Billy Elliot, just a great film.

This film is a good way to see that our dreams can come true. Billy really wanted to be a dancer, and he just tried very hard to reach his dream, even though he was humiliated by many people including both his father and brother, but when the time went by they started to support Billy in everything he needed.

Another important aspect was the fact that Billy’s father had serious problems regarding his job because almost the whole people who work in the coal mines were on strike, which made it even more complicated for Billy to make his dream to come true.
In spite of all the problems Elliot’s family faced, they supported 100% Billy and that was just fantastic, because that is resiliency, they never gave up Billy’s dream.
I think that this is very similar to what we are doing right now, everybody in the class wants to be teachers of English and we are eager to study, and learn as much as we can in order to make our dream to come true.

High quality microlessons!!!!!!

Today, our classmates did a great job with their microlessons, I really feel that I have learnt something new.

First, Cristobal Jara based his topic on both technology and telecommunication, and how they can be successfuly appplied in teaching.
Mr. Jara introduced twitter to us, which was very interesting because I did not know anything about it, by showing how it really works.
As a result of that, I think that I am going to create a twitter account as soon as I get home.

Although it was a great performance, Cristobal should slow down the pace when presenting something in front of the class, nobody is chasing him.


Second, Evelyn Antillanca's presentation was very engaging, I could notice that almost the whole class was looking at her all the time.
Also, she managed classoom atmosphere and was very practical at the moment of giving the lesson because I was able to uderstand everything she was trying to explain to the audience.

Third and final, Daniela Aguilar's microlesson was excellent beacuse she knew well how to choose the topic, and she suceed in giving some meaningful pieces of advice regarding reciclying to save our planet. As Mr. Litman says, the information she gave was very useful and all the videos she showed were very touching. Great job Daniela, KEEP ON LIKE THIS!!!

Finaly, today's presentations got really what Mr. Litman wants from us, and that is hard working, therefore the next microlessons are supposed to be even better, including mine.

The first microlessons of the second semester

Gustavo Rojas' microlesson was not good at all mainly for three reasons:

Firstly, Gustavo used too much time explaining to the audience the Instituto Nacional’s history, and that was a little bit boring, it looked more like a presentation than a microleson, too much information.

Secondly, Mr. Rojas was not able to make a clear purpose regarding his microleson, he did not teach anything, and I hardly understood a few ideas, as a result of that the concept of clarity was not one of Gustavo’s strengths.

Thirdly, Gustavo was too nervous, apparently he did not feel comfortable in front of the audience, and that is something Gustavo should improve because the next year he is supposed to be in front of teenagers and that is not an easy task.

Daisy Barril’s microlesson, she tried to interact as much as she could with the audience by giving some useful tips in order to get relaxed; However, Daisy did not do a microleson, it was just a presentation about something, and I did not learn anything new. Another important aspect that Daisy should consider is the fact that we as future teachers are supposed to solve problems like audio failures in the middle of the lesson, and we have to solve those problems on the spot by using creativity, that is what it is all about.

Finally, Stephanie Bravo’s microlesson was too long and she was the only person who spoke during the lesson.Also, there are some problems regarding English, and those are not supposed to be problems for 4th year students of English, just remember that the next year we will be working for a school and knowledge is what really matters. There is a long way to go for her, so she had better start working on her weaknesses.