directly
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• They need individual attention and approval from the teacher.
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• They are keen to talk about themselves

Adolescent

• They need approval, but most of the time, from their peers.
• If they have a good rapport with their teacher, they can be their teacher’s best “defenders” or “advocates”.
• They are in a constant search for identity and self-esteem.

Adults

• They can engage with abstract thought.
• They have expectations about their learning process.
• They have a whole range of life experiences to draw on.

There also exist:

Learner differences (multiple intelligences, vark)

Motivations & Background 

That's it, thank you, see you later people!!

Multiple intelligences part III.

 Hi everyone, hope you're doing great, this last week we continue with the presentations and we had our midterm!!

1. Existencial Intelligence by Katia's group

capacity or ability of an individual to understand and contemplate philosophical topics relating to mankind’s existence.

Some characteristics of this intelligence:

• Have a long-term outlook
• Consider how current actions influence future outcomes
• Interest in questions about the meaning of life and death

Some activities you can do are:

• Play the Big Questions Game
• Read Books in Different Languages
• Spend Time in Nature

2. Verbal-Linguistic Intelligence by Celeste's group

Linguistic intelligence means the ability to use language and exhibit the ability be sensitive to words and languages. 

Linguistically intelligent people are often people who want to understand and explore language. These types of people love words and imagery, and can express that through language. These people are often actors, writers, or poets.

Some characteristics are:

• Remember written and spoken information
• Enjoy reading and writing
• Debate or give persuasive speeches

3. Mathematical-Logical Intelligence by Fabiola's group

People who are strong in logical-mathematical intelligence are good at reasoning, recognizing patterns, and logically analyzing problems.

Some characteristics are: 

• Have excellent problem-solving skills
• Enjoy thinking about abstract ideas
• Like conducting scientific experiments

Finally, on thursday we had our midterm, was kinda easy.😓

That's pretty much all, thank you, take care!!

Multiple Intelligences presentations part II.

 Hi everyone, hope you're doing great, this week we continued with the presentations

 but first, I'm going to show you a small collage of the week!!👀

1. Kinesthetic Intelligence by Iliana's group

Basically, this intelligence is the capacity to manipulate objects and use a variety of physical skills.  Athletes, dancers, surgeons, and crafts people exhibit well-developed bodily kinesthetic intelligence.

Activities we made in class: Dancing following instructions

2. Interpersonal intelligence by Cindy's group

it refers to the ability of a person to relate well with people and manage relationships. It enables people to understand the needs and motivations of those around them.

Many teachers, counselors, and politicians are good examples of people with high interpersonal intelligence. Famous leaders such as Mother Teresa, Mahatma Gandhi, and Martin Luther King Jr. also display this type of intelligence.

Some characteristics: Listen carefully to others, Start conversations with strangers easily, Have a large circle of friends.

Activity: Guessing emotions, medals with characteristics, and interact with our classmates.

 

3. Intrapersonal Intelligence by Emmanuel's group

Intrapersonal intelligence definition is about the capacity to explore one's inner world and feelings. This type of intelligence can help a person focus on planning and managing their life. 

Activities for people with intrapersonal intelligence: Meditation sessions for brainstorming or studying, Keep a journal, self-care rituals

Some characteristics:

They start getting to know other people by getting to know themselves, they enjoy being alone and dealing with something alone, their intuition is strong. 

Activities: meditation practice, play team games to dramatize.

4. Naturalistic Intelligence by Soad's group

Naturalistic intelligence is the ability to identify, observe, categorize, understand, and manipulate natural elements like plants, animals, and the environment. People with high naturalistic intelligence are interested in nurturing, exploring, and learning about the environment and other species. 

Some characteristics: Love of nature, Motivation to understand how things work, Caring for animals

Activities for Naturalistic Intelligence: Going on nature walks, Watching nature-related documentaries, Take care of plants at home

Activities in classes: recycling game, team games on kahoot

That's pretty much all, thank you my friends, see you soon!!👀❤

Multiple intelligences-presentations

 Hi everyone, this week we had our presentations, many groups talked about multiple intelligences, let's see what they did!!

1. Verbal-Linguistic Intelligence by Regina's group

Basically, this intelligence teaches us the art of speaking and expressing ourselves well, some of the characteristics of this intelligence are:

-speaking skills

-persuasive

-Likes to read and write

Some of the activities that can be implemented to improve this intelligence are: participating in debates, discussions, reading more, among others.

Speaking of this, for the classroom activity, a small debate was organized to elect a student president, we joined in groups and then voted, the winner was our classmate Stefany. 

2. Logical-Mathematical Intelligence by Fatima's group

This, as its name implies, is the intelligence that easily understands and analyzes mathematical concepts. Some of the characteristics persons with this intelligence possess are 

-They use critical thinking to solve problems

-They like analogies

-They look for patterns and relationships between objects

Among the activities that people with this intelligence develop are puzzles, problem solving, questions and answers, among others. 

