https://padlet.com/paulagarbi14/qytx6ui44cinny5b en-us 2022-09-23 08:45:11 UTC 2026-01-27 12:38:01 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f469-1f3eb.png paulagarbi14 https://padlet.com/paulagarbi14/qytx6ui44cinny5b/wish/2310286551 In today's class we have assessed two writing texts. I like the activity but it was really difficult for me to score them and also to get an agreement with another person.

Our rating was so different from other classmates, on the whole, the most different can I say. I think that it turned out to be so because of we focused on the aim of the task and the rest focused in all the content.

From my point of view, the holistic one is more difficult to use because it can only be from 0 to 6 and in addition without 0.5 but the analytic has the difficulty that you have to agree the number of errors that means, for example, a few and also that maybe sometimes you only want to test grammar or vocabulary and these parts not score so much with this assessing.

In this session, I thaught about how challenging will be in the future to mark my students and also that I have to know a lot of assessing methods in order to can choose the best one depending on what I want or maybe create my own but explaining it very detailed.]]> 2022-09-23 10:36:04 UTC https://padlet.com/paulagarbi14/qytx6ui44cinny5b/wish/2310286551 paulagarbi14 https://padlet.com/paulagarbi14/qytx6ui44cinny5b/wish/2315062044 It take me 30 minutes. If I had had the chance of having the cover letter models with me, I think that anything had changed. I didn't found any difficulties in terms of spelling, grammar or vocabulary. I have revised the text structure two times. From my point of view, I have could included more details about my personal experience and qualities.]]> 2022-09-27 07:20:40 UTC https://padlet.com/paulagarbi14/qytx6ui44cinny5b/wish/2315062044 paulagarbi14 https://padlet.com/paulagarbi14/qytx6ui44cinny5b/wish/2325204764 In today's class we have rewrite a new cover letter. I am not sure about the amount of time that it take me today. This time it was more difficult than the other day because we had a real job offer and we knew what we had to cover but I think that my new one is more complete, mainly the details of my personal and professional experience.]]> 2022-10-04 07:46:12 UTC https://padlet.com/paulagarbi14/qytx6ui44cinny5b/wish/2325204764 paulagarbi14 https://padlet.com/paulagarbi14/qytx6ui44cinny5b/wish/2325205351 In today's class we have compared both versions of the cover letters and counted up the amount of deletions, additions, substitutions and rearrangements that we carried out in our texts. As we can see and as I said before, I added a lot of new information]]> 2022-10-04 07:46:39 UTC https://padlet.com/paulagarbi14/qytx6ui44cinny5b/wish/2325205351 paulagarbi14 https://padlet.com/paulagarbi14/qytx6ui44cinny5b/wish/2332373936 Today we have been preparing for the job interview next week.
At first, we had to think about our personal skills and then we had to say them in a maximum of 20 seconds. On the second part of the class, we had to assess a couple of classmates that put into practice a job interview and provide them some feedback and suggestions to improve it.]]> 2022-10-09 10:22:49 UTC https://padlet.com/paulagarbi14/qytx6ui44cinny5b/wish/2332373936 paulagarbi14 https://padlet.com/paulagarbi14/qytx6ui44cinny5b/wish/2340174454 To prepare the oral interaction task (job interview) that we did today I used the following strategies: 
- For making sure that the content I provided was coherent and adequate for the topic and the task, I checked the activities from the job interview video and made my europass. Here I had some useful expressions for both roles and the information that I wanted to provide about myself (qualifications, personal experience, ...).
- To revise the vocabulary I used, I made a list of useful words and expressions from the handouts.
- For getting ready for interaction, we were practising with our classmates while we were waiting for our turn outside the class but we also practised the days before in class.
- I revised the pronunciation of some words that I want to use, such empathetic or patience, using wordreference to listen and repeat them.]]> 2022-10-14 10:18:50 UTC https://padlet.com/paulagarbi14/qytx6ui44cinny5b/wish/2340174454 paulagarbi14 https://padlet.com/paulagarbi14/qytx6ui44cinny5b/wish/2349609227 In today's class we have been checking the answers to the video about Van Keer, which was very difficult to understand because of the pronunciation of the woman. But despite this, I finally could answer all of them. Although, after the discussion, I have more clear the main ideas.

Then, we wrote down topics that we would like to investigate. It was really hard to think about it because I have never been asked about it before. I really want to know if learning English has the same difficulty for learners all over the world.

