Inspirational quote

Inspirational quote

2 Jun 2021

QUESTIONS: Who are those students? What are their ages and English levels? Do they have opportunities to practice English outside of the classroom?

Let me tell you a bit about my teaching context. I teach English and French to undergraduate students in the Law and Politics science school at UNMSM and Didactics of EFL to teacher-students in the education school at UNE-EGyV in Lima, Peru.

The number of students is varied, between 15 and 45 per class. All of them are adults, and their age range is 18 to 35. Their English level is elementary for EFL/FLE courses, and they cannot apply their language learning outside class. However, pre-service English teachers may improve their communication skills in English during class and teaching practice. The level of English is a bit low, A1 / A2/ B1, for prospective teachers.

Most support to my teaching job is giving teacher-students different ways of comprehending and interpreting new insights introduced in class. I also give EFL/FLE students language support and communication skills to engage in their tasks or perform them.

There are many challenges foreign language teachers face every lesson; one is to teach a compulsory course that students have to pass and get credits, but they would prefer something else. Nevertheless, contextualizing and adapting "materials and activities that meet [these] students at their current level of knowledge and ability (World Learning, 2018)" making their learning experiences more meaningful and valuable, I notice unpredictable learning outcomes.

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