The first real day at Malmö Högskola and Humfryskolan turned out to be too short of time....
Everything went smooth at Högskolan but when transferring to our practice placement school we were indeed short of time. So changes had to be made - and what we found out was much better. Three whole days of English teaching from 8 in the morning till 4 in the afternoon. It'll be great to have enough time to go in depth with the subjects.
We're teaching film in a 9th grade and the Fanatsy genre in a 7th grade.
I'm looking especially forward to teaching the Fantasy genre again. We'll re-use my material from Engelsborgskolen slightly adapted to the Swedish pupils. It'll be fun to compare how they work with it.
Today we had some good discussions at Högskolan, about semiotics, culture and discourse. I have been put into a small group of two Swedish guys (Martin and Fredrik) who seem very much into doing a good job at the course. We're meeting up for group work on Monday when we have to be at school to watch "Killing us softly", a movie about advertising. Especially about the gender roles in advertising (read female roles).
At Humfryskolan we followed Erica for two hours teaching English in the 9th grade and in the 7th grade. The pupils work a lot with computers and I will adapt my material to the use of computers. In Denmark the children produced a poster to present, but in Malmö I want the children to make a Power Point or an article to present, about one specific fantasy story they have chosen.
Day off tomorrow and I have around 50 pages to read....but it's about genre so it's not that hard :o))
Sounds really good. I'm hoping to visit you, learn from the curriculum you're working on and make contact with your lecturer. I saw your book on semiotics and I think it might be useful for the international programme.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if students might like to have a choice in programme for the presentation? I.e. som might like to make a film... or? Just a thought.
Hi Lilian
ReplyDeleteThank you for commenting.
At Engelsborgskolen I had the pupils work with their hands and produce a poster for their presentation - that went well, and to the question about whether they wanted to have done the production on the computer they answered a clear NO.
So - this time I would like the pupils to make their product as a Power Point and present it to the class.
The reason is that I would like to compare not only skills and presentation, but also the use of media (with all its advantages and disadvantages) in teaching and presentation.
I would have loved to have them produce a film or a play, but I haven't got the routine to handle such a big task in such a short time....so I had to take the easy way out - and make the best of it by comparing the two 7th grades from DK and Sweden.