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Project Unit 1
Project Unit 1
UNIDAD AJUSCO
Identify your role as a teacher as well as your students´ roles from your real
teaching context situation.
Based on the theoretical concepts seen throughout the module and a deep
reflection and critical analysis of your learning and teaching experiences;
write a better version of your teaching identity and philosophy to cope with
our current Mexican teaching context.
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INTRODUCTION
The present project describes an analysis of the different aspects studied during
the first module of the specialization in English Teaching and Learning as a foreign
language. As we have reviewed we need to know what aspects of the language
are most important to concentrate on when we teach the language, and what our
students should learn, today's English classes are focused on teaching language
as a social practice, and there are several methods and approaches mentioned
and studied about how a second language is acquired or learned and focus more
on how we as teachers work in our classroom, and outside on it, the roles that we
should play because we need to create and perform various roles in our courses
and some theories about how students learn, and the suggested materials we
could use to succeed in our teaching practice.
In our daily experience, we faced not only some external factors but also some
students' internal needs, so it is very important to take into consideration the ways
our students learn and develop their knowledge construction.
We need to value our own beliefs and have opened to shifting and innovating our
courses with responsibility and love for our work.
Analyse a reading text and an audio text under a model of communication
from the ones revised in unit 1
Jakobson said that successful communication can occur only if all the elements
mentioned before are correct. To understand this statement we can give a short
example, Mrs. Rocio Salgado sends a message in the EEAILE platform to the G11
students about the instructions for project 1,
Mrs. Salgado is the sender, and instructions for the project are the message, G11
students are the receiver, the message from EEAILE platform is the channel, the
words used in the message are the code, and the context could be the teacher-
students relationship which could help to Mrs. Salgado give the instructions to the
project and the students do what the teacher asked them.
How the language functions are related to Jacobson´s model, If we remember the
language functions are six (video de Jakonbon )
Referential is focused on the reference with which we are focusing. In the example
above we are doing reference to the instructions about the project. Mrs. Salgado is
not talking about her or ours, she is just giving the correct instructions.
The emotive or “expressive” function is focused on emotions and attitudes from the
sender, for instance, the good intention from Mrs. Salgado to give the correct
instructions to help students to complete their project, exhorting us to work hard or
complete all the requirements asked in the project instructions.
The Fatica function is focused on the channel, we used when we try to maintain
the communication channels opened or blocked, and it could be used by the
sender or receiver for instance when we had a doubt we asked directly the teacher
and the teacher explained about how we need to do.
The poetic function is focused on the message, which means that it is not much
important what we say instead how it had said, could be the format which is used
to send the message.
If we use the language we can persuade and establish social links, construct our
realities and understand what importance is played by each element in the grade of
each communicative process
In the next text I consider that most of the reading text used in some books to
teach English to young learners are not considering all the elements mentioned
above to have a good communicative development learning. Most teachers
focused only on textbooks and think they are the only resource to follow, and hope
to cover all that is required in Language teaching. For instance in this short reading
textbook even though it is focused to give a short description about families and It
should be a common interested topic for everyone, sometimes it is hard for
students to communicate their ideas as are suggested in the reading text.
When we talk about teaching a new language most of us could start answering
ourselves what´s the best method, approach, or technique to teach and can get
good outcomes in our teaching goals, but it depends on different aspects to take
into consideration, firstly, the classroom context, student´s situations, learning
styles, student´s motivation, teacher´s beliefs about how to teach, etc. but one very
important thing to consider is to have a clear definition about what do a method, an
approach and a technique exactly mean, and how can they help us to get the
course objectives.
The following graphic organizer will explain the workings of different language
teaching methodologies and approaches as well as teaching techniques.
As teachers, we must possess the idea of what linguistic aspect of approaches we
have in mind, and what psycho-linguistic aspect of the approach is going to shape
our lesson plan. It must help us to feel easy in executing a task, our goal must be
clear to us what we are going to attain in the classroom.
