For today's class I was late. I think it was by a mere 5-7 minutes but I still felt bad. I hate being late. Anyways, the class began with a warm-up discussion and then with a presentation by Mariya(I hope I spelled that right). I enjoyed her presentation very much. It was so interesting to think about each language instruction setting from the point of view of the superintendents. I thought of it almost as being a lawyer and I had to support my "Natural Setting Classroom". In the end I voted for the communicative approach but I still enjoyed getting to know the Natural Setting in the class room.
Just a side note; I think it is interesting that when I read things for class I think that I understand the concept but until I actually put the concepts into practice I do not fully understand them.
During her presentation we also exemplified the different error corrections techniques. I liked this activity because again I put the different error corrections into practice.
We then watched a movie on YouTube and acted as Ethnographers. We observed a teacher instructing in a high school EFL setting. It appears he was teaching banking transactions and the vocabulary along with it. There were certain techniques that he did very well and there were some things that needed improvement. I like how Esther explained the 'sandwich' approach to giving feedback to teachers. That is a great concept and I think it can be used in other environments besides the institutional setting.
Lastly, we met in our peer-review groups. The feedback that we received was great. I think that it is great that we get feedback and then we have a chance to revise the different genres. Sometimes when a person is so close to a project they do not see some errors even if they are completely evident. That is the reason why peer-review is so important in the Multi-Genre Project.
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I also like the sandwich concept and your idea of using it in other settings. I think we human beings are much more sensitive to feedback and criticisms than we think we are, so it is very important that as teachers we learn how to evaluate our colleagues' teaching in a constructive and encouraging way.
I wish I could have been there. It sounds like it was a blogging good time.
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