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Solo para amantes de los problemas lingüísticos... Dime algo sobre las diferencias entre la lengua hablada (oralidad) y la lengua escrita (escritura) :) ¿Existen grandes diferencias? ¿Cuáles?
July 13, 2022
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Corrigiendo errores de pronunciación
Hablar y escribir son de las habiliades que nos toma más tiempo en desarrollar o dominar, ya sea en los casos en que adquirimos nuestra lengua materna o cuando decidimos aprender una segunda lengua. La razón que explica este fenómeno tiene que ver con la creatividad y el esfuerzo mental que requiere la escritura y la locución. Sin embargo, en mi caso particular cuando estoy tratando de construir una idea para comunicarla en la lengua inglesa y me encuentro con personas que corrigen mi pronunciación, tengo que ser honesta y confesar que me molesta demasiado ese tipo de interrupciones, yo prefiero notar mis errores de pronunciación por mi cuenta, y trabajar en ellos por supuesto. Me pregunto si soy la única que se molesta con las correciones de pronunciación. Bueno ya en el tema de la escritura es diferente, valoro mucho que las personas se tomen el tiempo de leerme y además que corrijan mis errores.
May 9, 2020
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Dears quarantineteam: Dears, As a teacher of languages I have been immerse, for periods , into studying books about language, amazing novels, tales, poems etc., not only for my studies requirements but also because over the years, I have always enjoyed reading. Unfortunately, I cannot say or feel the same when I try to link school, in terms of instruction, with my happiest memories. Contrary to that, my experiences learning in a formal school brings me feelings of insecurity, no confidence at all, doing in, several times, tasks full of lack of realistic thinking, doing of unnecessary strain, just to feel, at the end of the day, like, W. W Sawyer mentioned in his book “Mathematician’s Delight” a howler impossible to do something well. However, I have to thanks to all of my institutions where they teach me all that I know in relation with pedagogy, language and books, after all they teach me to read, in both languages, Spanish and English. The pleasure of learning just happened at me, due to luck. Over the time, I as a teacher understood that the process of learning of any subject in an effective way demands a combination of factors: Appealing and interesting messages, the success of security, realistic thinking, intrinsic motivation and so on. But you would be thinking about there is no point writing a reflection paper just being critical in teaching and education in this critic situation of the global pandemic. First of all, I am totally conscious about our current situation. However I can see the enormous opportunity to do relevant changes in our lives knowing the reasons why. I and you know that not only education as a system needs to be reexamine, but also the way we have been studied is needed to be reconsider. What are we studying the whole day for? What do we really want to do as professionals? Are we as a learners doing our best effort in order to use thinking as a real tool? I consider this time as an effective way of natural teaching where the best method to learn things is following the passion, effort, and the heart of learning where humans are allowed to be imperfect in order to learn from the errors. This way this time is the perfect time to learn, because now we can reason about all of things without excuses. I hope this words not just express the teacher insights into teaching and learning dynamic but also these words can move us to transform learning and teaching exercise into a delight practice. Let´s take advantage of this moment.
May 6, 2020
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