Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Only one presentation today but the best one so far!!!

Francisca Nuñez gave a great microlesson and she called it "Games as educational tools", this time was a totally different microlesson from the previous ones, it was time to play, and the game was "who wants to be millionaire", the lesson was very engaging because everyone in the classroom took part in it, and Francisca did a great job by controlling every aspect of the game.
Francisca was worried about the time of her lesson which was brilliant, and she felt very comfortable in front of the class using a good tone of voice and trying to be in touch with her students, it was just a fantastic way of giving a microlesson.

A very good job by my classmates!!!!!

First, Mariluz taught us about a very important topic nowadays, which was called "how TV affects teenagers", Mary did a great job during her presentations because she showed us some videos which were very touching, also she mentioned the effects of being in front of the tube the whole day, and the most important thing was that she gave a very clear conclusion at the of her microlesson, great job!!!

Second, Romina Bozan's presentation was about Management strategies for teachers. I think that Romina did an outstanding job because she created a very clear ppt presentation, she used good colors, provided clear some pieces of explanation about the topic, and the info she gave was intended to be very important for us, future teachers of English.
Another important aspect about Romina's presentation was the fact that she always wanted to be in touch with the audience, brilliant.

Third, Studying abroad from Camilo Opazo, he showed us some test required to study abroad which is very important for young teachers of English, good topic.
He did a mock TOEFL test, which was a good experience because I had never done a TOEFL exercise before.
Although he made a great effort to carry out a good presentation this was not a microlesson.

Two more presentations...were they real microlessons???

First, Yara's presentation was about body language in some cultures and its importance for teachers of English when facing students within the classroom, she provided pieces of explanation about how body language is carried out in different cultures, which was just brilliant.
She tried to get the audience involved during her presentation, and the most important thing was that Yara showed that she knew what she was talking about.
She got close to what Mr. Litman wants from us.

Second, Eduardo Maldonado's presentation was called "less words and more action", I have to admit that it was a little bit boring because he gave us too much information about the topic he was presenting instead of making us talk a bit more.
Although Eduardo tries very hard every class he still has some problems regarding fluency and accuracy when expressing ideas in English, and that only means to start working harder.
I think that this was not a microlesson but only a presentation.