Reading Comprehension: "What does this mean??"

Chapter 6 - Hedge - Reading
I have successfully uploaded the document here. I think it is much easier to leave comments here than in the text on the wall. However, you can still read the original post on the column on the right, immediately above the Power Point presentation- I wasn't able to delete it.
Big hug,
Norma

Types of texts

For the discussion topic on Writing, I chose the first topic on page 330 of Tricia Hedge's Teaching and Learning in the Language Classroom. Thinking of a group of learners we currently taught, we had to think of their needs for writing in English, make a list of the text types we could include in their writing programme and list them under the suggested headings. The accompanying glogster was designed keeping in mind a group of teenagers level in their senior year at high school. You may be wondering why I have decided to include teaching how to write a CV instead of teaching them how to write an essay. The reason was simple: they were seventeen-year-old students with an intermediate level of English. Writing a CV is not as difficult as writing an essay, especially when the latter requires a certain mastery of the language. Besides, though they were still young to work, they would be entering the workforce the following year (some of them, that very summer), and they would have to write a resumé in some cases in Spanish and in English. Instead of essays, I decided to include presentations, articles and reviews, mainly because they in keeping with speaking. Texting, e-mails, notes, lists would also be included because they have to do with our everyday life. Still, I would like to make a strong point of two kinds of text I think are very important. One is how to make a summary, which I find extremely helpful but not every student knows how to do it. I would definitely include that kind of writing in the syllabus. The other is creative writing; I would also include the teaching of narrative and descriptive texts but with a creative twist- maybe they could publish their work in the school magazine, blog it, post it in the school site, display it on boards for everybody to read. Suggestions would be welcome. I have included two videos from School Tube Videos which I absolutely loved. I hope you'll enjoy them.

Mind map on Grammar (Chapter 5 from Hedge)

HI again.
I wanted to make a mindmap about Grammar (chapter 5 from Teaching and Learning in the Language Classroom, by Tricia Hedge) with the tool we had already used, remember Mindmeister? But I couldn't. So I have tried a similar site. Here is the link, and you are welcome to collaborate with the map. Just click on GRAMMAR below

GRAMMAR
Lots of love,
Norma

http://normabt.glogster.com/listening/

Hi everyone,
here is my glog on listening. I hope you enjoy it.

Here I am again. I have chosen to work with an authentic text for the project on chapter 4 of Hedge's Teaching and Learning in the Language Classroom. I have used this activity and it worked very well. However, I would really appreciate any criticism from all of you, especially on the weak points you can spot. I hope there aren't too many, anyway.
http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/aSGuest62983-487271-hedge-chapter-4/

Learner autonomy

This is an example of learner autonomy, and it's all to your credit, Gla! In a few months I have improved on blogging, I have also learnt to use the Glogster and I would never have dreamt I would be able to make a Power Point presentation just by myself. Thank you for insisting, it feels great! It's just that I need time to process and try like a hundred times until I find the way to do the things on my own, without help. Well, here it goes. Hope you all enjoy it.
http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/normabt-435842-chapter3-hedge/

Looking Back

http://normabt.glogster.com/looking-back/
If you ever, ever, ever see this, please let me know. I've spent almost 9 hours trying to track this glogster; only God knows where it was and how it came to be posted. I guess He pities me somehow and posted it Himself ha, ha! Just one piece of advice: I would zoom in to read the whole page of the books. But if you want some fun, just click on the page and see what happens. Typically Normus, you know!