First of all, I want to thank you all for your efforts this week. You are all working hard and deserve a break. The weekend is not very long but we hope it is enough to recharge your batteries.
Some of you have had very successful lessons this week; some of you have had (shall we say?) "learning opportunities". The important thing to bear in mind as we move into week three, however you feel your performance has been up to now, is that from Monday we are in some respects back to square one.
Your students will be new to you and this will raise novel challenges: anticipating problems, language grading, pace and timing, planning your lessons with your students in mind - all this will be more difficult in week three than it was in week two.
As a result, you may find that your initial lessons with the new group don't always go as smoothly as you might expect. This is in many ways normal and you should see it as "acclimatisation". You need to extract the lessons from your TP sessions as quickly as possible so you can act on them in your following lessons.
We will take account of all this in the way we assess your initial encounter with your new group. We anticipate some initial "turbulence" and will make allowances; what we won't accept is poor performance in areas that we can justifiably expect you to be in reasonable command of at this stage (such as planning your procedure, framing aims, ordering materials, receptive skills procedures, class organisation and management).
To do this week-end
- Lessons from the Classroom assignment – please note that this needs to be submitted at 9.00hrs so that your tutors can read it before your tutorial meeting
- Work on resubmissions of Language Related Tasks (if necessary)
- Prepare for tutorial – complete self-evaluation in CELTA 5 (p. 11 – 15)
Suggested background reading
- Scrivener old edition p. 6-8/new edition p.22-26 (Three kinds of teacher)
- Scrivener old edition p.16-19/new edition p.105-108 (Potential problems)
Don’t forget to take some time off and do something physical or at least not work-related!
The Sony Cinestar at Potsdamer Platz shows original language films. Current options include:
Die Hard 4.0: Live Free or Die Hard
The new Harry Potter movie
The Namesake (matinee only)
Teaching practice in week 3
On Monday you will interview students from your new group and also teach the others in a carousel style (more details on Monday).
Assessed teaching practice starts on Tuesday.
You will receive guidance for Tuesday and Wednesday’s lessons on Monday and there will be additional lesson preparation time on Tuesday (i.e. there is no input from 12.30 to 14.00)
Assessor visit in week 3
The Cambridge assessor will be visiting us on Friday Week Three. More information regarding her role will be given closer to the time.
Best wishes,
Anthony
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