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”

What I learned today

During the class we talked about English today and the Future of English, sharing some ideas and trying to understand what is happening during the last years. We all agree that English is really important now and we can support that if we see that English is the language of internet, business, travelers, kids, adolescents and many people around the world that are able to communicate by using the language.
As teachers, what we have to do is to prepare and maybe study another language because in the future will be necessary to be multilingual. We are young so we have time to do it.
Also, we discussed about English as a Lingua Franca, in which we analyse that it is not only to be native speaker but also to join high proficiency. Of course, our role is really big in order to help young learners to acquire the language and use it in their environments.
I will continue later...

My first day of class

Hello.
I returned to the University and I really feel glad to study again.
I am an English Teacher since 4 years ago but I know that I need to improve my job. Maybe this opportunity will help me to reinforce my process and transform my practice in order to benefit my students learning.