STEP 1: Log in the course

STEP 2: Scroll down to Unit 1

STEP 3: Read the General Instructions for this Week

STEP 4: Read the Study Guide for this week

The Study Guide

•The study guide summarizes the work you will be doing during the week and also approximately how much time it will take.

•It includes:• a time planner to help you organize your time

 

•strategies, links and resources to help you work online• and a description of the way you will be evaluated and assessed this week.

You also can download this guide in a Word format

STEP 4: Read the General Instructions for the Tasks and Forums

The Tasks

What tasks do you have to do this week?

To be doneTo be done What to do with it?What to do with it? Who is evaluating this?Who is evaluating this?

Tasks 1, 2, 3, 4 Complete them Self-assessed

Word document Task 1 Complete itSave it to disc*Save in your portfolio (ILP)

Self-assessed

Task 5 (2 activities) CompleteSave word document to disc.Save in your portfolio (ILP)

Self-assessed (Preparation for Forum 1)

A description on how you plan to organize your vocabulary record (Study Guide, p.3)

WriteSave in your portfolio (ILP)

Self-assessed

A brief autobiographical article about yourself for a school website (Study Guide, p. 3)

WriteSend to your tutor’s e-mailSave in your portfolio (ILP)

TutorTutor

Forum 1

In how many forums do I have to participate this week?

STEP 6: Read the instructions.

Before starting Forum 1, make sure you completed Task 5Before starting Forum 1, make sure you completed Task 5

You need to make 5 posts You need to make 5 posts to this forumto this forum

Post 1   Post your What are they like? message to the forum

To do this, you have to use the notes you made in you’re My Students file in Task 5:  Forum 1 Preparation  to write a brief message to write a brief message of no more than 50 words about a typical student in your class.

Post 2   Post a question or comment to at least three other teachers about their Post 1 message

Post 3   Respond to any questions you get

Post 4   Post your What do you talk about and why? message (no more than 50 words) to this forum

To do this, you have to  use the 2nd activity in the Task 5: Forum 1: Preparation to make a note of :

•The topics you like to talk about with your students to find out more about their personality and background

•Example questions you like to ask about these topic•Why you feel talking about these topics is important for

your students’ language learning

Post 5   Post a question or comment to at least, three other teachers about their Post 4 message.

What is Forum 2 about?

Here you can post questions or problems you may be having with the unit, language, platform, connection…

This is the only place where you are welcome to write in Spanish

Remember…

We need you to turn in the evaluation form every week

Your feedback is very important for us!

Have a good week!

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