The Teacher’s Mirror

Welcome to a new episode of The Teacher’s Mirror, brought to you by the Licenciatura in Bilingualism with emphasis on English Language from the Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, from Pereira, Colombia. Today we will be talking about what it takes for designing and implementing appropriate material during the teaching practicum. These aspects will be discussed along this episode:

Type of material created or adapted for the course assigned.

Advantages and disadvantages such material.

Learners’ response to the material proposed by the practitioners.

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"Sweeter Vermouth" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)

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"Your Call" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)

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Welcome to this new episode of The Teacher’s Mirror, brought to you by the Licenciatura in Bilingualism with emphasis on English Language from the Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, from Pereira, Colombia. In this episode, we will be talking about challenges in assessment and evaluation during the teaching practicum. These questions will be discussed along this podcast:

Is it better to apply summative or formative types of assessment?

Which is the most challenging skill to assess in a public school setting?

Is it feasible to evaluate speaking in such context?

Two pre-service teachers will be discussing about these questions based on their experience in a Colombian public school.

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Music from https://filmmusic.io

"Sweeter Vermouth" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)

License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Music from https://filmmusic.io

"Your Call" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)

License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

How do complementary activities of the school or English subject affect your practicum?

In this episode, we will be discussing the following questions:

1. How aligned are these activities with the curricular content?

2. Which constraints in terms of students' interest, behavior and commitment do these activities involve?

3. How much extra workload do in-service and pre-service teachers have when planning these activities?

4. How is language learning empowered or negatively affected with the development of these activities?

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"Sweeter Vermouth" and "Your Call" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)

License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

In Colombian public schools, it is very common that a number of cultural, institutional, national, academic, or leisure activities are programmed and executed along the school year. To what extent do these activities affect the regular teaching practicum of pre-service teachers? What can be done? Do these activities contribute to students’ holistic development or are they just a barrier for the continuum of a normal learning process, particularly in the development of skills in another language? Two practitioners of the Licenciatura in Bilingualism with emphasis on English Language will share with us their opinions about it.

Music from https://filmmusic.io

"Sweeter Vermouth" and "Your Call" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)

License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Introduction to the program: The Teacher's mirror, from Lic. en Bilingüismo con Énfasis en Inglés from Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira.