Una visión de futuro

El verano de 2021 ha supuesto para nuestro proyecto PLUNGE INTO EUROPE un relanzamiento de las actividades de movilidad que teníamos previstas y que por cuestiones ajenas a nuestra voluntad (pandemia Covid19) tuvieron que suspenderse durante todo el curso lectivo 20/21

En los meses de julio y agosto se han realizado tres movilidades.

Dos a Portugal, y una a Eslovenia.

Los objetivos que cubrimos con estas movilidades son:

1. Desarrollar y mejorar nuevas metodologías en la enseñanza de un idioma extranjero. Inglés.
2. Actualizar la competencia lingüística del profesorado participante.
3. Ampliar la formación en Inteligencia Emocional y sus Competencias.
4. Reflexionar sobre la enseñanza en la etapa de EPER.
5. Contactar y enriquecernos con profesionales de otros países europeos con los que hemos compartido tiempo y espacios.

La valoración de nuestras actividades que se han traducido en cursos reglados nos dejan un aprendizaje que revierte en nuestros centros de referencia:

CEPER TAVARA.

CEPER GENERACIÓN DEL 27

CEPER ANTONIO MACHADO.

CEP JAÉN.

Sabemos que nuestro aporte al contexto educativo en el que desarrollamos nuestra labor docente es relevante.

Seguimos en el camino...

Pronto más acciones formativas nos esperan. 

  

26 de septiembre 2021.DÍA EUROPEO DE LAS LENGUAS

 DÍA EUROPEO DE LAS LENGUAS

Celebramos el día Europeo de las Lenguas.

Movilidad en Porto (Portugal): "In English, please!"

In the period between August 8 and 13, we have participated in the "In English, please" activity, which has been held in Porto, Portugal, by Learning Together EU.

The main objectives pursued with this training activity were the following:

• Enhancement of linguistic skills
• Enrichment of oral communication skills
• Creative ideas to make our classes more lively and interactive
• Practical activities for teaching challenging classes
• Enhancement of participants' knowledge, skills and competencies related to our work practice
• To increase confidence in speaking in public, articulating clear questions and ideas in class discussion
• Transfer and sharing core values experiences and effective teaching practices with other teachers and colleagues
• Provide teachers with an insight into Porto culture and heritage

Day 1 - 8th August 2021

We arrived at Porto in the afternoon and had a welcome dinner that evening to meet the Learning Together staff and our fellow participants (4 teachers from Poland and 4 teachers from Spain, including myself) and socializing while enjoying deliciuous Portuguese dishes.

Day 2 - 9th August 2021

The following day we met at San Bento Station a bit earlier in the morning to have a walk to the place where the course was going to take place.

Once we arrived at the Learning Together facilities, we continued with the presentation of the course, where Carlos and Manuela (our teacher for the course), explained to us the course outline and the schedule of activities for the week.

After that we were encouraged to make a presentation of ourselves, our background, interests and expectations about the course.

Then we started with some hands-on activities about English in action, regarding pronunciation and some common mistakes when speaking in English.

We also learned some games to be used as ice-breakers of for warm-up purposes.

Day 3 - 10th August 2021

To start with our session we commenced presenting different traditions from our countries. It was quite interesting to know how some of these traditions have similar counterparts in other countries, althoug, of course, some of them are particularly ours.

Next part of the lesson was devoted to have a Grammar overview and focus on what pieces of grammar are particularly difficult for ESL students, as well as different approaches to teaching grammar in class.

Manuela recommended these books as a support tool for our grammar topics in class.

We continued with tips for teaching and learning vocab, focusing on the use of rephrasing activities to foster students autonomy and the development of relations between vocab, grammar and usage.

We reviewed and put in common some useful ICT apps and tools for the English class, such as:

Powtoon

Mentimeter

Genially

Kahoot

Paddlet

Doodly

Google Forms

And we could share with our colleagues different experiences using them.

