Glogster!

This website it's an interesting tool to teach our learners any subject!

According to the English subject, not only it can motivate the students but also teachers can promote the Speaking, Listening, Reading and Writing skill. 

Use it to introduce a new topic, to create a mind map, summarize the content or to attract your learners' attention. In addition to that, the students will be able to use it to create their projects and, in this way, they will be developing their creativity, increasing curiosity and interest and developing the technolgical competence.

We'd like to share our glogs with you!

Marta Gómez - Reading strategies glog!
Marta Cortés - Wanted glog! 
Álvaro Domínguez - Thinks I like glog!
Miriam Gallardo - Elephant and friends glog!
Aurora Capablanca - Belly dance glog!
Marina Chamizo - Music that I like glog!

Other websites or resources similar to this one are: PREZI, CREATELY, FREE MIND.

Action research

Action research is an investigation or inquiry initiated to solve a specific problem or a reflective processes to improve the educational practices of the teacher who is going to initiate the action research. It provides them immediately results and opportunities to understand and examine their own practices. 

The aim of an action researcher is to bring about development in his/her practice by analysing existing practice and identifying elements for change or improving their strategies, practices and knowledge. 

We have to follow the following stages: 

• Planning
• Acting
• Observing
• Reflecting

Action research can help teachers feel in control of their own professional situation.

Classroom management!

An effective classroom management has to take into account the following tips:

• Know what you want and you don’t want
• Show the students what you want to create you want; Create expectations
• Correct the student’s behavior periodically
• Create rules in the classroom
• Develop an effective praise:

ü Is expressed sincerely, spontaneous and using non-verbal gestures

ü You must not compare with other students

ü Encourage students to appreciate their accomplishments

•  For an effective parents conferences:

ü Documentation about the child’s behavior

ü Maintain eye contact

ü Be a good listener

ü Ask the parents for his input regarding the student

ü Giving parents some concrete ideas for behavior management at home

•  Monitoring the entire class
• Gaining the students’ attention
• Move around the class
• Establish a line between teacher and student

Do you want to know more about classroom management?

http://www.teachervision.fen.com/classroom-management/behavioral-problems/26200.html

P H O N I C S

How to teach your children to read using phonics

It is very useful to teach your students the phonics in a relevant and funny way.

                                                                                

It's time to improve your phonics! 

Look at the following pictures...

Oral Interaction Rubric

Oral interaction rubric

Open publication - Free publishing - More english

The PEPP Model

Hii! This time we are focusing on the PEPP Model. We are going to show you some information and some interesting videos about PEPP. I hope you like them :D

THE PEPP MODEL:

This model is useful to introduce new vocabulary to students. It consists of four phases (Presentation, Exposure, Practice and Production) gradually getting the student to become familiar with them.

1.The first phase is the Presentation, the teacher "presents" the new vocabulary to their students by creating an environment where they have the need to know the language. To attract the attention of students focused on pronunciation and articulation, the teacher has to get on and off the pitch and exaggerate the articulation of words.

2.The next phase is Exposure, which aims to "expose" students to new vocabulary in different contexts and activities. So students are accustomed to the oral form of new vocabulary.

3.Practice is the next step. The goal is to shape the language produced by the students to fit the model provided by the teacher. Common activities are imitation, repetition, correction, ...

4. The last step is Production. The aim of this phase is the development of automated and communicative use of language. The most common activities are: activities in pairs or groups (surveys, role-plays, dialogues,...).