Second week of classes- the teacher’s perspective

From my perspective as a teacher, I think there was space to build knowledge -knowledge on competences, communicative competences, proficiency levels, and our role as teachers. I tried to link students’ prior understanding of competences, from daily life situations, moving to academic settings an then more specifically to language teaching in learning. Several of the teachers had previously worked on competences and the Colombian Project on Bilingualism at their schools, so this was a moment to reinforce what they already knew and perhaps think of ways to find a connection between theory and practice. For some others, teachers and non teachers, this was the first time they read about the topic and I was glad and surprised to hear them talking and reflecting with such good understanding.

Pair work and group work seem to be enjoyed and fruitful- they make and answer interesting discussions among themselves and share personal experiences, which I consider important to consolidate their beliefs and also look at other perspectives.