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!

TPR AND SUGGESTOPEDIA

 Hi everyone, welcome to my blog again, hope you are doing well! 

This week we review a little bit about the total physical response and the suggestopedia method. 

Originally developed by James Asher, an American professor of psychology, in the 1960s, Total Physical Response (TPR) is based on the theory that memory is enhanced through association with physical movement.

Total physical response basically focuses on teaching language through physical activity. 

TPR method also has its advantages and disadvantages:

this type of method is carried out with small demonstrations while learning new vocabulary.

Now we will talk a little about suggestopedia, which was the last method we saw in class. 

Suggestopedia is a method of teaching a foreign language, in which students learn quickly by feeling relaxed, interested, and positive.

History.

Suggestopedia  is a language teaching method developed by the Bulgarian psychologist, Georgi Lozanov. The name of Suggestopedia is from the words “suggestion” and “pedagogy.” It is a set of learning recommendations derived from Suggestology, which Lozanov describes as “a science … concerned with systematic study of the nonrational and/or non-conscience influences” that human beings are constantly responding to.

We also had a bunch of activities in classes and learning about the suggestopedia method.

On Thursday, February 22nd we started the group presentations on the methods, and they were very fun and dynamic, my group also presented that day, and we talked about the "direct method".

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

Silent Way Method

 Hello everyone, welcome back to my blog!!

Today we will talk about the silent way, so we will see a little bit about its history, characteristics and some activities we did in class, join me!

The Silent Way was founded in the early 1970s by the Egyptian mathematician and educator Caleb Gattegno. It is based on the idea that language learning can be enhanced in three main ways: discovery rather than teaching; problem-solving in the target language; the use of physical tools. 

Some of the main principles to keep in mind:

We also saw some of the techniques to be implemented with this method, and we even did some activities.

The sound-color chart technique which consists of every block of color represents a sound in the target language, you can form sentences with this, or even just words. 

Or the teacher's silence, the teacher basically gives just as much help as is necessary and the is silent, in this exercise you depend more on your own knowledge than on the teacher's, he cannot help you even with your mistakes 

We also did some translations and we played with some color blocks. I took some pics

And that was all, thank you very much for reading me, hope to see you here next week, take care!

Oh, We ended the day celebrating Valentine's Day with some friends, we ate some delicious desserts.

fundamental and audiolingual method.

 Hi everyone, once again welcome to my blog, I hope you are doing well!!

On Tuesday, we reviewed in class videos about GTM and direct methods, especially the different techniques that can be used to teach these methods. 

For example, for GTM we saw about reading comprehension, the translation technique, the fill in blank, the complete sentences, and many others, each one of them is very interesting because you can use it and learn more effectively and entertainingly.  

On Thursday we started to see a new method, the audio-lingual method, aka "the army method"

Which focuses, as the name implies, on listening rather than writing and reading. 

 This method, like any other, also has its techniques. 

-the repetition drill

-the substitution drill

-the question and answer drill

-and the transformation drill. 

To practice this method we did a dynamic where we all repeated phrases and sentences, we did it with our teacher as well as with our classmates, it was fun but very confusing because we had to use our memory and that is very difficult sometimes, it was a lot of fun. 

Here is our teacher talking about the SWOT of the audio-lingual method.

That's all for the week, thank you very much for getting here, take care!❤