Universidad La Gran Colombia

Microteaching 2023 2i

Week TOPIC DAY

Week What are the
1 characteristics Class 1
June of a language 1. In groups, let´s create a mind map about the
2-3 teacher? main characteristics of a language teacher.

Homework: Let´s read the following article:

https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/vie
w/48608

Class 2

2. Based on the article: do you see similar issues with

our context?
What are your expectations for this course?
What are your expectations as teachers?
Week The Class 3
2 importance of
June class
5-9 management Aim: To know perceptions about teaching and
and elements learning.
for being a
good teacher. Activities:
Knowing the Do you have experience teaching?
main parts of a
lesson plan. Which challenges do we face nowadays in teaching?
Which challenges do we face nowadays in learning?

Creating
lesson plans Which generation are you?
with good aims
In groups:
Let´s find out about the following generations.
Class 4

Topic: Students will learn and apply the main features

any good lesson plan must have.
Aim: To recognize and analyze the main features of a
lesson plan.

Activities:
Students will receive some lesson plans and they will analyze the
following questions:
How many parts did you find in the lesson plan?
Did you find the same parts?
Can you add an extra part?
https://
drive.google.com/drive/folders/
16cDEymC5AjXmEfafhmbdUDnMlFvJ5soM?usp=sharing

Class 5
Topic: Learning objectives for our lesson plans.
Aim: Students will be able to organize learning objectives
according to Bloom´s taxonomy

Activities:

Students will create a lesson plan and explain each part,

A good example:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GxqpXYxYd_x-MlM6-1--
74AH1HeCN0Hg/edit?
usp=sharing&ouid=107328583199554522838&rtpof=true&sd=tru
e

Class 6
Students’ presentations about their lesson plans.

Homework:
Let´s read about:
ASSESSMENT and EVALUATION – What is the difference
(icc.edu)
Week How can we Class 7
3 evaluate? Topic: Assessment and evaluation.
June
Aims: To analyze when implementing assessment
13-16 Introduction to
and evaluation.
teaching to
children
Activities:
1. In groups, let´s create a comparative chart about
assessment and evaluation.
2. In groups, let´s analyze some activities. How would
you evaluate them? why?
Homework:
What is a rubric?

Class 8

Topic: Rubrics
Aims: To analyze some rubrics in order to create
them according to the students’ needs.

Activities:
1. Let´s analyze some rubrics from some institutions
2. Let´s create some rubrics and let´s apply them with
our peers.
https://padlet.com/leavethemessagetocupita/
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Class 9

Activity: Let´s read about: "Teaching English in the

Primary Classroom" the following chapters:
1. Working with young learners.
2. Identifying priorities and their implications
3. Being realistic
Please, create a mind map about the main
 characteristics when teaching to children.

Class 10
https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/parents/
helping-your-child/how-start-teaching-kids-english-
home

https://www.academia.edu/16462663/
TEACHING_ENGLISH_AS_A_FOREIGN_LANGUAG
E_TO_CHILDREN

Guess speaker

Reading

Week Teaching to Class 11

4 teenagers
June Consolidation:
20-
https://forms.gle/e2Cq3NBVYmCLhHLv7
23rd

Class 12

Teaching English to Teenagers

http://www.worldscientificnews.com/wp-content/
uploads/2015/06/WSN-7-2015-246-260.pdf

Mind Maps

Class 13
 Guess speaker

Class 14
Writing, please create a video about the key elements
to teach to teenagers.

Week Teaching to Class 15

5 adults
June
26th- Topic: teaching to adults.
30th
Activity
Let´s discuss the first chapter: Foundations of
teaching.
Suggested questions:

1. What does it mean:" Get students into the

discomfort zone (...)what you should not do is push
students into their alarm zone"? Pg 2, 3
2. How can you maximize learning? Please, provide
examples. Pg 4 and 5.
3. What do " meta skills and agency" mean? pg 8
4. What is "teaching for transfer"pg 10?
5. What is "intrinsic motivation"? pg 11
6. Please, explain Dewey´s ideas about experiential
learning? pg 14 and 15
7. Please, explain the teacher development cycle, pg
19
8. Please, provide some tips if you want to be a great
teacher. Pg 22

Class 16
Topic: teaching to adults.
Activity
Let´s discuss the fourth chapter: how to lesson plan.
Questions:
1. Why is the first day of class the most important? pg
55, 56.
2. Why is it important to apply a survey on the first day
of the class?pg 58.
3. What does a hook mean? pg 59
4. Please, explain: "start with an activity that builds
energy and end on a note that reinforces the day´s
lesson". pg 62 and 63
5. What can we do with multilevel classes? pg 71
6. Why is homework crucial? pg 74

Class 17

Consolidation chapter 1 and 4

Let´s write an opinion essay. Please, answer the
following question: which challenges do we face when
teaching adults? 230 words. to 250 words. Please,
use Grammarly to check grammar and spelling
issues. Send the essay to my e-mail. Please, check
the following model:
Class 18

Introduction to teaching to Reading

Topic: Reading strategies. How can we foster reading
in our settings?
Aims: To reflect upon reading skills in times of ICTs.
Activities:
1. What is reading?
2. How do we read?
3. What is reading in times of ICTs?
4.
Play Video
 Please, read the article that I sent to your email.

