Notes from the teaching practice

source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tipa_phonetics.svg As the semester is coming to an end, I would like to reflect on the course that I did lots of research for and the effects it had on me as a teacher and as a learner. In my last post about the English Phonetics course, I will try to remind myself of all the things that I have learned and the skills that I gained during this semester. I would like to look back at all the experiences that shaped my present understanding of what phonetics is and the importance of this area in teaching and learning English. Before this course, I had an idea what phonetics is. Having finished a course on pronunciation I thought it’s main focus was saying the words properly and using an IPA alphabet to omit mispronouncing them. I was pleasantly surprised that there is much more to the topic, therefore a lot needed to be explored. I tried choosing different sources, though once I started following one specific topic, I wanted to expand it as far ...

source: https://www.fluentu.com/blog/educator/using-authentic-materials-in-the-classroom/ Recently I got to catch up with one of the webinars we were invited to. It took place on May 16th, and was conducted by Ms Paulina Andruszkiewicz-Glińska. The topic of the webinar was ‘Authentic materials in education’. When I learned I wouldn’t be able to join in, I was quite unhappy. Not only I enjoyed this presenter's last appearance, I also really wanted to explore the topic more and I’m grateful for this opportunity.    As usual, this webinar started with a short introduction and an overview of the aspects of the topic included in it. The presenter decided to start with defining authentic materials, categorising them and reasons for incorporating them into the classroom. Then, she talked about examples of authentic materials and planning the lessons with their use.   One of the first things that caught my attention was the interactive form of this webinar. I really liked that th...