(Reports) - Student's Presentations

Throughout this course, we have had the opportunity to carry out a virtual exchange in which my classmates and the students of the University of Maryland shared a series of didactic proposals on the use of different resources in the second language classroom.

Throughout this post, I will briefly review each of the presentations, highlighting the idea that most appealed to me.

 

1. THE MYSTERY OF JUMANJI

If I have to emphasize any specific aspect of this proposal, it is the immersive component that encompasses it, I think that throughout all the activities the imaginative component that envolves the story of the original film is used very well, taking into account from the decoration and the environment that surrounds the classroom during the days in which the activities take place, to the direct reference made to the film in the activities themselves (for example, through the use of a game board similar to the one that appears in the film).

 

Finally, and specifically regarding the activities, I consider particularly successful the way in which a complementary activity is proposed for students to work at home, but what strikes me the most is the interest in the participation of families.

 

I think that making families participate actively in some parts of the educational process of students is a good idea, after all, it is the closest and direct environment in which the student is immersed, so collaborating with them will have the direct consequence of enriching the educational process.

 

2. CLUB JUVENIL DE LITERATURA Y CINE

 

The main element that has pleasantly surprised me about this proposal is how it differs from the others in the simple fact that it is an extracurricular activity, I think that, acting in this way, we ensure that all participants that come to this book club do it on a completely voluntary basis, so they already have an implicit interest in the realization of the various activities.

 

I also believe that this proposal could be adapted in terms of timing and other organizational aspects to be included in the normal and daily development of a first or second language class. It is worth mentioning the way in which it is stated that the final objective is based on making students feel attracted to cinema and literature in general, a fact that I believe that all teachers should achieve and that makes this proposal especially interesting.

 

3. ROBIN HOOD

 

One of the main positive points that I have found in this proposal is the high level of general contextualization that it has, I consider a great success the fact that part of the activity takes place directly in the country where the original story is set, providing a perspective of meaningful learning in students that will make this process much more fruitful.

 

Similarly, I believe that one of the activities that stands out among the rest, is the fact of taking the students to immerse themselves in one of the main activities of the protagonist, archery. Again, we observe how meaningful learning is manifested in this proposal. I firmly believe that this type of activities will be the ones that, in the future, the students will remember in a more emotional way, a fact that sometimes falls into a second point of view, focusing on transmitting merely theoretical knowledge, leaving aside the guarantee that the activities have an emotional component that makes the students remember their educational process in a positive way.

 

4. MARYLAND

 

After observing this presentation, I believe that the greatest success, beyond the selection and adequacy of the different theoretical contents, is the concept or theme that has encompassed the presentation as a whole.

 

The selection of such an attractive topic as travel makes, on the one hand, that students show special interest in the process of imagining that they are introduced in that destination. In addition, I believe that it can be a very appropriate tool to ensure that, from the classroom, topics such as interculturality are addressed, transmitting values such as respect for different cultures, as well as the recognition of the culture surrounding the student's direct environment.

 

I also think that the presentation should have had a little more time so all the concepts could be addressed in a complete way, but even so, I found it particularly interesting.