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TEACHER PORTFOLIO

Teaching philosophy:

1. Which approaches were the most relatable to you and the way you teach?

I must say that I really found all of them interesting since all of them have valuable pros
depending on the objective the group (teacher and students have in mind). However, some of
the most important for me are:

- Direct approach: for this one is focus on the learning of a language by the use of it in its
main countries instead of being focus on the translation of ancient texts.

- Audiolingual approach: since this one is focus on the speaking production. From my point
of view speaking another language is one of the most challenging steps in the process of
language acquisition. And in my job it is fundamental to develop excellent speaking abilities.
Even if the reading approach is another very important approach in my job since some of my
students are going to be administrative assistants.

2. Why did these approaches appeal to you more than others?

The main reason when choosing an approach is the objective of my students. As they are
going to work in assistant position the principal skills they have to develop are speaking and
reading.

3. Were there specific ideas or aspects from certain approaches that you liked?

Well, they were, indeed. They audiolingual approach surprised me when I realized that I was
using it without knowing that before. I liked it because I am use to work with an audio material
set of lesson so that I can make my students speak in a short period of time. In other words,
what I really like of this approach is the fast they it offers us when we need our students to talk.

4. What were they and why did you like them?

As I pointed out before the most I liked about them is they possibilities they offer us to help our
students to talk and read in a short period of time.

5. Who will you be teaching? Elementary, middle or high school students? University
students? Business executives? Etc.?

I am actually teaching university students but unfortunately due to the bad education system
they have here I have to start with them form the very beginning.

6. How will your teaching style best meet the needs of your students and motivate them to
learn?
From my experience what have helped me to get my students interest is the fast way I have to
make them learn. Principally to make them communicate with estrangers in a short period of
time.

Peer-graded Assignment: Teaching Techniques

1. Which techniques do you use in lesson planning or teaching?

It really depends on the topic I have to teach. For instance if I need my student to speak I use
the audiolingual approach technics and so on.

2. How much time do you spend teaching and how much time do you spend allowing
students to practice language? Why?

In my current job I have to teach two hours in a row. I have 8 groups; two per day. During my
classes I used to let my students talk and perhaps 20% of the time, but since I took the last
parts of this specialization I try to organize my activities so that I speak 20% and my students
participate de 80% remaining. Im convinced that my students results now are far better than
before.

3. How do you motivate students on a daily basis?

As I have to teach them technical English or English focused on job situations my students are
motivated since they enroll the class. What I can do as a bonus is to create well done learning
guides with a wide variety of activities and strategies to facilitate their learning process.

4. Do you use warm language, teacher talk, language learning strategies, etc.? If so, explain
how you use them in class.

Maybe I use they more often now than before talking the last courses of this specialization. I
use warm language since I start my classes motivating my students to participate, giving them
the sense they are safe in my class and letting them know they can make mistakes without
worrying about being flawed.

5. What are some warm up/guided practice/independent practice/assessment activities you


use? Explain how you integrate these activities into your lesson plans and how they are
beneficial to the students.

I use different activities in my classes depending on the groups, the subjects they are learning,
the level they have etc. Nevertheless I mention some examples:

- Warm up activity: I urge my students to relate the vocabulary they have to new situations
or new vocabulary which is necessary in the class, for instance when learning about
professions I bring some images and I ask them to talk in groups as much as possible about all
they know about the pictures.

- Guided practice: before letting they start with their individual practice I explain to them in
detail the whole activity giving them example they can understand.
- Finally, I always ask them to do an activity related to the topic with are learning trying to
develop all the four language skills.

All of these steps are important in the language acquisition progress as they allow students to
get a better understanding and appropriation of knowledge.

6. How do you evaluate and assess students? Why?

It depend on the topic, I am fond of production such as writings, speaking in role plays. But I
also use pair evaluation, self-evaluation, etc.
10 complete lesson plans for each video with the correct titles

Micro lessons:

Creating an Email: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0cMzGsnZJs

Creating a web page: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ8xLxus-tY&t=2s

Conditionals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq2rHdhrSKQ

Letter to a friend: https://voicethread.com/share/9487146/

The hidden treasure: https://voicethread.com/myvoice/thread/9548896/54903549

On-line tools: https://voicethread.com/myvoice/thread/9548922/54903655/54473767

Lesson Templates

https://es.scribd.com/document/361794666/Reading-and-Writing-Writing-an-Email

https://es.scribd.com/document/362169721/Lesson-Template-Conditionals

https://es.scribd.com/document/361892101/Micro-Teaching-Video-Updated-Lesson-Plan

https://es.scribd.com/document/357360999/Lesson-Plan-Template-Grammar-by-Fernando-
Fonseca

https://es.scribd.com/document/362171895/One-Week-Lesson-Template-WebPage

https://es.scribd.com/document/362172095/Lesson-Plan-Binary-Code

https://es.scribd.com/document/362172136/Lesson-plan-writing-news

https://es.scribd.com/document/362172177/Lesson-Plan-creating-publicity

https://es.scribd.com/document/362172206/Lesson-Plan-writing-sinopsis

https://es.scribd.com/document/362172238/Lesson-template-Shopping
Teacher tips

https://es.scribd.com/presentation/362172508/Teacher-Tip-Finance-Pairs

https://es.scribd.com/presentation/362172819/Professions

https://es.scribd.com/presentation/362172830/Parts-of-a-computer

https://es.scribd.com/presentation/362172854/Verbs-in-an-office

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