http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/blogs/victoria-kamchatka/teaching-style-vs-learning-styleFirst part: Read the article in the link above and reflect a little on it.Second part: Take this metaphor: In the classroom, the teacher is the gardner, the students are the seeds/flowers and the classroom is a fertile soil. Try to explain it, using your own words. Read the article on this link http://gouinseries.com/ (Gouin's Method) and compare it to the Audiolingual Method. What are their similarities and differences?Source:Gouin, F. (1892) The art of teaching and studying languages (trans. H. Swan & V. Betis). London: George Philip & Son (Original work published 1880.) Learning to teach is not just about learning a body of knowledge andtechniques; it is also about learning to work in complex sociopolitical andcultural political space and negotiating ways of doing this with our pasthistories, fears, and desires; our own knowledges and cultures; ourstudents wishes and preferences; and the institutional constrains and collaborations. Alan Luke from Critical Pedagogies and Language LearningAnd how about you? What is teaching to you? http://livraria.folha.com.br/catalogo/1161039/jogos-e-atividades-para-o-ensino-de-ingles Read H. D. Brown's Chapter 6 (Teaching by Principles) and then do the activity below:The critical period, or as it is called in a lot of the studies, the CP or CPH, which is just critical period hypothesis, is simply the idea that there is actually an age. A CPH is just a theory about at what age second language learning becomes more difficult. Now try to explain how important is age in learning a second laguage. O projeto Serra do Cipo foi desenvolvido pelos alunos da graduacao da Faculdade de Letras da UFMG durante o curso de Material Development ministrado pela Professora Vera Menezes no primeiro semestre de 2005Vale a pena dar uma conferida:http://www.letras.ufmg.br/arado/freebooks/serradocipo/home.html Read the text in the link below and explain what aspects must be taken into consideration when preparing resources and materials for English classes:http://www.veramenezes.com/pretexto.htm According to the main foundational 12 Principles of language pedagogy presented in H. D. Brown's Chapter 4, which three principles out of the twelve discussed by the author would you prioritize in your teaching? Explain the reasons for each one of them. Is there a best method to teach a foreign language?Read Prabhu's text in the lin below* and do the following activity:Write at least 10 lines trying to explain why the author of the text states it categorically. Does not he show any kind of preference for any method/approach?*You can find the article here: http://neltachoutari.pbworks.com/f/There+is+no+best+method.pdf Atencao, gente!A plataforma moodle ja esta funcionando normalmente. Para ter acesso a nossa sala virtual va em:http://ead3.uespi.br/moodle/login/index.phpPara entrar basta digitar o numero de matricula no campo "Usuario" e repetir o numero de matricula em "senha".O topico do 9o. Forum de Discussao ja foi criado. Todas as postagens irao ocorrer agora no moodle. Para quem ja vem postando no blog, entrem e se familiarizem com o ambiente. A forma de postar comentarios no forum e mais facil que no nosso blog. E so clicar em forum e postar. Ai vcs poderao escrever suas mensagens sem aquela complicacao toda. Hoje vivencio uma situacao muito triste em minha cidade, a morte tragica de um anjo com apenas