The grammar translation method is one method used by a teacher for a long
time, it was called the classical method, and it was used to help students read and
appreciate foreign language literature. Classes are taught in the student´s mother
tongue, explanations of grammar, “reading and writing are the major focus; little or
no systematic attention is paid to speaking or listening”. “Vocabulary selection is
based solely on the reading text used and words are taught through bilingual words
list, dictionary and memorization” (Richards & Rodgers, 2002) difficult read text
and little attention to the content of the text. Being able to read and write in that
particular language. The main problem is that it does not develop speaking skills, it
is the most popular language to teach English. It´s not natural.
Task-based Language Teaching is based on the assumption that tasks are the
major unit of language learning, learners should be given some task to be solved.
“It recommends a specific sequence of learning activities or Teaching cycle: The
task-based cycle has only three steps, named simply Pre –task, Task Cycle and
Language Focus” (Lesson Plans and Strategies in SLA, 2015). The pre-task is
knowledge as the warm-up activity or introduction, where students activate their
previous knowledge. For instance, in every lesson as a teacher, we should start
with different activities focused to get our students´ previous knowledge such as
brainstorming, instructions, quiz, etc. The task cycle has three phases which
collectively offer the learners a variety of contexts for exposure to the language, the
first of them is the pair work where they just focused on the message; in the
second phase, the teacher can provide their input and advice, including help with
the language. In Report phase combines fluency with accuracy. In the final
Language Focus stage, learners have the opportunity to focus on form and ask
specific questions about the language being learned.
In my own experience as an English teacher and after the analyses made by all the
information about the different language teaching methodologies, approaches, and
techniques I would say that I used to be an eclectic teacher because I consider that
using different approaches or methods we tend to be creative and dynamic to
make teaching and learning more productive. It could be that certain types of
learners respond very positively to a grammatical syllabus, while other students
could, and if we have an open mind we could learn and experience new ways to
teach more effectively.
“Because not all principles apply to all learners, to all contexts, and all
purposes. Therefore, “approaches and methods can be used not as prescriptions
for how to teach but as a source of well-used practices, which teachers can adapt
or implement based on their own needs” (Richards & Rodgers, 2002: 16).
Discus the theoretical perspectives of the communicative approach and Kolb
´s model of experimental learning identifying them in classroom applications
and provide at least one example of each of them.
I would understand that as English teachers we need to consider that our lessons
should have communicative aims, and create a lesson where students have
different activities where they can practice and value their linguistic competence.
Providing a range of practice activities where students can interact with each other.
Kolb´s model experimental learning explains that there are four steps, a
continuous process for effective learning that explain how we learn through
experience: concrete experience, reflective observation, abstract
conceptualization, and active experimentation.
The first step is a concrete experience which is related to what you must do by
yourself for learning to occur, for instance in my class I usually introduce a new
topic through reading but it is not the same if I read the text or performance it, my
students must read and pronounce it to create their own concrete experience. The
second step, reflecting observation means taking a step back from doing to reflect
and review what we just experienced through giving observations or asking some
questions, for instance when our students reflect and be aware of where can use
what they observe in different circumstances, in the previous example it could be
when some of them ask for the correct pronunciation of a word or the meaning of a
sentence, the third step is Abstract conceptualization and here we fit what we´ve
just learned into everything we already know, it starts taking sense together which
help us to achieve abstract conceptualization by maybe expressing our ideas,
creating something related with what we learn, or writing. We just start working with
some projects in English and everything is presented in a mural, so students tend
to write or present a final project (model, writing, game) in which they understand
what they have learned in class. And the final step is Active experimentation, which
happens when we consider how we will put what we have learned into practice. It
means that students start planning when they are going to use what they have just
learned, probably in the real life they are requesting a short description of their
future plans or their routine habits. There is a moment when we start planning and
stop doing and the cycle starts again (Kolb, 2015).
If we could consider all these aspects in our lesson planning we could start taking
into account the activities developed into the concrete experience so a learner who
was successfully motivated will wish to enter Reflective Observation by digging
deeper into the topic under study or to expand outward it. During abstract
Conceptualization, learners use logic to extract general rules on the matter under
study. We could plan an activity where our students could develop it and may
logically extract specific rules on pronunciation, grammar, or lexis.