We also learn how to apply some NLP strategies and techniques to be used in the English class, such as the Star of Values, which could help students to get more involved. Where the students have to write down 3 words for five given categories (family, money, social life, love, inner peace), then choose one of them in each category and finally choosing the most relevant one (that it is supposed to define them)

The same day in the afternoon, at 14:30 we met with Carlos at the Praca da Liberdade to start our walking tour of Porto, in English, to know more about Porto history, traditions and heritage.

The visit was wonderful and we could enjoy the beautiful city of Porto, its streets, views and main monuments.

Day 4 - 11th August 2021

Porto heritage activity.

We had an organized trip in Porto, using the Yellow Bus hop on/off, to discover more about Porto heritage and history. 

The whole tour was in English and we had to take notes to complete a quiz the following day.

Day 5 - 12th August 2021

After completing our quizz on our previous day activity with the Yellow Bus, we continued with the use of Idiomatic Expressions (Idioms) to enrich the students vocabulary and also learn more about the target language culture.

We also learnt different approaches to the learning of prepositions, which in some cases may result difficult to ESL students.

We also had the opportunity to have an insight of Portugal's Educational System and how language learning is tackled.

We finished with a fluency workshop with different exercises.

Day 6 - 13th August 2021

We started focusing on the use of films and drama in the classroom, and how these could help students to participate.

We also commented as well on the use of innovative techniques in the classroom, such as escape rooms.

 

And finally it was the time to make our final presentations of the course, where we explained in a more detailed way aspects of our schools, background, teaching plans, projects, our students, our cities, ...

After our presentations, we made an overview session, including the evaluation of the course.

I must point out that the organization created and shared a directory in Google Drive where all the materials and resources used during the course were available to all of us. Nice touch!

And finally we received our certificates while having a glass of nice Porto wine!

To conclude, we can say that it has been a quite interesting course, which surely will help on the design of our English classes back at our schools. 

We have learnt new ways to approach the teaching of grammar, pronunciation and also how to foster oral communication with our students through different strategies and the use of varied resources. 

The staff from Learning Together EU have been very helpul, proactive and nice throughout the course, making the course more enjoyable.

And last but not least, it has been enriching to know colleagues from different parts of the world, offering their experiences, their points of view and setting the basis for future exchanges and cooperation projects within the Erasmus scope. All in such a beautiful and friendly city as it is Porto.

Movilidad Liubliana. Slovenia. 8-14 August 2021

As part of the development of the project PLUNGE INTO EUROPE and responding to one of the objectives (emotional intelligenge and competencies), one of the members of the consortium has taken the Course DEVELOPING EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE.

Liubliana. Slovenia. 8th to 14th August 2021.

Great Teachers from different parts of Europe (Greece/ Croatia/ Poland/ Hungary/ Germany and Spain) met in Liubliana to deal with the importace of building and developing emotional intelligence in our educative contexts. 

It has been a training activity under the Erasmus+ Projects, Ka1, Teachers’ mobility.

After more than a year, this has been the first mobility with the pandemic for all of us. 

Thanks to you all, colleagues, and the trainers, Monika and Jerneja, for the experience of sharing and working on topics such as Consciousness, Focus, Empathy, Communication…to improve our own emotional competences. Reflective practices have contributed to highlight the positive impact of emotion awareness.

We have been doing group work.

Meditating and midfulness activities to help stress reduction.

Searching and sharing techniques and dynamics to develop emotional conscience.

We also analysed and worked on the five pillars of emotional intelligence following Goleman.

SELF AWARENESS.

SELF MANAGEMENT

EMPATHY

SOCIAL SKILLS

MOTIVATION.

Energizing activities with dancing and yoga flashes.

It has been an intense and active week, also with some cultural activities which allowed us to know a bit more about Slovenia. Mainly about Liubliana, the GREEN CITY,  a paradise in green!

Beautiful parks in Liubliana

Gorgeous city.

Ready for the next meeting! Hope and motivation have made GROWING possible! 

No doubt these activities make a unique and positive contribution to our wellbeing. 

