What elements of the different language teaching proposals we have studied do you see in your course book?
In Primary School (first, second and third grade) I am working with Sprint 1, 2 and 3. I looked at the book carefully and what I found was that this is a textbook that includes:
- Multiple Intelligences: there are many activities to reinforce different skills in the students, such as songs, stories, crafts, written exercises, pictures, listening exercises etc. This help us as teachers to create an special environment in which we can develop learning using strategies that are meaningful and attractive.
- Communicative Learning Teaching: there are some dialogues and roleplays that are similar to real life situations so students can imagine and participate, learning to use the language as a way to communicate and interact with others.
- TPR: this method is very important when you are teaching children because they are plenty of energy so you can use that in the class. We can see it when we promote songs and chants and also those games that involve following instructions. In this way, children can learn vocabulary as teachers ask for bodily expression and make clear connections with the topic you are working on.
- Project Based: at the end of each unit there is a small project but usually it is a craft activity. I don’t think the textbook was designed for this method because I have learned a lot about Project Based and the most important principle is to take into account students’ interests in order to maintain motivation during the class. That means that the word project (Sprint´s project) in this case is only an evaluation or even an exercise for homework.
In Primary School (first, second and third grade) I am working with Sprint 1, 2 and 3. I looked at the book carefully and what I found was that this is a textbook that includes:
- Multiple Intelligences: there are many activities to reinforce different skills in the students, such as songs, stories, crafts, written exercises, pictures, listening exercises etc. This help us as teachers to create an special environment in which we can develop learning using strategies that are meaningful and attractive.
- Communicative Learning Teaching: there are some dialogues and roleplays that are similar to real life situations so students can imagine and participate, learning to use the language as a way to communicate and interact with others.
- TPR: this method is very important when you are teaching children because they are plenty of energy so you can use that in the class. We can see it when we promote songs and chants and also those games that involve following instructions. In this way, children can learn vocabulary as teachers ask for bodily expression and make clear connections with the topic you are working on.
- Project Based: at the end of each unit there is a small project but usually it is a craft activity. I don’t think the textbook was designed for this method because I have learned a lot about Project Based and the most important principle is to take into account students’ interests in order to maintain motivation during the class. That means that the word project (Sprint´s project) in this case is only an evaluation or even an exercise for homework.
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Natalia,
Yes, normally books combine activities that are part of different methods, and being able to identify what's the proposal behind them makes it possible to make better, informed decisions on what activities to do in class and which ones we disregard.
Norbella
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