Week 3 - Reflection on tasks

I was ill and nervous since I was away from my tasks and obligation. I was disappointed and helpless. Now that I am getting back on track, which I believe I will, I feel even more determined to achieve good results.

While I was ill and not able to do much work, I was reflecting upon what I had done and what I knew that I have to do… without any resources, books, computer, internet… I just went back through my teaching experience and wanted to have a clear memory of what I had done, what I had read, what I had had as a problem or issue… It took my mind from my condition which was good. Only now do I see the benefit of it. Why? Because now I read some final project reports, and I commented on one of them and understood what I was expected to do as my final project much better.

I often jump from one topic to another, I thought of the issue of teaching pronunciation first. I had read some articles and even two books on the issue of English as a Lingua Franca, the changing role of the model of the language taught, the role of non-native speakers of English as teachers… I thought that I had my project idea. In the end, I did not even comment on the pronunciation issue in my first task for week 3.  I decided that I should find my focus, make sure it is my focus and work on the question central to the focus. We will see how it goes.

I really appreciated the model reports. Seeing a model provides a much clearer explanation of a task than endless explanations… which is a good thought for a teacher to know when giving explanations and tasks. We should present model answers more often.