At the end, we made some questionnaires about issues on learning English like pronunciation or writing. I found this activity very interesting because I realized about how difficult is to make the correct questions to obtain the information that you really want.]]> 2022-10-20 19:06:22 UTC https://padlet.com/paulagarbi14/qytx6ui44cinny5b/wish/2349609227 paulagarbi14 https://padlet.com/paulagarbi14/qytx6ui44cinny5b/wish/2354148507 2022-10-24 18:23:23 UTC https://padlet.com/paulagarbi14/qytx6ui44cinny5b/wish/2354148507 paulagarbi14 https://padlet.com/paulagarbi14/qytx6ui44cinny5b/wish/2358645352 In today's class we have been working on the passive voice. The class started with a kahoot that I found it a little bit difficult. Then we went through a teacher explanation of it because there are some differences from Spanish and it's difficult for us to use it properly.

I think that start the class with a kahoot is a funny way to be aware of what we really know about the topic that we are going to work on.]]> 2022-10-27 07:35:58 UTC https://padlet.com/paulagarbi14/qytx6ui44cinny5b/wish/2358645352 paulagarbi14 https://padlet.com/paulagarbi14/qytx6ui44cinny5b/wish/2358648531 In today's class we had to form 3 groups depending on the sentences that we had. It was 3 types: active voice, passive voice and have something done. I had very clear that my sentence was passive voice, but I couldn't found anyone more with the same structure. We finally had to ask the teacher for help because we were all getting frustrated. When we were in teams, we had to download the answers to the questionnaire that we did last week and analyze them.

I found this class very interesting because I learned how to use Google Forms and Excel, which could be useful in my future as a teacher.]]> 2022-10-27 07:38:32 UTC https://padlet.com/paulagarbi14/qytx6ui44cinny5b/wish/2358648531 paulagarbi14 https://padlet.com/paulagarbi14/qytx6ui44cinny5b/wish/2374837065 In today's class we have been working on modal verbs. 
At first, each of us had a fragment of the song "You ought to know" with all the words together and we had to separate them and then analyze what verb tenses appear. Then, the teacher played the song and we had to raise our hand when our piece were sing to make pairs with the person who had the before or the after one. Once we were in pairs, we did a kahoot to practice modal verbs and made a list with some uses of them.

The kahoot was very easy for me, but make the list was a little bit difficult because I didn't practice it since I was on the high school.]]> 2022-11-08 11:39:02 UTC https://padlet.com/paulagarbi14/qytx6ui44cinny5b/wish/2374837065 paulagarbi14 https://padlet.com/paulagarbi14/qytx6ui44cinny5b/wish/2384501683 In today's class we have been reading about the origins of different English varieties. In my case, it was about South Asia.

We read individually some texts and then we had to explain to our classmates 10 curiosities or important things about ours.

It was difficult for me to extract 10 short ideas because the text was long, but at the end it was very interesting to learn new things about culture.

When the teacher told us that we were going to be recorded without previous preparation I felt nervous, but at the end it went in a good way because we could read the paper.]]> 2022-11-15 09:38:09 UTC https://padlet.com/paulagarbi14/qytx6ui44cinny5b/wish/2384501683 paulagarbi14 https://padlet.com/paulagarbi14/qytx6ui44cinny5b/wish/2390123216 In today's class we have been working on the article "Informing and transforming language teacher education pedagogy" by Johnson & Golombek.

At first, we had to read the text and then we had to discuss some questions in pairs. The questions were:
1. LTE around the world
2. Which ones are you familiar with?
3. What is LTE in your background?
And at the end we put all of them in common and we realized that we are familiar with more experiences in LTE than we can remember.

The second part of the class was a kahoot about phonetic, which was very difficult for me. Pairs were also formed by different phonetic sounds and we needed teacher's help to found each other.]]> 2022-11-18 15:59:23 UTC https://padlet.com/paulagarbi14/qytx6ui44cinny5b/wish/2390123216 paulagarbi14 https://padlet.com/paulagarbi14/qytx6ui44cinny5b/wish/2396565994 Today's class started with a song: Panic - The Smiths. At first, we had to write down in our notebook all the sentences and cities that we could understand. I felt frustrated because I wasn't able to catch any full sentence. Then, the teacher gave us a sentence of the song to make pairs with the person who had the previous or the next one.

The whole class was about phonetic. We started with a explanation of vowels and then we had to complete a filling table with consonants. Later, we had to "translate" some sentences from the song into phonetics. And the end of the class was a kahoot about the day's topic.

This session was one of the most difficult for me because I had never work on this before, but while the session was taking place I found it a little bit easier.]]> 2022-11-24 08:31:15 UTC https://padlet.com/paulagarbi14/qytx6ui44cinny5b/wish/2396565994 paulagarbi14 https://padlet.com/paulagarbi14/qytx6ui44cinny5b/wish/2396566153 Today's class started correcting the last sentences about phonetics and transcribing the first sentences of the song that we had chosen. In my case, it was "I will survive" - Gloria Gaynor. I chose this song because it reminds me to my mum. Then, the teacher provide us a web to self-correct it and we had to say out loud what's the topic of our song.

