WEEK 5: HALF THE BATTLE IS WON !

      It is now five weeks since we have started this course on Webskills. I can already say that half the battle is won judging by all that we have learned so far.

      This week I have been acquainted with Alternative Assessment Methods for evaluating my students. I have even created my first rubric for assessing my 2^nd year administrative assistants. I will implement it next week when I ask them to prepare a role-play which they will have to perform in front of their classmates. This is the project they will have to prepare through the study of the text “answering a telephone call”. I have learned that such projects are appropriate for students learning English in vocational schools. They lead students to work on realistic tasks that they will have to perform in professional situations. Hence it is important to allow learners to prepare Project Based Learning activities in the long run. As for the teacher, he should behave like a facilitator, not a master during students’ projects preparation.

      I have also written a reflection about the issues I raised last week concerning my school. Last week, I laid an emphasis on the lack of documents and materials in my school, which makes teaching and learning very difficult task, both for teachers and learners. This week I have made some suggestions on how I intend to use technology to overcome the difficulties my students and I face in the CBCG. I explained that I am going to use the web for finding cheap and quality documents and materials, which will  raise students interest for my English lessons.