Class exercise we did:

3. Musical Intelligence-  by Alejandra's group

Basically, this one is the ability to compose, learn, and perform musical patterns. It involves sensitivity to sounds and vibrations. People with high musical intelligence understand and express themselves through music. They can produce and appreciate music, identify distinct musical notes, and may think in rhythms or melodies. 

Some of the characteristics are:

-Appreciating musically

-Composing and writing music

-Playing musical instruments, among others.

They also talked about the job opportunities

from music teacher, singer, songwriter to music producer, etc. 

The activity we played was (guess the song and find the right element)

Last but not least, my group that presented on Thursday 11!!

4- Visual-Spatial Intelligence

 Is the ability to form a mental model of a spatial world and to maneuver and operate using this model. It is the sensitivity that a person can have to color, lines, shapes, space, and relationships between these elements.

We also have:

Some activities you can do as a person with visual-spatial intelligence:

-Play Pictionary.

-Works with puzzles and Rubik’s cube

-Build 3D structures with Legos, Minecraft, or 3D construction objects.

As a class activity, we did not one but 4 activities, the first one was reading a story and then answering questions, then a memory game, then a tangram puzzle and finally a pictionary, we also gave prizes!

I think that's pretty much all, thank you, pals, take care!!

Me and my group!!❤

David Kolb's model

 Hi everyone, I hope you're doing great! This week we studied a new learning style, the kolb's learning style

Kolb’s experiential learning style theory is typically represented by a four-stage learning cycle in which the learner “touches all the bases”:

Experiential learning theory is about learning by doing. Developed by psychologist David Kolb, the theory describes the learning process whereby knowledge is created through experience. 

Kolb’s learning styles are:

• Diverging – In this learning style, learners focus on concrete experience and reflective observation. They prefer to watch and reflect on what they’ve observed before jumping in. 

• Assimilating – This learning style incorporates learners who favor abstract conceptualization and reflective observation. They like using analytical models to explore, and prefer concepts and abstract ideas.

• Converging – Learners using this learning style focus on abstract conceptualization and active experimentation. They like to solve problems and enjoy applying learning to practical issues.

• Accommodating – Learners using this learning style favor concrete experience and active experimentation. They relish a challenge and use intuition to solve problems.

I took the test, and I'll show you my results

I strongly agree with my result, as I am a person who must put everything into practice, I like to reflect on problems and also solve them in a very rational way. 

That's all, thank you, pals, see you soon!✌

Learning styles

 Vacation week, finally a break, and it's time to take full enjoy it, don't drink too much by the way!🥂🌞🌊

Before the long-awaited vacation, we were studying learning styles

Learning styles are derived from Howard Gardner’s 1960s theory of Multiple Intelligences. It states that: “We are all able to know the world through language, logical-mathematical analysis, spatial representation, musical thinking, the use of the body to solve problems or make things, an understanding of other individuals, and an understanding of ourselves.”

We have been doing some tests to determine what type of learning styles we have!

I am a visual learner, I really agree, as I am an observer and I learn while I have visuals or clear indications about something. At the same time, I am a kinesthetic learner, as I always have to be moving to keep my mind busy.

Before I finish, a little bit about my vacation and some of the things I did, I went to the beach, I read and ate torrejas, I also visited Suchitoto, it was a very pleasant vacation, I wish it had lasted longer. 

That would be all, thank you, take care!!👀

Multiple Intelligences

                       Hi everyone, welcome to another entry blog, I hope you're doing great!!

Last week we talked about multiple intelligences and learning styles. 

We also learned:

Multiple intelligences is a theory first posited by Harvard developmental psychologist Howard Gardner in 1983. This theory suggests human intelligence can be differentiated into the following modalities: visual-spatial, verbal-linguistic, musical-rhythmic, logical-mathematical, interpersonal, intrapersonal, naturalistic, and bodily-kinesthetic. In contrast to other notions of learning capabilities (for example, the concept of a single IQ), the idea behind the theory of multiple intelligences is that people learn in a variety of different ways.

 This is a list that we discussed in class!!

activity

On Thursday we did an activitie based on the types of intelligence, it was pretty fun and interesting!!

That its all, thank you, take care pals!!💫

Presentations and Exam

Hello everyone, welcome to my blog, it's a pleasure to have you back here!!

this week we finished the group presentations and did our didactics exam. 

Soad's group talked about the TPR method, was very interesting and they did dynamics!

Alejandra's group talked about the direct method, my group also talked about this topic, it was nice to learned a different point of view, they did activities too!

Genesis group talked about the Silent way method, they did activities related with colors and vowel, they also prepared activities and prizes

William's group talked about the Direct method and they prepared a fun game of charades!

Katia's group talked about the audiolingual method and they did an activity with Katia as a teacher for kids!

Last but not least Fatima's group talked about the GTM method!

We did a review of all the classes and on Thursday we took our test, it was a fun week!

And that's all, thank you for reading me, take care and I see you soon!