Sunday, March 27, 2011

Test.

this is my personality test.


  • do you enjoy meeting new people?

  • Do you react ok infront of changes?

  • are responsible?

  • you enjoy working in teams?

  • you are always on time?

  • do you think that you are a leader?

  • do you like adventures?

  • are you capable to create new ideas?

  • Do you get excited easily?

  • do you enjoy learning new things?
all this questions have to be respond with YES, NO OR USUALLY.

It was very difficult create questions for this test, because ofcourse I'm not a psychologist, but it was very fun!.



    Personality Test.


    this was my score in the personality test of briggs myers.





    well, at first, I didn't know what I was reading beacuse I don't know much about personalities, so I searched information about my type of personality.. ENTJ... what it means to have that type of personality.
    they said that my personality was one of the rarest personalities, only 2% or 5% have it.

    ENTJ : extraversion, intuition, thinking, judgment.

    ENTJs have a natural tendency to marshal and direct. This may be expressed with the charm and finesse of a world leader or with the insensitivity of a cult leader. The ENTJ requires little encouragement to make a plan. One ENTJ put it this way... "I make these little plans that really don't have any importance to anyone else, and then feel compelled to carry them out." While "compelled" may not describe ENTJs as a group, nevertheless the bent to plan creatively and to make those plans reality is a common theme for NJ types.

    ENTJs often excel in business and other areas that require systems analysis, original thinking, and an economically savvy mind. They are dynamic and pragmatic problem solvers. They tend to have a high degree of confidence in their own abilities, making them assertive and outspoken. In their dealings with others, they are generally outgoing, charismatic, fair-minded, and unaffected by conflict or criticism. However, these qualities can make ENTJs appear arrogant, insensitive, and confrontational. They can overwhelm others with their energy, intelligence, and desire to order the world according to their own vision. As a result, they may seem intimidating, hasty, and controlling.


    They have a drive for leadership, which is well-served by their quickness to grasp complexities, their ability to absorb a large amount of impersonal information, and their quick and decisive judgments. They are "take charge" people.

    well, I found a lot of information but I can't put it here because It's too much, but I learned so much about my personality and in fact almost everything that I read was truth.

    as reflexion, I consider myself like an extrovert person, I'm always intuitive, that's why I always think in what could happend if I do that or I do this, etc,  in fact.. I always think in the future... as woman, as daughter, as sister, as teacher, as wife, as mother, whatever.
    one of the reason why I'm studyin for be a teacher is beacuse I think that is a good profession for a woman, beacuse you can organize your time to work and spend time with your family and kids. that doesn't mean that mens have to study something else, at all! It's a beautiful profession, only people with really vocation can get to their students and let them a significant learning.

    it was very interesting read about this. later I will upload My own personality test.




    see you then.








    Tuesday, March 22, 2011

    Personality Factors (SLA)

    Human beings are emotional creatures

    we need to consider personality factor to learn a second language.
    some of this factors are:

    • Emphaty (putting yourself into someone else's shoes)
    • emotional state.
    • Cognitive side.
    • Self Esteem, this is connected with risk taking, inhibition and ego defense.
    • Anxiety, there are 2 types.. the first one is Trait, this is permanent, they always feel anxious, every moment.. and the second one, State, this is only in situations, not always.
    • Affection: Receiving, Responding, Valuing (thing, person, behavior), Organization (belief), Value System (world view)


    something that we need to consider is if the student is introvert or extrovert.
    Second language acquisition involves a new identity.
    Teachers can have a positive and influential effect on linguistic performance and the emotional well being of the student.

    Saturday, March 19, 2011

    17/03/2011 Class

    this lesson was about “Second Language Acquisition“ by Yule.

    according toYule there are some barriers

    • Affective factors like Age, this could be when we are more willing (younger) or more embarrased (older).
    • Text Books.
    • Insufficient Time.
    • Other things going on.
    • Every day communicative requirements are in the 1st language.

    METHODS :

    • Grammar translation: 
    •Written Language is more important than oral language.
    •Teacher as expert.
    •List of vocabulary
    •Grammar rules.

    in grammar translation the teacher is the centered


    • Audiolingual :
    •Drilling (Listening is the most important)
    •Set of habits.

    • Comunicative Approaches :
    •Interaction.
    •Functions of the language.

    in comunicative approaches the student is the centered.

    • SLA :
    •Interlanguage (between L1 and L2 )
    •Transfer.
    •Motivation.

    • Communicative Competence :
    •Grammatical communication.
    •Socio linguistical communication.
    •Strategic Communication.





    Thursday, March 17, 2011

    15/03/2011 class

    WHAT DID I UNDERSTAND TODAY?
    today, I learned that methodology is how we prepare our material, curriculum, activities, etc. with this, our students would be able to get to their own knowledge. also we need to considers a lot of factors, beacuse sometimes one method could work with a kind of people and sometimes it doesn't.

    HOW IS THIS CONNECTED TO MY FUTURE TEACHING EXPERIENCE?

    this is importantly connected with our experience as a teacher, beacuse it's because of this, that our classes would be significants for our students.
    this is the heart of our classes, without a method we won't be teachers, we would be just a person teaching something to someone.

    WHAT ARE 3 CONCEPTS I WOULD HIGHLIGHT FROM THE LESSON?

    at first, I would say, activities.
    later, learning process
    and then learning experiences

    the start

    well... as Nicolas, I'm testing this thing, for me it's very difficult because I've never used this or anything like this, but as a teacher we need to learn every resources to get to ours students.
    as well, I'm seeing if is this what teacher wants, if anyone has something to tell me, please post a comment or tell me via facebook in our group of classmates.
    I guess I'm going to be more good with a little bit of time, beacuse I don't know how to use it correctly yet.
    well this would be everything, see you at classes.
    take care, Bye.