Amazement

The second week of my studying technology is coming to an end. I was really amazed by the materials which we’ve got.

Everything was unusual for me. Let’s take for example, how to participate in the discussion. I can’t say that I hadn’t known anything before about it, but very short instructions helped me to concentrate on what is a must (what I shouldn’t miss). We were offered to read interesting articles and samples of other participants’ reflections in blogs. A long list of sites which could be used by teachers of English was introduced to us. It was fun for me to open new sites and travel in the Internet watching videos, cartoons, pictures, listening to different stories and legends useful for ELT. It was also very interesting to study the blogs of the former participants of the course.

There were so many interesting things to read and learn that I nearly got lost in them and there was a moment when I thought I’d be drown in the sea of the materials.

A B C D style of writing objectives was a real discovery for me. Though I have already done several courses and written hundreds of different objectives while working in ELT I have detected quiet a new “phenomenon” for me. With the help of the formula “Audience Behaviour Condition Degree” a teacher is able to foresee both the process and the results of learning. And of course it’s very important for the students to know the objectives from the very beginning.

Unfortunately I had a trouble with navigation (I couldn’t get at once to the necessary place), but I’ve managed to overcome it and after a short self training I can get wherever I wish.

All in all, the week was great for me as well as for the other participants judging from their reflections.