Week Teaching Class 19

6 Reading
Topic: visions of reading
July Cognitive
4th- Socio cultural
July Critical reading
7th

Class 20
Reading
Aims: To reflect upon the starting point about reading.

Activities:

0. Let´s analyze some exercises.

1. Let´s watch the following videos ( Introduction to

Emilia Ferreiro)

2. Let´s reflect upon the following questions:

Bearing in mind the suggested reading, which part
called your attention?
Do you remember how you learned how to read and
to write?
How often do we read in our country?
Which challenges do we face in reading, nowadays?
Which challenges might we face in the future?

Class 21
Topic: Digital literacy
Aims: To recognize the main characteristics of digital
 literacy.

Activities:
1. To take into account the reading from last week.
2. To read the following article:
https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/studysmart/
home/study_skills_guides/digital_literacy/
what_is_digital_literacy

Class 22

Topic: Visual critical literacy

Week Class 23
7 Topic: Let´s foster writing in our students.
July Teaching writing
Aims: To reflect upon writing in our L1 and L2
10th-
14th Activities:
1. Group Discussion.
Do you like writing?
What is for you writing?
How have you developed writing?
Do you know about the Writing Process Approach?
2. Video:
Writing Process Approach:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho1cqELTvHg
3. Reflection

Application:
Let´s apply the writing process approach:
1. Please write the following situation: imagine you are
this pet, please write to the reader to adopt you.
2. Please provide feedback to your classmate.
Link:
https://padlet.com/leavethemessagetocupita/
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Homework:
How can we give feedback to our students when they
write?
Which strategies do you apply in order to provide
feedback to your students ‘writing?
Symbols:
https://www.open.edu/openlearncreate/mod/
oucontent/view.php?id=57297&section=4
http://martharamirez.com.co/blog/providing-written-
feedback-through-color-coding/

Class 24
Topic: differences between top-down and bottom-up
processing in Listening,
Aims: To know the differences between top-down and
bottom up processing in Listening.
Activities
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlvPtOSwCkk

1. In groups let´s analyze the following listening.

In groups select a listening exercise and indicate how
you see the top-down and the bottom-up process.
Please, cite some specific examples:
https://padlet.com/leavethemessagetocupita/
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Class 25

Topic: Developing a listening with top down and

 bottom up processing
Aims: To know differences between top down and
bottom up processing in Listening.
Activities:
Based on the following recording, let´s create a
listening where you combine top-down and bottom-up
processing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=FnbcvHyHJlg&feature=youtu.be

Publish your activity here:

https://padlet.com/leavethemessagetocupita/
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Class 26

Evaluate your classmates ‘productions

Week Teaching Class 27
8 speaking and Topic: How can we provide feedback for
July integrating skills speaking?
17th-
Which tools can we suggest to our
21th
students to improve their speaking?

Aims: To explore speaking skill. To know Krashen

´s theory.
1. Lead in:
Is it easy to develop speaking?
How did you develop your speaking skills?
Do you know Krashen´s theory?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ej4I3hgE5b0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUzutTV_YVA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAlA92_0W_s
Activity:
What is the affective filter? Please, answer with your
own words:
https://padlet.com/leavethemessagetocupita/
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Class 28

Topic: Does correction work for speaking?

Aim: To discuss the role of correction for speaking.
Material:
Harmer, J. (2004). How to teach English. Pearson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlGc1ZDnxgA
Reproducción Vídeo
Reflection:
Students reflect upon the following question; How can
we help our learners to develop their speaking?
https://padlet.com/leavethemessagetocupita/
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Class 29
Topic: Integrating skills
Aims: To reflect upon the importance of integrating
skills.
Activities:
1. Why do we need to integrate skills?
2. Let´s check the following links:
https://elt.dinternal.com.ua/index.php?route=product/
product&product_id=153
https://www.slideshare.net/idiomaspoli/integrating-
skills
https://www.slideshare.net/teacheryamith/integrating-
the-four-language-skills
3. Is it easy to integrate skills?
Homework:
Please, let´s find out a textbook and find an activity
where you can see the integration of skills. Post your
findings here:
https://padlet.com/leavethemessagetocupita/
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Class 30
Topic: Let´s integrate skills
Aims: To create a short activity where you integrate
skills.

Activities:
Let´s read the following article:
https://elttguide.com/integrating-the-main-language-
skills-in-efl-classes-why-and-how/
https://sites.google.com/site/effectiveteachingtips/
integrating-the-four-skills