This was the last lesson before
starting with the microteachings in the following two lessons. In this last
lesson we talked about the different approaches in general and then in content
and language. The general approaches were the following ones:
- To start with images or real objects to make the pupils remember previous knowledge.
- To start setting questions that set the awareness of the pupils.
- To start with a presentation which introduces concepts and language.
- To start with a problem or something that can interest them and make them think to introduce some of the ideas.
- To start with a text.
- To start with questions.
Regarding to the content we learnt that it is important
to focus on the message and to be really clear on the message. It is also
important to mix different textual styles in presentations to make it clearer
and more motivating for the children; so we can sweep from visuals to tables or
diagrams.
Another way to introduce the content
in a motivating way if we are using text is to make them also different. We can
move from texts with bullet points to continuous text or to tables or diagrams.
Then, talking about the language, it is important to use the
right amount of language and of words. It is also important that this words are
in an appropriate level of grammar and also in an appropriate syntactical level.
