HOW DO I ADDRESS COMPETENCES IN MY ENGLISH TEACHING?

Communicative competence is included in my class all the time. The way I used to address all competences is taking them into account during the lesson planning in which any topic will help students to develop them.
This way, the activities must integrate linguistic, sociolinguistic and pragmatic competences although sometimes I reinforce only one, depending on the objective being considered.
As a Teacher, it is easy to promote these competences with the students, using different strategies like: games, songs, written exercises, role-plays, movies, listening exercises, dialogues, etc.. all in order to enrich the process of learning and acquiring the language. It is our role and responsibility to guide students and teach them not only contents but also the skill of using knowledge in their daily situations so they can face life as it comes.

A TEACHER WHO INSPIRED ME

I remember a teacher who taught me when I was in fourth grade. She was the homeroom teacher and she was really friendly and nice with the students.
One day, in social class we made a role play in which we represented human life in caves and that experience was very meaningful because I still consider it great. Also, she created a pleasant environment and she always had something to give us like cards, stickers, sweets, presents..
Since then, she calls me “My little doll”