During the second part of the class, the teacher explained that we have to create a TBLT session based on the song and we made a discussion about the topic that will be covered in the next virtual exchange.

I think that this has been one of the most dynamic sessions because we have done many different activities and, in addition, I realized that I had improved my phonetic transcription so I felt very happy.]]> 2022-11-24 08:31:26 UTC https://padlet.com/paulagarbi14/qytx6ui44cinny5b/wish/2396566153 paulagarbi14 https://padlet.com/paulagarbi14/qytx6ui44cinny5b/wish/2401568247 In today's class we have been working about how to write a review.

At first, the teacher taught us the structure that it has to have, and then we read an example. The next task was to think and write down how our writing process is. Listen to the classmates' processes has helped me to catch new ideas about how to improve it. After that, we talked about our songs to be aware about the things that we have to investigate more.

During the second part of the class, we had time to make a survey about the virtual exchange, but I didn't do it because I preferred to do it at home. Then, we have recorded ourselves talking in groups about the virtual exchange. I couldn't participate so much because I only could connect to one session.]]> 2022-11-29 08:48:50 UTC https://padlet.com/paulagarbi14/qytx6ui44cinny5b/wish/2401568247 paulagarbi14 https://padlet.com/paulagarbi14/qytx6ui44cinny5b/wish/2401568497 In today's class we have been working about the films of the Monty Python.

At first, we saw a short video from the film "Life of Brian" and then we had to guess, taking into account the context, the meaning of some words and phrases that appeared. I have to say that the phrases were easier than the words but at the end I could complete all of them. Then we had to summarize all what happened in just 25 words and I could do it in only 15! To end up with this, we saw another short video from the same film and we had to answer some questions. We also learned how the British pronunciation is.

During the second part of the class we worked on reported speech by transcribing some dialogues from the scenes of the film that we had just watched. This was easy for me except one of them that we all had problems with.]]> 2022-11-29 08:49:09 UTC https://padlet.com/paulagarbi14/qytx6ui44cinny5b/wish/2401568497 paulagarbi14 https://padlet.com/paulagarbi14/qytx6ui44cinny5b/wish/2411799809 In today's class we have been working on the narrative text.

During the first part of the class, we read a text about an invented life of Ximo Bayo and then we created our own Valencian Messiah.

On the second part of the class we worked on the "Black Mirror" episode that we had to see, specifically on the characters and some phrases that they say in order to practice the different types of conditionals.

I found this class very funny because all the activities were creative and dynamic.]]> 2022-12-07 07:34:34 UTC https://padlet.com/paulagarbi14/qytx6ui44cinny5b/wish/2411799809 paulagarbi14 https://padlet.com/paulagarbi14/qytx6ui44cinny5b/wish/2411800062 In today's class we have been practicing grammar, specifically reported speech and conditionals. We did this through some kahoots.

I found this class very funny and dynamic because, as always, kahoot is a funny way to review what we really know.]]> 2022-12-07 07:34:52 UTC https://padlet.com/paulagarbi14/qytx6ui44cinny5b/wish/2411800062 paulagarbi14 https://padlet.com/paulagarbi14/qytx6ui44cinny5b/wish/2415518741 In today's session we talked about teaching English as a Global Language after reading the article "Informing and transforming language teacher education pedagogy" - Johnson & Golombek (2020).

In the small group we were discussing about the questions raised and we summarized that the most important thing is that we have to teach useful and meaningful contents for our students through projects created by ourselves.

I felt very confortable because everyone shared her knowledge and opinions and we even lacked time to continue talking about the topic.]]> 2022-12-09 11:44:53 UTC https://padlet.com/paulagarbi14/qytx6ui44cinny5b/wish/2415518741 paulagarbi14 https://padlet.com/paulagarbi14/qytx6ui44cinny5b/wish/2415545296 Today's class has been the last one of all our degree 🥹

At first, we did a kahoot about reported speech and conditionals. Then, we did a writing activity in which we had to write an essay about the topic "Everything happens for a reason?". And to end up, we did a moke exam to practice for our final exam in January.

I have to say that in this class I felt really comfortable and motivated because in both, the kahoot and the moke exam, I got very good results.]]> 2022-12-09 12:19:59 UTC https://padlet.com/paulagarbi14/qytx6ui44cinny5b/wish/2415545296 paulagarbi14 https://padlet.com/paulagarbi14/qytx6ui44cinny5b/wish/2417679907 2022-12-12 12:23:21 UTC https://padlet.com/paulagarbi14/qytx6ui44cinny5b/wish/2417679907