Learning English

In this class the teacher taught us about passive voice, which could improve my understanding of verb tenses and my use of them. In addition, we did several listening and writing exercises, which is why in this reflection I would like to discuss the importance of practicing and developing the four communication skills: listening, reading, writing and speaking. Learning and practicing the four communication skills - speaking, listening, reading, and writing - when learning English is important for several reasons. Firstly, developing all these skills helps us communicate fully and effectively in English. This means understanding others when they speak or write (listening and reading) and expressing ourselves clearly when we speak or write. Additionally, in real life, we use these skills together. For example, in a conversation, we listen to understand, speak to respond, read to comprehend written texts, and write to communicate messages. Improving in these four areas helps us become mor...

During this class the teacher focused on teaching the perfect tenses, specifically, present and past perfect. And although I did not attend the class due to health issues, I did the exercises that the teacher proposed regarding those topics. Personally, I have to admit that these tenses still seem a little complicated to me because I don't use them much when I speak. Usually, I always use simple present, simple past and simple future, which is why I feel that I need a lot of practice to improve the perfect tenses use when I speak, write, read and listen. Therefore, in this reflection I would like to talk about the importance of practice, perseverance and the creation of meaningful communication scenarios. Especially that last one seems very important to me when I am teaching and learning. Immersion is a key factor in language learning. It provides learners with the opportunity to surround themselves with the target language and culture, which can facilitate the acquisition of voca...

During this class we could practice many of the skills related to learning a language and in addition, we could obtain very interesting knowledge about grammar. For example, we learned about adverbs of frequency and the position they have in a sentence. Additionally, we learned about the use of the future tense in English: will and going to. Here, I find interesting to mention that when the teacher was explaining those aspects of grammar to us, he always used examples that could represent what he wanted to teach us, something that seems fundamental to me because as a teacher, I have been able to realize that when I am teaching structure, students, specifically children, understand when it is explained with many examples. When the structure is taught, it is difficult for students to understand because it is complex for them to understand the parts of speech, such as pronoun, verb, adverb, these are terms that are still very abstract for them, and although it is important to teach them a...