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Introduction
In t%is r"port I ,ill apprais" m- ".p"ri"n$" durin' t%" t%ird
pra$ti$um p"riod o/t%" IFDC Lenguas Vivas BarilochesTaller de
Prctica Docentesu01"$t2 T%is pra$ti$",as %"ld at Instituto Primo
Capraro3 a s$%ool in #arilo$%" ,it% a stron' G"rmanin/lu"n$"3 and
it ,as $arri"d ,it% l"arn"rs /rom t%" s"$ond -"ar o/ %i'% s$%ool3
lo,"rint"rm"diat" l"("l o/ En'lis%2
I ,ill att"mpt to d"s$ri0" t%" pro0l"ms3 issu"s or an- ot%"r
matt"r t%at too4pla$" durin' m- pra$ti$um3 ,"at%"r t%"- ,"r"
".p"$t"d or not3 and %o, t%"s"situations ,"r" d"alt ,it%2
Development
As t%is ,as t%" $ulminatin' pra$ti$um o/ t%" su01"$t3 I %ad s"t
a 'oal to polis%all t%" $omm"nts pr"(iousl- r"$"i("d /rom m-
tutors3 ,%i$% pro("d too am0itious /ort%" tim" 0"in'2 T%" ma1or
pro0l"ms t%at ,"r" pr"s"nt in pr"(ious pra$ti$um r"p"at"d
in t%is on" 1ust a littl" impro("d3 0ut still $onsid"ra0l- ,"a4
points o/ m- t"a$%in'2T%"s" ,"r" timin'3 $lassroom mana'"m"nt
strat"'i"s and t"a$%in' strat"'i"s2Ind""d3 l"sson a/t"r l"sson I
0"$am" mor" o0s"r(ant o/ t%"s" di//i$ulti"s and $ouldt%in4 o/ id"as
to 0" impl"m"nt"d a/t"r,ards3 0ut in t%" imm"diat" situation
,"r"poorl- %andl"d2
Anot%"r $on$"rn ,as stud"nts5 0"%a(ior2 A/t"r t%" o0s"r(ation
p"riod t%is'roup s""m"d 6uit" "as- to mana'"3 0ut as I ,as ma4in'
m- "ntran$" in t%" /inalp"riod3 stud"nts attitud" ,as t%at o/
,"arin"ss3 up to t%" point t%at t%"- ,"r"/r"6u"ntl- missin' l"ssons
and not 0rin'in' mat"rials to s$%ool2 T%" onl- strat"'- I$ould
l"arn /rom t%" t"a$%"r ,as to ,rit" do,n nam"s o/ stud"nts ,%o did
not$ompromis" ,it% $lassroom ,or43 0ut un/ortunat"l-3 ,%"n I
t%ou'%t it ,as tim" tous" it3 t%" t"a$%"r dismiss"d it as it ,as
our last $lass to'"t%"r2 Durin' t%at last
l"sson3 stud"nts ,"r" "normousl- distra$t"d3 tir"d and not
,illin' to ,or43 so d"spit"m- insist"n$"3 I still $onsid"r m-
a$tin' poor3 as I $ould not appl- an- strat"'- to4""p t%" l"sson on
t%" tra$4 I ,ant"d to2
Timin' s%o,"d a sli'%t "n%an$" as t%" l"sson pa$" ,"nt 0"tt"r3
0"in' a0l" toadapt t%" l"sson to un".p"$t"d "("nts 7as t%" $lass
t"a$%"r doin' sid" a$ti(iti"s ,it%som" stud"nts3 or lat" arri(als
,it% su0s"6u"nt lat" starts82 I %int t%" 4"- to t%is is notonl- a
stron' plannin' and a 'ood adaptation to $%an'"3 0ut also to 4no,
-ourstud"nts and t%"ir $apa$iti"s in ord"r to $onsid"r an
appropriat" ,or4 pa$" and tim"2
A parti$ularl- int"r"stin' ".p"ri"n$" ,as t%at o/ ta4in' oral
".ams to t%"stud"nts2 Man- d"$isions %ad to 0" ta4"n and I am 'lad
I ,or4"d ,it% m- tutor andt%" t"a$%"r to ma4" t%" most o/ t%at
situation2 To 0"'in ,it%3 t%"r" ,as a matt"r o/tim") tim" to allo,
stud"nts to pr"par" and to ta4" t%" ".am2 #ot% ,"r" limit"d and
t%at %ad to 0" ta4"n into $onsid"ration to 0uild a /air
ass"ssm"nt o/ $ont"nt ands4ills3 and to %"lp stud"nts to $op" ,it%
t%" /inal mar4s i/ n""d"d2 Also3 t%"r" ,as t%"issu" o/ t%" ru0ri$)
,%at to t"st3 %o, to do it3 %o, to ran4 it2 And o/ $ours"3 t%is %ad
to0" 0alan$"d ,it% t%" int"r"sts and n""ds o/ t%" s$%ool and t%"
t"a$%"r2 In m-opinion3 tim" ,as insu//i$i"nt and stud"nts n""d"d
