PPP Lesson

Hello everyone and welcome back to my blog. This week's blog is about our class on 08/17/23. We studied about PPP lesson planning (Presentation - Practice - Production). 

Normally, the presentation is the moment when the teacher has to explain. Then, in practice, it is more about teacher-student/student-teacher, where they can do activities, either controlled or free practice. And in production it is mostly the student's time to show an authentic outcome, which is the main objective.

We then talked about two main topics, teaching vocabulary and grammar. We discussed that to teach vocabulary it was recommendable to use Realia, pictures and so on. As for grammar, it can be taught deductively (straight to the point) or indeductively.

Also, in terms of activities or practice time, we as teachers should do at least 2 activities during the class, it can be one controlled practice and the other not or both controllable. 

In controlled practice, the student may have no or almost no chance to make mistakes. An example can be that the learner chooses the correct verb conjugated at the right time. 

1- Maria has ( wrote/written) a love letter. 

The student in this case can underline the correct option. 

2- Maria has ____ (write) a love letter. 

The student in this case can write the correct option with the verb in parentheses that would be in the base form.

In free practice it will be more about students playing with the language. Therefore, we as teachers must make sure to provide as much time as possible for students to learn better while practicing. 

And there we are in the classroom, not sure who took this photo, but it popped up in my gallery from that day (08/17/23). 😂

In the next blog post, I will share with you our first lessons on vocabulary and grammar. So stay tuned. ✌

Flexibility in Lesson Planning.

Hello everyone! Welcome once again to my blog for the week 08/10/23. 

First of all, that day we had been asked to arrive half an hour early, as Miss Brendaly had requested our help to participate in some activities that other students in the major had to do. So I had to leave work a little early, but I arrived on time and decided to participate. 

I remember we first scanned a QR code to fill out a general survey. Then a few of us went on to do a sight translation practice. The text was about artificial intelligence and its impact on society. Honestly, it had been a while since I had practiced this type of translation, but I think it went well. 

After that, we had a meeting with Regina, who is also a student, but unlike us, she already has a lot of experience in the field. Then she taught several very interesting topics that allowed us to learn more about this business area. What I remember is that the companies she recommends are AIIC, ATA, AGIT and USAID. We can quote interpreting equipment with Komunicare and Signify. An estimated charge for translations would be $25/$30 per page or 10/15 cents per word. For a quote we must take into account personal budget, client payment, and payment schedule. And I actually forgot to take pictures about this. 

Then, Lic Orlando started the class. We talked about "Magic moments/topics" which are those that everyone wants to talk about. 

We have to keep in mind that everything we teach has to be according to the student's level. (Realistics scenarios)

The objective and the production must always match.

Lesson planning, its like a recepe. We have to make sure it takes us to the fianl objective. 

Here is Lic Orlando showing us his crazy watch.