C O N C L U S I O N

The subject of "Didàctica de la Llengua Anglesa" is coming to an end. At the beginning of it, I had some expectations, such as knowing more things related to the English branch of education, practicing with new activities, improving my language skills and sharing knowledge and experiences with my peers. In some way, I think that I have reached them.

When it comes to knowing more about the English branch of education, I have learnt many new things. Among them, I have been taught how to plan a lesson to be significant and assure that children will review former contents, as well as learning and practicing new ones. Besides, I have learnt about many useful resources and tools to use on education. And I have also known different strategies to use, as a teacher, in the classroom.

I wanted to practice with new activities too. I have had the opportunity to accomplish them personally, as I had to create the scrapbook and the blog, which have been making my learning visible. Through the different lessons, I have also learnt a diversity of routine songs, warm up and wrap activities to include in the teaching.

As this subject has been taught in English, I have had many opportunities to hear and practice the language. I have learnt new words, although I know that there is still a lot to learn and that this is a continuous working. 

The final aspect that I wanted to accomplish was sharing with my peers what we knew and had experienced. Fortunately, I have been able to learn from other classmates. But focusing on the group of work, I have had the chance to work with wonderful peers. We have collaborated together all the time and I am glad to have learnt from them.

My experience with this subject has been a huge learning, as it has been one of my first University experiences related to how to teach English. I am conscious that, as a teacher, this learning is going to be continuous, but now at least I am aware of some of the things that go around the world of teaching English, in order to make it meaningful.

GLOGSTER

During the previous lessons we were told to create a Glogster with the topic Making Learning Visible: Assessment and the Home School Connection in The Preschool/Primary English Child-Centered Classroom. Taking into account what we have learnt on this subject, I have created a poster in which I try to explain what I understand about this topic.

http://anaglogster.edu.glogster.com/making-learning-visible/

  

First of all, I want to emphasize the importance of communication between the schools and the families, as they are two contexts in which children are educated. Both should exchange comments and show interest and respect for what the other has to say, working together for the education of the children. It would be important to involve families in their child's learning activities at home, practicing together what children have learnt at the school.  

I also find important that students learn together, through different materials and resources,  contexts and interactions. They should take advantage of every learning situation and give sense to their learning. What's more, there are plenty of situations and materials to show what oneself is learning, to make it visible, so it would be good to promote them in the classroom. On the Glogster I have wanted to focus on two of the resources that we have used during this subject to show our learning: the scrapbook and the blog. Regarding the blog, I think that it is a good resource to connect the families and the schools, and also to assess the students.    

And finally, as I wanted to show something more visual, I have included a video in which a teacher explains to her students her learning of juggling, giving an example to them of how to make learning visible.