mor" support to 0uild t%"irsp""$%"s2 M- approa$% s%i/t"d to
"(aluat" t%" o("rall ,or4 and d"di$ation to t%"tas43 o/ $ours" to
m"asur" t%"ir sp"a4in' s4ills3 and to m"r'" t%"s" t,o $on$"pts ina
mar42 N"("rt%"l"ss3 I $onsid"r t%is opportunit- uni6u" and
0"n"/i$ial /or m-/ormation3 as I %ad t%" $%an$" to anal-+"
t%"or"ti$al $on$"pts in a r"al li/" situation2
Ass"ssm"nt and $%"$4in' $ompr"%"nsion r"main unst"ad- s4ills
t%at ou'%tto 0" r"in/or$"d imm"diat"l-3 sp"$i/i$all- o0s"r("d und"r
t%" issu"s ,it% 'i(in'instru$tions2 I am $on/id"nt t%at t%is ,ill
not onl- impro(" stud"nt5s p"r/orman$"3 0utalso ,ill aid m" to 4""p
tra$4 o/ l"arn"r5s pro'r"ssion and di//i$ulti"s3 as ,"ll as
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s%o,in' m" t%" str"n't%s and ,"a4n"ss"s o/ m- t"a$%in'
m"t%odolo'i"s2 Pro0a0l-som" timin' issu"s d"ri(" /rom t%is
d"/i$i"n$- as ,"ll2
Personal conclusions
T%is last pra$ti$um ,as $arri"d in a $ompl". mom"nt o/ t%" -"ar3
not onl-0"$aus" o/ t%" l"arn"rs %a(in' man- t"sts3 s%i/tin'
prioriti"s3 and t%"ir tir"dn"ss3 0utalso 0"$aus" $oordinators3
t"a$%"rs and m-s"l/ %ad man- t%in's to /o$us on 0"sid"san irrupti("
situation as a trainin' pra$ti$"2 On top o/ t%at3 t%"r" ,as almost
nomar'in to "("ntualiti"s3 and littl" tim" to ,or42 D"spit" t%is3 I
am ".tr"m"l- 'rat"/ul/or t%" $oop"ration o/ "("r- sin'l" indi(idual
/or t%" su$$"ss/ul $ompl"tion o/ t%isp"riod) ,it%out it3 it ,ould
%a(" 0""n impossi0l" to a$%i"("2
I must $on/"ss I %ad m- dou0ts a0out t"a$%in' t""na'"rs3 as to
,%"t%"r ornot I ,ould 0" /it to do so3 0ut /rom t%" o0s"r(ations
and ,it% "("r- l"sson3 I /"ltmor" and mor" as i/ t%at $lass ,as m-
o,n2 O/ $ours"3 som" "("nts 0ro4" t%at
s"nsation3 0ut n"("rt%"l"ss it ,as a 'ood si'n t%at %app"n"d2
T%" attitud" o/ 'oin't%"r" "("r- l"sson 9to t"a$% m- $lass: $%an'"d
m- o,n approa$% to t%" pra$ti$" andallo,"d m" to 0" mor" r"la."d
and a,ar" o/ ot%"r issu"s 0"sid"s t%" plannin' its"l/2
I do $onsid"r t%is pra$ti$um as a su$$"ss/ul on" 0"$aus" I $ould
appr"$iat"m- o,n impro("m"nt3 as I did also in t%" pr"(ious on"s2
Also3 ,or4in' ,it%adol"s$"nt l"arn"rs allo,"d m" to o0s"r(" n",
situations and ma4" in$ursions intodi//"r"nt approa$%"s or
attitud"s to,ards t"a$%in' and l"arnin'2
T%is %as 0""n a lon' and /undam"ntal pat% to /ollo,3 and it ,as
0- all m"ans3a positi(" a$ti(it- to $arr-2 T%"r" is a tr"m"ndous
di//"r"n$" 0"t,""n t%" t%"or"ti$alpart I %a(" 0""n l"arnin' t%rou'%
t%"s" -"ars and t%" pra$ti$al on"3 and it ,asn"$"ssar- to 0rid'"
0ot% situations ,it% a t"am o/ pr"par"d p"opl"3 in a
sa/""n(ironm"nt as a pra$ti$um is2 I $annot 0ar" t%" id"a o/
pr"s"ntin' m-s"l/
unpr"par"d3 9un/inis%"d: to stud"nts) I $onsid"r I %a(" t%"
r"sponsi0ilit- to,ardsl"arn"rs and I s%ould 0" a0l" to d"monstrat"
I $an %"lp t%"m2 T%is pra$ti$um 'a("m" t%" opportunit- to put to
t%" proo/3 anal-+" and r"dir"$t m- $%oi$"s3 s%o,"d m"t%at I ,ill
%a(" to 0" /l".i0l" and t%at I ,ill n"("r /inis% l"arnin' m- trad"3
as I l"arn"dmor" /rom m- stud"nts t%an I l"arn"d /rom t%" 0oo4s in
t%" sam" p"riod o/ tim"2
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