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The FAC - Personal experiences

-Insight

- Sports and Health

- Poetry

Think Up Technology

Reviews

Jokes and puzzles

The increasing number of students from multi-

cultural or multilingual contexts is a growing

challenge for ELT. Students are hypothesized

to develop a culturally more complex and

flexible way of thinking and speaking for them-

selves as a result from the constructivist dy-

namics of a trilingual classroom. These children

are part of one of the Faculty of Education re-

search projects, The Mayan Youngsters Pro-

ject: the trilingual classroom

These young children from El Coro Yidzat il Kay

de Dzidzantn, represent one of the new chal-

lenges you will have to deal with as an English

language teacher. Get to know them! Be in-

volved!

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May, 2013

Staff

Editor in Chief and designer:

Mariana Moguel

Contributing writers:

The 8th Semester

group:

Abigail, Atala,

Celeste, Diego,

Giovany, Irene, Irving,

Ivn, Jaime, Jess,

Jorge, Karla, Lizmar,

Mariana, Pablo, Sonia,

Stephanie, Stephen,

and William.

Special contribution

from Alfonso Marrufo

(6th Semester)

Photography: The Cuch Holoch

children

Outside consultant: Humberto Cervera

Hola UADYs!

Bienvenidos compaeros, a este ter-

cera edicin de Learn it Play it. En esta

ocasin este tomo llega hasta ustedes

gracias a la participacin mayoritaria de

los alumnos del quinto semestre de la

LEII. Sin embargo, tenemos la contribu-

cin de un estudiante de sptimo que

nos habla de su experiencia de servicio

social. Reiteramos que uno de los obje-

tivos de esta publicacin es fortalecer la

interaccin y lazos de amistad entre am-

bas licenciaturas tanto LE como LEII, por

lo que les extendemos a todos una cor-

dial invitacin para formar parte de esta

comunidad estudiantil informativa de las

actividades acadmicas, sociales y de-

portivas de nuestra facultad.

En este tercer ejemplar podremos

leer de experiencias en cursos regulares y

optativos, de servicio social, de dar cla-

ses particulares de ingls, de elecciones,

participaciones en encuentros deportivos,

ideas para el uso de herramientas de

apoyo para la enseanza y aprendizaje

de lenguas, y las acostumbradas seccio-

nes de entretenimiento y ejercicio para

las neuronas de nuestros cerebros. As

que les invitamos a disfrutar de Learn it

Play it una vez ms.

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By Diego Snchez

The personal results that I got

from being part of this program were

that it has given me a really valuable

experience as a teacher. There is no

doubt that I had the opportunity to

acquire those tools and abilities that

cannot be obtained during the degree

classes and which are really important

in the professional practice. Besides, I

had to deal with problems that are

common in a classroom. This made

my experience even richer and

helped me to be more prepared for

my professional future.

On the other hand, this pro-

gram gave me the opportunity to put

into practice all the topics that I have

seen during the degree classes, and

has helped me to understand even

better the background of my degree.

In addition, I was able to share with

my classmates some experiences,

opinions and real life situations,

making me part of my own

classmates learning.

Finally, this project has also let me im-prove my skills as a teacher, for example, all those that relate to patience, nerves con-trol, classroom man-agement, giving in-structions, etc. How-ever, one of the most important teaching skills I learnt was

time management. At the be-ginning of the first course I had to prepare almost 10 ac-

tivities for the classes because I was not able to know how much time my students will take to do one of those activities. Now, I am better able to work out how much time an activity could take. I have also improved my English skills, like pronunciation, for example, this way I can be a good model for my students.

There is no doubt that I advise my classmates and friends to take ad-vantage of any opportunity like this, of being part of this kind of social service program. I fully recommend the Facul-ty of Education to provide the students chances for acquiring teaching experi-ence, a real experience in front of a classroom, so they can obtain and im-prove their abilities and skills that only with professional practice they can get; this is the only way for them to finish their degree as prepared as possible and with the necessary tools in order to succeed in their professional careers.

Instructores del Aprendizaje del Idioma Ingls para Becarios de Impulso

Universitario, A.C

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Currently, Im taking Traduccin de

Textos as a subject, and I feel much

more confident in dealing with differ-

ent languages because I have a back-

ground on the topic and also in prac-

ticing translating.

In some way, I can say that the Inter-

pretation course offered me the tools

to become an intermediary between

English and Spanish speakers in my

career. My experience was beneficial,

not only in terms of improving my

linguistic abilities, but also in terms of

my own personal growth.

I appreciate all the support from my

instructor; I think he put a great effort

to help us achieve our goals. I was

able to obtain the tools that I will need

to continue training and improving

my linguistic abilities in the future, but

I think I can still learn more.

By Enna Rosa Castillo Carrillo

My learning experience taking the

Interpretation course at the Faculty of

Education last year was helpful to my

career development and further study.

Although the course was very intense,

I liked it and it opened doors to my

career path, because it was the first

time I took an interpretation course

and it was my first approach into this

area.

During the course, we had many op-

portunities to practice actual interpre-

tation and also do some translation.

We learned the different strategies

and kinds of interpretation, so that we

were able to analyze our skills and

realize how good we were and what

our weaknesses were.

SUMMER COURSE EXPERIENCE

-INTERPRETATION-

My experience was beneficial, not only in terms of improving my linguistic abili-ties, but also in terms of my own per-

sonal growth.

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By Andrea Sols

Introducing yourself to the world of English classes is a step you have to take in order to start getting familiar with it and to start practicing to be a good teacher. I wasnt able to take summer courses this year because of my economical situ-ation, so I de-cided to start giving English classes at home to some kids that were going to start high school. They were all beginners; however, they had knowledge of some aspects of English, such as some numbers and colors. It took me some time to decide whether giving the English classes or not because it is a great respon-sibility and it takes time to plan the classes, but in the end I think I made the right decision.

I gave the classes only for the sum-mer vacation but I am planning to keep doing it. It is a very good experi-ence. I really learnt a lot and started

losing the fear of teaching. I be-came more responsible and or-ganized. I will never forget this experience. So, if you are planning to start giving English classes, start know. It is really helpful for fu-ture experiences, jobs and refer-ences. You will not regret it. Enjoy it! You not only earn money but great learning

The first day I was really nervous because I didnt know if I was going to do it well or if I was going to explain things right, but throughout the class I started feeling com-fortable and confident. At the end of the day I felt really happy and excited to con-tinue with the classes. My students were quite cooperative and they liked the class. I used some colorful materials such as cards, posters, drawings and games. They enjoyed using that kind of stuff.

My experience giving

private English classes

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By Ana Cecilia Castillo Loeza

Most of the students dont know that there is a basket-ball team in our faculty. But there is one for girls, which is now participating in the Juegos Deportivos Univer-sitarios where we have the chance to play against other faculties of UADY.

Faculty of Educations

Basketball team

It is a good opportunity for girls to do a sport because is a way to get distracted from school, to do something different and to make new friends. It is important to say that it is not just for LE or LEII students, but also for girls who study at CIL or are exchange stu-dents.

It is a great experience where stu-

dents have a lot of fun and coexist

with different people as equals

because it is a mixed female

crowd of the whole school..

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Some of my classmates that

attend