#1.5. Cultivating your Teaching Philosophy Much as I had a rough idea of what my teaching philosophy is, never had I stopped to reflect on it, let alone to write about it. Suffice it to say, I have been struggling for a while trying to write a teaching philosophy statement, and I know that I will probably change it after going through the next modules. However, I would appreciate it if someone could offer me some feedback regarding content, should I include or omit something? (Also, I'm not sure if it's ok to post my teaching philosophy here, if not, I'm sorry!)

#Chunking and Pacing 1. How far do you agree with Cicero that delivery is everything? I agree to a certain extent, that is, it depends on the context, the type of interaction, and the level of familiarity between speaker and listener. For instance, should an English learner fail to make the correct pauses while speaking with his friends, or others who respect them, it's likely that such speaker will not be looked down on. Nonetheless, the aforementioned may not be true when we change the context, a speaker who knows how to chunk and pace will, by all means, have an advantage, correct pauses help the speaker to become more persuasive. This is true inasmuch as there are some people to whom we cannot help but listen attentively even when the content of their speech is not absorbing. In sum, I think chunking and pacing do play a pivotal role in communication; however, I think it may take a while for beginners students to spontaneously make the correct pauses in their speech, and they shouldn't feel that only after they do so will they be comprehended.

#What is High-Achieving Teaching? These reflections were hard for me, I must confess. Surely the top assumption I've been rethinking is my whole way of teaching. It will for sure change from now on, as I really intend it to. Dogme is the main reason why I'm here and I'm eager to be able to "use" it better. When it comes to the mode, definitely the preacher one, even though I hate it about me. It happens in different areas of my life, to make matters worse. In order to become more scientist I need to study more, definitely. I've been thinking about the value I provide for some minutes and got to the conclusion that the greatest one is helping my students with self confidence using the language. I tried to organize my thoughts and feelings here, but I must tell you it's a mess inside me after this class video!

Hi everyone! Just a reminder that @Cassandra Ormachea and I will be hosting the SIG meeting this Thursday. Also, at the end of the last session, we asked you to think of some successful activities or classes with beginners, and we would love it if you could share some examples with us this Thursday. Looking forward to our discussion!

#Designing a Program Using Minimalist Teaching For me the struggle with designing my program is that I don't know what will emerge during a session, so I am not sure how to design something that is, more often than not, unpredictable.