For instance, In my classroom, I tend to work with students from age raking around
6 to 12 years old, so most of them like to play while they are learning, they enjoy
interacting with different materials and activities; grammar and reading lessons
tend to be boring but I need to develop different techniques to get their attention
and motivation, in this way they can acquire the grammatical structures.
grammar and reading skills, discuss amongst themselves what they observe or
analyze the grammatical structures of a sentence, for example, they provide them
with some texts which contain the grammatical structure and a few explanations
about the use of it, and some of them could give to the group what understood
about the grammatical structure.
Identify your role as a teacher as well as your students´ roles from your real
teaching context situation.
As teachers and like actors in a play, we often need to create and follow different
roles for our students and shift from one role to another, so we need to know some
concepts about how a role is defined. It can be defined as a set of actions that are
expected or anticipated for a setting or task. All of us have many roles to play:
spouse, siblings, parent, child, friend, colleague, consumer, etc. In our case we
need to analyse how our school's norms determine our roles, it can be an authority
or open style. On the other side, we play a specific role outside the classroom:
curriculum developer, material developer, counselor, mentor, team member,
researcher, and professional (Richards & Lockhart, 1996: 99)
The teacher should be aware of the suitable method to positively impact the
teaching-learning process, Teachers must be innovative, resourceful, and ready to
impart quality education. That´s why I decided to continue studying and learning to
give my best to my students.
CONCLUSION
I can state that through the study of different methodologies and approaches we
could work out our thoughts about teaching and learning. Through the process, we
begin to develop an awareness of the processes through which we learn and
teach, we are conscious of the fact that understanding a teacher´s method is far
more complex than technical-rational models of experts´ knowledge describing
curriculum approaches and teaching methods.
Having experience with different courses, student´s ages, institutions, and student
´s contexts, and having the information provided by this course I could conclude
that there is no perfect way to teach, each teacher should use his/ her personality
and beliefs to form their style of teaching, students have different needs and
varying learning styles, if teachers can cater to each student, there would be a
higher success rate.
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APPENDIXES
Coordinación de Posgrado
PRESENTE
Me dirijo a usted en carácter de autor del presente trabajo académico que sustenta el título,
Assignment for unit 2, declarando que es una producción personal, donde no se ha copiado,
replicado, utilizado ideas, citas integrales e ilustraciones diversas, obtenidas de cualquier tesis, obra
intelectual, artículo, memoria, (en versión digital o impresa), sin mencionar de forma clara y exacta
su origen o autor, conforme los lineamientos del Manual de Publicaciones de la American
Psychological Association, en su última edición en español.
En este sentido, lo anterior puede ser confirmado por el lector, estando consciente de que en
caso de comprobarse plagio en el texto o no se hayan respetado los derechos de autor; esto
será objeto de sanciones por parte del Consejo de la Especialización en Enseñanza y
Aprendizaje de Inglés como Lengua Extranjera y/o sanciones en apego al inciso d del
Artículo 42, del Reglamento General para Estudios de Posgrado de la Universidad
Pedagógica Nacional.
ATENTAMENTE
______________________________________________
FIRMA
Coordinación de Posgrado
PRESENTE
Me dirijo a usted en carácter de autor del presente trabajo académico que sustenta el título,
PROJECT 1 OF THE MODULE 1, declarando que es una producción personal, donde no se ha
copiado, replicado, utilizado ideas, citas integrales e ilustraciones diversas, obtenidas de cualquier
tesis, obra intelectual, artículo, memoria, (en versión digital o impresa), sin mencionar de forma
clara y exacta su origen o autor, conforme los lineamientos del Manual de Publicaciones de la
American Psychological Association, en su última edición en español.
En este sentido, lo anterior puede ser confirmado por el lector, estando consciente de que en
caso de comprobarse plagio en el texto o no se hayan respetado los derechos de autor; esto
será objeto de sanciones por parte del Consejo de la Especialización en Enseñanza y
Aprendizaje de Inglés como Lengua Extranjera y/o sanciones en apego al inciso d del
Artículo 42, del Reglamento General para Estudios de Posgrado de la Universidad
Pedagógica Nacional.
ATENTAMENTE
______________________________________________
FIRMA