Microteaching: Grammar

Hi everybody!

Last Friday, we had our last Microteaching here at the University of Arkansas and it was another great experience.

Different from the first time, when we just had 7 minutes, now we had 10 minutes, and these 3 extra minutes helped us a lot not being so nervous during the presentation.

It was another great day of sharing, lots of food for thought, I am so proud of the creativity of my colleagues, I love being among so much creative people. It was also very funny because we decided to act like our Brazilian students and the teacher also bought the idea and we laughed a lot and had lots of fun.

I was more relaxed than the first microteaching, but unfortunately there was  a blackout during my presentation and I was unable to use the computer, but I tried to manage until the end, and I was more relieved than upset that I tried to do my best.

Our time here is almost ending, but our suitcase is full of great ideas and good memories, what a great experience, I am so grateful for this opportunity!

International Teaching English Conference

Hey guys!

On last Tuesday, we had a mini-Tesol Conference here at the University of Arkansas and it was an amazing experience.

We had to present to other colleagues from different parts of the world, something interesting or relevant for our practice. It was the first time that I had to present and I got really nervous but very happy about the experience. I presented about Students with Special Needs and how fostering inclusion in the classroom. As, I told initially I got really nervous about that, specially because it was my first time presenting a workshop, but I am proud of the topic, I know that I have many things to work about my presentation, specially about being nervous, but the topic is so relevant and I am proud of myself for overcoming this fear of speaking for so many people in English that I have never met before.

The conference was also amazing. There were so many interesting things to see and to apply and so many others that I wish I could attend, but I was not able to go, because of the schedule. What a pity, but what I saw I will definitely try to use and apply in my classes.

I am also so proud of my Brazilian colleagues. Everybody worked hard and the final work, it was wonderful! It is so nice having time for sharing things, so much food for thought. I can wait to be at home and share these ideas with my students and colleagues.