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Recap

Hi everyone! It´s nice to have you back!

In our last class, we did a recap on all the methods while we put the theory into practice and presented our topics to the class. My group presented the TPR method, and we made a beautiful poster and came to the front. That reinforced everyone's knowledge and we learned with and from our classmates (Community Language Learning.) We had a great time and I think that was a great way for us to refresh our knowledge for the next activity: a mini-test on the methods. I don't know my score yet but I'm pretty sure I did well! :D

To sum up this topic, I have to say that I didn't expect these many methods. teaching is complex and I am glad to know a little more about the process of teaching and meaningful learning. I am happy to know what was unnoticed back in time when my teachers played a song in the background or when they made us walk around in the classroom, everything makes sense! 

Here are some pics:

This is our beautiful poster on the TPR method.


Here they are, presenting the Community Language Learning Method


Here we are, presenting our topic, the Total Physical Response Method. (TPR)

And here they are, not helping out with the poster but saying they are twins... :) :) (Just kidding they did help! )

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