October 5th, 2015

       Today Maribel has introduced the point 1.5.: The Common European Framework of Reference. Then we have discussed about the five competences: writing, listening, speaking, reading and interaction (which was introduced by the CEFR). Also, we have been learning a bit about “Aims and objectives of Council of Europe language policy”, “What is plurilingualism?”, “Approach adopted”, “General competences of an individual”, “Social conventions" and “The common reference levels”. At the end of the class, our teacher talked us about a web site called Council of Europe which she used to explain us the “European English Portfolio”.

Moreover, it´s been a hard class but it seemed shorter because of the way Maribel explained the points and her TPR strategies. Also, I consider really interesting her comments and life experiences. For example, when Maribel talked about the importance of knowing social conventions if we go abroad, because in other countries is forbidden to teachers to touch children. However, I also love how she tries to explain the reasons why she is teaching us the content. For example, today she said to us she wasn´t going to oblige us to read CEFR, but she advised us to know about it, because it´s a really useful tool for teachers.

To sum up, in this class we have been introduced into many topics. Therefore, I have learnt important information, for example: I can be a B2 en some competences and a C1 in others when I use a foreign language. Moreover, I´m going to take into account the CEFR to get ideas in future activities.