My Educational Autobiography

Amara's ENGLISH NOTEBOOK

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My educationalautobiography

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My first contact with English took place when I was in Elementary school.

That's me!

I didn't take English as a subject at school at that time but I received private lessons for a while...

Elementary school

...she was my first English teacher.

This is Mari Carmen...

She wasn't a native speaker

but she was blonde enough to look like one.

There, we would learn English through games and drills.

Mari Carmen picked me and some other kids up from school and took us to her house....

How do we way "Avió" in English?

...and she was my second English teacher.

No one remembers what happened to Mari Carmen.

This is Miss Cliff...

Probably, my parents just decided that a native English would be a better teacher.

No memories of Miss Cliff.

Primary School

It was in 3rd grade of Primary School....

...when I took English as a subject at school for the first time.

My English teacher in Primary School

This is Jose

In his classes...

Unit 7

...we would do glossaries...

Glossary

mare pare fill filla germana germà iaia

Mother Father Son Daughter Sister Brother Aunt

tia

Yesterday

...and listening activities from the Beatles songs

The Beatles

Yesterday All _ troubles seemed so far away Now it looks as though __'re here to stay Oh, I believe in yesterday Suddenly I'm not half the __ I used to be There's a shadow hangin' over me Oh, ____ came suddenly Why she had to go, I don't know, she wouldn't __ I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday

my

High School

Then it was time to move to the building down the same street...

The Workbook

Now I ask myself: What is "Real English"?

Those Jose's glossaries and songs were subsituted by...

The Students' book

Among all my English teachers in HS...

This is Sandra

She was the first English teacher who...

What do you study English for?

...and encourage us to THINK critically and creatively.

...promoted working in groups...

She used to draw small faces next to the important things on the board. Since then, I do the same when I take notes.

Among all my English teachers in HS...

This is Sandra

She was the first English teacher who...

...promoted working in groups...

...and encourage us to THINK critically and creatively.

She used to draw small faces next to the important things on the board. Since then, I do the same when I take notes.

What do you study English for?

But English became increasingly difficult.

I mastered the fill-in the gaps activities but now...

...I wasn't able to PRODUCE anything CREATIVELY in English.

It just took me two classes with him...

But then I met Ángel.

... to realize I had never been taught English well before.

He encouraged me to write

and write

and write

and write

and write

...

but creatively.

About anything I enjoyed or was interested in.

Ángel was

It just took me two classes with him...

But then I met Ángel.

AND GUESS WHAT?

and still is

He was not a native English speaker.

the best teacher I've ever had.

... to realize I had never been taught well before.

He was from Gandia.

He encouraged me to write

and write

He made me enjoy learning English.

and write

and write

He help me find out what I wanted to become in the future.

and write

...

but creatively.

About anything I enjoyed or was interested in.

English classes consisted on doing activities from the book and correcting them.

Then I started Bachillerato...

See this video that my class did imitating our Bachillerato teachers.

And the Students' book and the Workbook came back!!

Then I started Bachillerato...

And the Students' book and the Workbook came back!!

English classes consisted on doing activities from the book and correcting them.

See this video that my class did imitating our Bachillerato teachers.

I enjoyed my high school years so much that...

when the time to choose a degree came...

I knew I wanted to become a TEACHER.

And as ENGLISH was my favourite subject at school...

- When the time to choose a dreegree came… family pressures to choose English...

University

I chose this degree because of the English language but literture modules were what I enjoyed the most in the end.

Here the classic workbook returns but in another format

...English Studies seemed a good option to me.

And then... in my 3rd year of uni

It was time to go on Erasmus.

NOTTINGHAM

After 4 years of too many exams and assignments...

Time to say goodbye to uni!

WELL,

NOT REALLY

I'm currently doing my Master's degree in Secondary Education...

...and trying to get the most out of my last year as a uni student.

Although a teacher never stops being a learner.

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S'hauran fixat en el meu nou cabell? Ara estic més British...

Where is your workbook??

Before

How I imagined myself as an English teacher...

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Now

How I imagine myself as an English teacher...

Always learning

I want to be THAT TEACHER Who takes STUDENTS out of the cavern

I want to be THAT TEACHER Who IS ALWAYS

AND SOMEONE WHO SHOWS her students

CLIMBING SPIRALS

Learning

How to climb spirals by themselves.

IMPROVING

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Amara CHAVELI LARA