It also contributed to know about Slovenian culture and the participants' own lifestyle.

🌹😍

Hugs

Proxima actividad formativa: In English, please (Porto, Portugal)

Nuestra próxima actividad formativa se va a desarrollar en Oporto, Portugal, del 8 al 13 de agosto.

Se trata de un curso enfocado a la mejora de la didáctica del idioma inglés. El curso se titula "In English, please".

En el siguiente enlace podéis acceder a la ficha completa del curso, donde se encuentran el planning y los contenidos del mismo:

 

En las siguientes entradas podréis comprobar el desarrollo del curso y las actividades diarias desarrolladas en el mismo.

Ate logo!

Formación Erasmus CEPER G27 en Oporto.

Ha dado comienzo la formación programada para el pasado curso y que no pudo ser llevada a cabo con motivo de la Covid. 

There is no Planet B se titula y es realizada por Isabel Macías, maestra y directora del CEPER Generación del 27.

Impartida por Learning Together, quien ha recibido a los siete participantes el día 18 para su presentación en grupo.

Las actividades comienzan el lunes 19, en un edificio antiguo rehabilitado para sesiones de formación.

Allí nos reciben Carolina y Carlos, junto al ponente del curso, Rui. 

La mañana fue bastante amena y las actividades consistieron en:

- Presentación del grupo a nivel profesional. 

- Visualización y debate de un video sobre el medio ambiente.

- Realización de experimentos para reutilizar materiales. 

La tarde consistió en la visita a la planta de reciclaje de residuos: LIPOR. El trabajador nos recibió con una gran atención y nos explicó el proceso de funcionamiento de la plataforma. 

Muy interesante el sistema de reciclaje y recogida de residuos por parte de la población en general. Ésta vierte sus residuos a cambio de conseguir puntos acumulables en una tarjeta que pueden gastar en supermercados concertados de Oporto. 

Os dejamos las fotografías más significativas del inicio del curso de formación. 

Continua la formación con la visita al Parque Botánico de Oporto. Un lugar en el que se pueden:

-Visualizar distintas especies animales y vegetales: hojas y animales disecados, caracoles, huevos, especias y frutos secos... 

- Desarrollar el sentido del olfato a través de distintos aromas sin poder visualizar previamente qué es. 

- Disfrutar del espacio natural exterior en el que se observan las distintas civilizaciones y especies vegetales/animales recreadas con material reciclado. 

- Visualizar el espectacular esqueleto de una ballena de 15 metros así como escuchar el latido de ésta. 

Sin duda un lugar relacionado con el medio ambiente que invita a seguir cuidando de nuestra naturaleza. 

Seguimos en el curso y visitamos el centro de observación del Océano, Ciimar, Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigación Marina y Ambiental. Allí nos recibe Marta, una chica que nos explica cómo funciona el Centro y que nos muestra distintos laboratorios relacionados con la investigación. Todo el grupo nos quedamos con la incertidumbre de ver la zona en la que los animales se encuentran, pero ha sido una visita muy enriquecedora y con ideas que, aunque nos gustaría poder ver en nuestro país, es complicado por la localización de nuestra capital. 

Os dejamos más fotos de la formación:

Otro de los lugares que hemos podido ver en este curso ha sido el Pabellón del agua, un emblemático edificio en un parque natural que muestra el ciclo del agua y las posibilidades que ésta nos otorga: crear energía, presas, un sistema de esclusas para el traslado de barcos como el que existe en el Canal de Panamá, etc.

Obtenemos la certificación del curso, el trabajo ha sido bueno e intenso. 

La organización del curso ha sido buena, aunque he de mencionar que no todas las visitas estaban bien concertadas y ha habido lugares a los que no hemos podido acceder. Sin embargo, considero que se consiguen los objetivos que el curso persigue y en especial la concienciación de los participantes por el cuidado del medio ambiente que nos rodea y la mejora del Idioma Extranjero. 

Good experience in Porto!