I watched a very helpful video on Harvard referencing and did the exercise that accompanied the video as a classroom activity (the one where students shout out the answers). What I noticed though was that not everyone was shouting out answers.

Next time: do it in smaller groups/ pairs.

I went into my EAP class with the assumption that my students were familiar with the conditionals. They were not. I mean, they were able to form some sentences, but they were not able to understand and explain the meaning of the conditionals or new how to form the so called 3 conditionals. I was going to look at mixed conditionals, but decided to scrape that.

Note to self:don’t assume they know the grammar even if they have been learning English for ages or they have been here for months!

I ‘let’ my students use their phones in class when they want to look up a word. I also ask them to create WeChat groups, where they share things we do in class. I do wonder though when they are looking at their phones if they are actually looking up a word. I have seen a few turn their phones upside down when I get closer to them. I need to rethink this whole phones in class issue.

My students had to summarise a lecture, but they used the exact words that the lecturer used. there was no real summarising.

Note to self: Summarising  lectures requires more scaffolding.

While I was writing this post, I checked Facebook and saw that a colleague shared a good website. Talk to books. I will use this in class as soon as possible. You need to check that website out!! You ask a question and you find the answers in books!Like talking to a book!!

So, how was your week? Anything you’d like to share? Go for it in the comments section or in your on blog post.

Till next time….