Enhancing English Skills: A Practical Approach
1. Contribution to Competencies
The main idea of this session is to work on competencies that allow students to adapt to new situations in English and learn how to interact in different kinds of situations. That being said, the main dimensions to take into account will be oral communication for the English area and the…
2. Teaching Objectives
The objectives that we want the students to achieve are broken down into two categories: those for English and those for…
English Subject:
- Vocabulary: Students
Fostering Equity and Inclusion in Education: Assessment, Communication, and Action
Fostering Equity and Inclusion in Education
How can classroom assessment, evaluation, and marking promote equity, collaboration, fairness, and respect for diversity? Here are some questions to consider when assessing student progress:
- How can we ensure that our assessment systems promote the success of all students, rather than promoting competition?
- How can assessment tools and marking policies be used to build the skills of all learners?
- How can assessment tools and marking policies be used to build
Educational Support for Students with Special Needs
Educational Support and Attention to Diversity: A Network of Support for Special Needs
Evolution of the Concept of Educational Support
The concept of educational support has evolved alongside changes in the field of special education. Conceptions of difference have shifted from deficit-based approaches to cultural-inclusive approaches.
Initially, intervention was specifically focused on the student and their deficits, taking place outside the regular classroom in specialized settings like special education
Read MoreEffective Reading Strategies and Their Benefits
What is Reading?
Reading is a written receptive skill that activates a chain of cognitive processes in making sense of the text. In this sense-making, readers draw inferences, construct interpretations, and respond actively to written texts. (Madrid & McLaren, 2004:220).
In brief, we can say that understanding a written text means extracting the required information from it as efficiently as possible.
Reading can be considered an interactive process. The reader interacts with the text to create
Read MoreMotivation, Listening, Reading, and Cultural Insights in Language Learning
Motivation in Language Learning
An abstract concept we use to refer to the reasons why people act as they do. Attitude towards the language is, in some cases, even more important than aptitude. Jigsaw (expert groups) involves scaffolding.
Creating the Basic Motivational Conditions
Tips: Tolerance is essential, humor should not be left out, and decorate the classroom according to the students’ tastes – English’s corner.
Generating Initial Motivation
- Intrinsic
- Integrative and instrumental values
Maintaining
Read MoreReading Comprehension: Strategies and Activities
1. Sounding Out vs. Reading with Understanding
Sounding out involves recognizing graphic words without comprehension. Reading with understanding means grasping the meaning of the text.
2. Importance of Prior Knowledge in L1
Students benefit from prior reading strategies learned in their native language (L1) before starting to read in a second language (L2).
3. What is “Word Attack”?
“Word attack” is a strategy to help children learn new vocabulary and phonetics. It aims to consolidate phonemic, phonological,