Almost half way there!
Hello
Just one more session left of this term…….hooray! Assignment 3 due in on that day………booooooooo! We now have two more assignments to be working on over the holiday-and I say that word lightly, you understand, because, in fact, poor me, I do not have a holiday. (Everybody say…….ahhhhhhhhhhh!) No seriously, please do not send words of sympathy, for I AM in fact having a teeny weeny holiday; I am going to Pagham with family for the August bank holiday, and have taken a couple of days off work beforehand, so I do in fact get a break. It should be relaxing, but I may have to take some ‘light reading’, (as in research for my discourse analysis assignment) and some notes on student assessment (yes, you guessed-that would be for my assessment assignment). But more of that later!
The conference was a little disappointing, as well as extremely exhausting. Arising at 5 am on a Saturday is not the most enjoyable of prospects to begin with. Furthermore, experiencing London Transport and its inefficiencies so early in the morning leads me to offer my greatest applause to all who are misfortune enough to have to use such an abysmal service an a daily basis! But I digress-the main attraction for me was the prospect of the task based learning workshop; sadly this was probably the most disappointing part of the day. My tutor had joked that I would probably find I already knew everything, and at the risk of sounding pompous, this turned out to be the case. The morning presentation, on the principles of Dogme,however, was very interesting. I recognised this term from something I had read, but wasn’t totally sure exactly what it was. The speaker was very good, and certainly held my attention throughout, unlike the afternoon presentation on Creative Writing, which I was looking forward to, but which failed to inspire me at all. A great shame, as this is also an area of interest to me. The afternoon workshop was successful, with lots of participation, ideas for class activities, and some points to think about. It was mainly concerned with dialogue, which will be extremely helpful for my Discourse Analysis assignment. Oh noooooooooooooooooooooo! I did it-I said the ‘A’ word! It is 2.19 am now, and I have yet to start putting my assignment together. I now have my ‘case study’ and pages of notes covering most of the bullet points, but it looks like once again I shall be sitting up till the wee small hours tomorrow in order to meet the deadline. (Why change the habit of a lifetime?)
Last week’s input sessions were very useful: continuation of Listening material, and the importance of its authenticity; then a very long but extremely informative session on Dyslexia, which I found both interesting and enlightening.
Anyway, I really ought to ge some sleep, because I doubt I’ll get more than two or three hours tomorrow night. Hopefully by the next blog entry, I will have completed and handed in my 3rd assignment. This will mark the very significant halfway stage of my CELTA 2, although I do still have an observed lesson to endure in the next month!! Hopefully this will keep you all interested, even though I have no idea what I am going to teach on that day. I’m sure that you all understand now about my affliction, and perhaps allow me just a little sympathy??? Enough for now-I’m very tired!!!
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