ITC TRAINING

Tues 7/9:  MAJORS: Reasons supporting FLE, Assignment 1a. Forum introduced

Class Forum  (link will be functional in the published version)

Components of Communicative Proficiency

The communicative Objective

Bloom's Taxonomy

Assignment: Analysis of Activities

Overview and discussion: Theories of teaching, theories of language

General overview of the supportive role of educational psychology and theories of learning

Teachers' Workbench Project - Learning Theories

• Learning Approaches - Deep and Surface Learning
• Behaviourism and its implication for classroom management and instruction
  
• Behaviourism - Power Point Presentation

To be discussed (week of Nov 8th)

Thurs 9/9:   PSEC2: Greetings, names, origin

Fri 10/9:   PSEC2: Inquiries re health, introductions. Writing task assigned

Mon 13/9: PSEC2:  Methods: Reasons supporting FLE, Assignment 1

Thurs 16/ 9: PSEC2: Numbers, age, days. Pronunciation support

• Dates
• Telling the time, stating time at which an event occurs
• Stating likes and preferences with regard to leisure time activities
• Identifying family members
• Stating names, age, professions of family members
• Describing family members
• Reading and comprehension activities
• La casa: Topic introduced. Relevant selections read in class. Listening material posted online. Students tasked with identifying vocabulary for furniture and kitchen appliances

Describing household activities

• Present tense of regular -ar, -er and -ir verbs
• Some verbs with irregular yo forms
• Differentiating between saber and conocer
• Idioms with tener

Introduce vocabulary for household tasks
Describing persons and things

To be assigned:

• Composite task: Acerca de mi
• Reflections
  

Oral Assignment:

• Recording a reading selection
• Providing personal information

Quiz posted on website (October, 30th)

Webquest on Spanish-speaking countries discussed and assigned.

Mon 20/9: PSP2b: Task 1 assigned. Date to be changed

Mon 4/10: PSP2b:

ASSOCIATE DEGREE

Webquest prepared

The Primary Spanish Curriculum - Objectives, Minimal Attainment targets. Photocopies

Content:  Scope and Sequence Chart

Strategies - relate to specific topics, developmental stage, reliance on support materials

Key factors to facilitate learning - PowerPoint presentation

 MINORS:  

Reasons supporting FLE, discussion on Browne's article.       Assignment 1 given. Submission date to be changed. Posting to forum

Components of Communicative Proficiency

The communicative Objective

Bloom's Taxonomy

Assignment: Analysis of Activities

As for Majors

 PSEC2: 

The Primary Spanish Curriculum

Methods: Objectives, Content - discussion / identification of likely topics, relationship to the child's world.

Strategies - relate to specific topics, developmental stage, reliance on support materials

Key Factors for Success - PowerPoint presentation embedded on site.

Special Provision made for Gillian. PowerPoint copied to a CD and supported by slides with enlarged font

New Topics

• Review MI Theory in connection with attainment targets
• How does application of this theory support learning?
• Targets: Quantifying 1-10, identifying favourite colours
• TPR: Application of commands
• Natural Approach: Sequence of questions
• Support Material.
• Prepare PowerPoint for last three topics. Modify slides for Gillian. Copy presentation to CD so she can hear audio comments
• Use this site
  

PSP2b / PSEC2 (Methodology)

Effective Classroom Practice

Power Point presentation on 'Effective Practice' completed, embedded into website.

Content discussed. Provision made for Gillian to facilitate her participation in the group activity

Assignment re posting comment assigned (Task 2a)

Assignment re identifying activities for particular topics given. Group allocations made

Working on Group Assignment, Task 2b (8th November) (Ec2, P2A)

Analysis of video lessons (Viva Español) using set criteria

Group Activity: Assessing suitability of activities

Methodology

Micro-teaching

Text: Viva el español

Pages to be photocopied to support planning for micro-teaching. To be handed out as required

Procedure

• Photocopied lessons will be discussed. Students will use them to inform their planing.

• Groups will be assigned micro-teaching tasks. Support material is to be created.
  

• Performances will be graded
  

1 - 7: Greetings, name

11-17:  Procedure for introducing vocabulary

19 -24:  Inquiries about health,                26 - assessment

27 - 30:  Colours               33:   Days         46 - 50, 53: Parts of the body

54 - 57, 64 - 65: Animals, sounds

69 - 70:  Telling age               76 - 78: Colorea de, dates

82 - 86: Family             114 - 115, 145:  Months, weather

13 - 127:  Clothes

Games:   266, 271, 274, 275, 277, 279

Discuss:

• Parts of the lesson  
• Pencil and paper assessments Not done

Micro Teaching

Completed in PSEC2 and PSP2B

PSP2A:
Preparation for micro teaching assigned as a vacation task


Associate Degree

The Primary Spanish Curriculum

• Objectives: Cognitive, Cultural, Affective
• Content: Major characteristics - must relate to learners' immediate reality, must be adequately supported
• Classroom Climate: Affective Filter Theory
• Methods: Natural Approach, TPR
• Multiple Intelligences Theory

Students were assigned task to be completed during the Xmas break.
They were taken in groups to the Computer Lab where they were shown how to access the material to be read and the assignment.
Their attention was directed to the rubric and the marks allocated to Grammar and Expression