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Hi there! My name is Sofia Heck and I would like for you to join me in this Padlet so as to get to know each other! 

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Hi there! My name is Sofia Heck and I would like for you to join me in this Padlet so as to get to know each other! 

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This is the first video introducing myself!

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In this second part of the video I talk a little bit about my town/city Eduardo Castex, when I first moved to Santa Rosa and my living situation during the pandemic.

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My studying and working experience during last year!

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My experience working in Primary School last year, some reflections and feelings about bonding with kids!

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Video talking about my experience currently working at a High School!

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Talking about my hobbies, things I enjoy doing my free time and my first contact with the English language!

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In this last part of the video I talk about the main reason why I decided to study English, final comments about this year and expectations!

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There is always a big, undeniable question that many teachers or, in this case, a future teacher, have to confront at some point during their professional carriers. However, when I use the word "confront" I never think of it with a negative connotation, but rather with a positive one. That is, each person who has decided or decides to become a teacher must evaluate the reason why he/she has chosen to take that path, what has led you to become an educator and not a doctor, for example. Even more to the point, I do not think that the question of why do you decide to teach is something you ask once in your life. Deciding and choosing every day to teach is something that relatively and gradually changes over time and as you gain experience.

For instance, personally speaking, I knew I wanted to become a teacher at an early age. Since I was a child, I always enjoyed explaining someone else an idea, to provide some sort of explanations. As I became older, I started acknowledging that it came easy to me to sit down next to a friend or a classmate and try to present the way I understood a concept. Therefore, by that time, teaching for me was presented in the idea of helping others understand.

Everything clicked once I connected my need for helping others to my passion for the English language. That was when I decided to study English at the National University of La Pampa. A journey that begun in 2017 and still continues. In addition, my experience at the University is not only connected with learning the language itself, but also to make teaching it a more enriching practice. Throughout all of these years, I have visited many schools, both primary and secondary institutions, and I have practised my own personal way of communicating a foreign language to my students. Each year has been remotely different, and each teaching experience has gradually changed my own perspective as a future teacher of English.

In order to conclude, I believe that for me, teaching is related to establish a connection. I have to connect my need for helping others with the language, connect myself at a personal and professional level with my students, connect my ideas and projections with the particular context I have to teach, among many others. I want to teach because of all these reasons, because it is almost impossible to choose only one, and because all of them are intertwined together at the same time. I want to teach because throughout all the years I have known I want to become a teacher I have grown both personally and professionally, taking each experience to this point. And I guess that in the next years, hopefully, I will get to add many more reasons to my list!

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I see teaching as an activity that requires from us some kind of balance. Of course that if you have chosen to become a teacher, you probably enjoy doing it. For instance, as I have mentioned before in one of my videos, what I like most about teaching is creating a bond with my students. I like to think of my classroom as a place where each of them would feel comfortable and seen. It is important for me to achieve an environment where they all feel equals and where they have the space to learn freely. It is not a process that occurs that easily, however, but I do enjoy the process of getting to know each of them and vice versa. Nevertheless, I also believe that me as a teacher have to mention the dislikes of that process. For instance, the very first time I enter a classroom, I feel like I am going to faint. Good impressions are always influential, and the first day you meet your students is significant for the teacher as well as for the students. There are of course rough days when nothing goes as planned. It is necessary to bear in mind both things, the moments we enjoy the most and the difficult parts of everyday class. It is all about creating a balance every single day...!

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Question: If we offer you the job, how long do you think you’ll stay here?

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Question: If we offer you the job, how long do you think you’ll stay here?

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This whole year I will be staying in Santa Rosa. As I have mentioned, I plan on finishing my carrier this year (fingers crossed) and looking for a job there is the best idea since I will not be spending much time here in Eduardo Castex.

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Every time I picture myself in the future, I see myself teaching a Primary School. It is not because I do not enjoy teaching at secondary schools. Fortunately, I have taught in both institutions, but I have found myself enjoying more the Primary school experience. I do not disregard in a near future teaching to teenagers since it is a whole different and challenging experience, but... I would definitely like to be a primary school teacher some day!

I also have plans of travelling abroad! I have always dreamt of living in the United States, Ireland, Italy or England some day. I think that it is an experience I NEED to live at least once in my life and I hope I will!

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How do you want to improve yourself in the next year?

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How do you want to improve yourself in the next year?

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Improvement is something that is always necessary when studying a language, since it is something that evolves all the time. I am hopefully finishing my course of studies this year, but that does not mean I will end studying forever. Finishing my carrier means putting extra effort during this year, to take advantage of the last subjects and to polish any aspects I feel I need to improve.

I will also enjoy improving my teaching stance, which is something that needs improvement and different goals along the way!

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My working experience could be divided into three sections:

- My early approach to the schools: since I started my course of studies in the year 2017 I have attended to different schools. I did my practices in the secondary school "Normal" in Santa Rosa, school n° 246, school "Polivalente", and school n° 227 in Eduardo Castex. During these practices I went to observe different teachers, I was given the chance to deliver classes, to provide "support" lessons and to do my residency at a primary school.

- I have also worked on my own here in my town. Since 2018 I have helped different people who needed help with the language whether it was to increase their use of English or to pass the subject at school.

- And finally, last year I started teaching at the secondary school "Licenciado Hugo Peinetti" in Eduardo Castex. This was actually my very first time in front of a whole class all on my own. A very enriching and fulfilling experience for me!

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How would you describe your relationship with technology?

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How would you describe your relationship with technology?

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I have a very friendly relationship with technology. I was never reluctant to use it, but since 2020 I have become more acquainted with different programs and editors. Virtual classes brought a significant change in my life since I started spending many many hours in front of the computer. Therefore, I needed to get more used to studying and working with innovative programs! Of course, there are still many abilities that getting used to yet...

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This is definitely the most difficult question so far. It is challenging to figure out what my students would say about me. However, there are many things a teacher would like to hear from their students... but for me? I would like for them to say that I listened to them, their needs and their discomforts, that I was able to clear something up to them...!

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My timetable this first part of the year I think will be more flexible. I will be doing two subjects at the University that I still have no information of, since inscriptions are next week! I do have to attend to a seminar this year since it is obligatory in order to get my degree, and it may occur during this first term. As regards other jobs, I am still searching at Santa Rosa, but that is something that can be arranged over time and seeing how things turn out...!