Voices in the Class

We teachers have always faced challenges. New challenges have cropped up since language teaching encompasses instrumental and formative aspects. Though the acronym still exists as ELT, language teaching should actually focus on language learning. We must include all students, yet little do we know how to do this. We should teach for diversity though diversity does not seem to lie deep in curriculum designs. Following Browne’s Voices in the Park, an attempt will be made to voice different perspectives present in today’s EFL classrooms.

Mg. Leonor Corradi.

Ex Profesora de Didáctica del Inglés I del  IES en Lenguas Vivas

AEXALEVI: 100 Years of Educational Excellence

Institutional presentation

Mg Liliana Luna y Lic. Diana Ogando

AEXALEVI

Reflective Practice: Two Sides of the Same Experience

There is a need for teachers to open the door to new realms of possibility in the classroom. There is a need to deepen the understanding of what goes on during lessons as a way forward in professional development. This shared experience reveals what Reflective Practice has in store for educators – a tool which is data-based, collaborative, concrete and conversational rather than theoretical, individual, abstractand written (Walsh and Mann, 2015). It takes full attention, a thinking environment, a self-chosen focus and aiming to understand rather than to solve a problem.Teachers more than ever want to make sense of their experience by engaging in research which is small-scale, shared and significant. They need tools which inspire their work and their learners’ to enable them to meet other voices in the educational community.

Presentación

Pérez Berbain, Mercedes; Sainz Polo, Florencia;  Viña, Camila

Residencia Nivel Primario:

Prof. Mercedes Perez Berbain

 

La biografía escolar: El pasado en nuestro presente

Esta presentación analiza sobre la indagación que se llevó a cabo en la materia Trabajo de Campo, en la cátedra de Pedagogía. La presentadora describirá cómo vivió la experiencia de realizar este trabajo de investigación y cómo logró llegar a su producto final con la ayuda de su tutora. La realización de entrevistas, análisis e investigación de ciertos conceptos teóricos fueron algunas de las herramientas que la llevaron a reflexionar sobre los aportes formativos que  le brindó esta experiencia de formación cuyo objeto de análisis fue la práctica docente y su vinculación con la propia biografía escolar.

 

Criaco, Micaela

Trabajo de campo

Prof. Mirta Mayorga

 

Tackling Classwork Objectives: A Reflective Experience

Content area:  Didactics-Lesson planning

This presentation features the lesson planning process of a student in the Didactics II  classat the Teaching Training College. The presenter will describe how the implementation of significant selected bibliography and the interaction and with her team teacher contributed to the qualitative improvement of her lesson plan in terms of time management, class dynamics and textbook use. The presentation will also refer to meeting the challenge of spurring students’ creativity, critical thinking and 21st century literacies.

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Criaco, Micaela

Didáctica del Inglés como LCE II

Prof. Patricia Veciño

Feasibility and benefits of project work: How can it be carried out successfully in state secondary schools in the City of Buenos Aires?

Content area: Methodology

Trainees shared their work in their practice lessons, how they implemented Project Work.

«During the first term of 2016, we planned, implemented and assessed project work in two state secondary schools. Our challenge was to engage our students in a rewarding and meaningful learning experience, where English became a means for communication, exploration and discovery. The aim of this presentation is to describe the process and share the results while we encourage reflection upon the feasibility and value of project work.»

Trainees: Almagro, Lucía; Chotro, Marisol; Cordeiro, Lucas; García, Cecilia; Guarido, María Paula; López, Evelyn; Ortellado, Cecilia; Pelater, Manuela;  Pepe, María Juliana; Perotti, Adela; Piñero, María Belén; Rizzardo, Nicole; Sartor, María Victoria; Simoncini, Julieta; Tórtora, María Isabela.

We were pleased to have had Prof. Paula Gandolfo and Prof. Sandra Mustafá, tutors of the courses where trainees taught their lessons. 

Metodología y Práctica de la Enseñanza

Mg. Myrian Casamassima

Discovering the Teacher in You

Content area: Methodology

 

Trainees from Residencia, Agustina Borré, Lucila Benavente and Andrea Brittes shared their experience so far.

Students’ way through the Methods course at the teacher’s training college is one which constitutes a ‘baptism of fire’. In this course, students are both exposed to a plan, practice and production process which allow them to combine theory and prior knowledge while developing their own creativity and identity as teachers. By the time trainees reach the internship, the fire, far from having extinguished, is ready to promote autonomous decision-making in a collaborative environment and sets trainees on a journey of self-discovery, with a view to making the classroom a more enjoyable, creative, meaningful place for both themselves and their students.

Residencia

Mg. Myrian Casamassima

Developing and Evaluating Digital Materials

Content area: Materials design

Digital materials have been around for many decades with CD ROM’s accompanying course books as the most widespread alternative. Some teachers consider them as a motivating tool for students. However, they might fail to evaluate its real pedagogical quality. This presentation will explore criteria for analyzing CD ROM’s included in textbooks and the creation of e-activities to supplement their use in order to provide a more communicative learning opportunity for students.

Viviani, Lucía.

Producción de Materiales en Diferentes Soportes.

Prof.María Laura García

Presentación de diapositivas

Materials-Simplification or Social Circulation?

Content area: Methodology-Teaching materials
The aim of this presentation is to compare and contrast two experiences that we had as teacher trainees while delivering our practice lessons. On the one hand, we will explore the creation of a simplified text and its use in the classroom. On the other hand, we will focus on the exploitation of a text of social circulation (“We Know”, a poem by Benjamin Zephaniah), the lesson plan revolving around it and the final outcome.
Ippólito, Gisela Paola; Viviani, Lucía.
Metodología Nivel Primario-
Prof. Silvina Cormick

Presentación

 

The Storytelling Experience

Content area: Storytelling

This presentation displayed the various tools to tell stories in the EFL classroom. Agustina Borré and Silvina Tamburini shared the tips and strategies that helped them the most to include this form of art in their lessons. They talked about their own experience, fears and obstacles they overcame. They also told a story to show both the content and the pleasure of what they learnt.

Watch Agustina telling a story  and Silvina using her puppet

Taller de narración oral

Prof. Fabiana Parano

Presentación de diapositivas- The Storytelling Experience