Last week, we had to
teach our colleagues a speaking activity from 5 to 7 minutes. It was a very
difficult and challenging. First because of the time, seven minutes is too short to show everything that I think I am capable of doing, and second as an active and energetic person, limit time makes me nervous and sometimes makes me hurry more that I would normally do, but I tried to do my best to show something that I normally do and love doing with my students.
What was really nice
to see was the creativity and competence of my Brazilian colleagues. There wasn’t
any Brazilian activity that I wouldn’t use at all, maybe I would have to adapt some things, but all
that I saw it was very interactive and engaging to students. Although we
were very nervous and concern about the short time, I notice a lot of hard work
and effort to bring the best activity possible what was really nice and rewarding
to see, unfortunately at school we don’t have so much time to do things like
that, I hope we could have more, it is so refreshing for our practice.
this just goes to show you how important and useful it is to share ideas with your colleagues where you teach. Professional development sessions are very important for teachers to get new ideas and you do not have to go to some expensive conference far away. Great ideas are all around you where you teach.
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