Final Reflection

What was useful /not useful in terms of the classroom practice?
Looking at the course that have passed, I can say that the presentation that I had to do were very useful, because they made me think on my teaching practice and gave me hints to improve it, in relation to the different approaches that we studied.
Also, making a parallel between the approaches was very useful, because the comparison made me reflect on the positive aspects of each one.

What things you enjoyed/didn't enjoy?
I really enjoyed the readings. They were great! very interesting and motivating to read. Very useful! I also enjoyed writing on the blog, because it was an instance of reflection on the course. But I didn't enjoy posting comments on other blogs. Most of the times I had nothing to say, and I think that was a little bit forced. Reflecting on my process is OK, but commenting on others were boring.

What you think would improve this module, why?
I think that spending more time on studying the Communicative Approach would be great. Finally, that approach is the one that we want to apply, or at leats try it. So, I think is important to focus more on that. However, the knowledge of the other approaches is very useful too!

Developing our Professional Competence

I felt completely identified with the article, in terms of reflecting on my teaching practice and promising some changes for the next year. In my case, the resolutions that I make are in relation to the read aloud planning. I would like to have the time to prepare in more details the books that I am going to read. That is to say, write down the questions that I am going to ask, design pre during and post reading activities. Sometimes I do it, but I would like to do it with each book that I read.
When the year starts and I have to do lots of things, is very difficult to maintain the promise that I have done the year before. I am running every day in order to prepare all the activities and materials, but I don't stop myself to think on the read aloud. I know that I have the book in my classroom, so I can read it. This is very bad, because I know that if I prepare the read aloud, the students learn even more.
On the other hand, the school should give more hours for planning, because there is too much to do, and too little time.
Finally, I think this chapter is in a book on methodology, because reflect on our own teaching practice is part of the methodologies that a teacher applies for the learning process. When we reflect, we can identify the aspects that should be improved and the methodology will change.