Demo class

In my demo class, I could notice some of my weaknesses as well as strengths. For instance, in the planning of the lesson I realized that I lacked of the knowledge of the technical names of the activities and stages through which a class goes on. Therefore, I had to make my planning supporting every activity with a sheet of paper containing the skills and microskills of reading. However, and no matter the planning, there were still some aspects that I could have covered more efficiently like the use of strategies to check the language of a text without having the students read aloud the material.
On the other hand, I could also notice that I already have some of the necessary abilities for a teacher to perform in a classroom, such as: control of the students facing teaching-related situations, logical sequence of activities and clarity of the tasks that students are expected to carry on.

First impresion on ELT

At first sight, ELT looked to me as a huge task because it demands knowledge of too many things regarding not only the language itself, but also human behaviour. I thought that 5 years were just too little to learn and absorb the knowledge and skills that any teacher should have. Sometimes, I was even doubtful that I could someday do what the people from which I was been taught were doing at that time.
However, after about four years striving to achieve the objectives in every subject that I have been offered, I begin to believe that mastering ELT is possible and that the enduring commitment that it requires is not anymore beyond my reach. In fact, I dare to say that there are enough tools and available information –for anyone with the minimum requirements– to successfully perform ELT.

About me...

My name is José Eleazar Roa Mayora. I was born in 1978 and I am the only child of a marriage that lasted 21 years –my father died in 1995–.
After eight years working as a mechanic (1995 – 2002), I decided to take one step further in my professional development by starting a five-year career at the university. This was not my first attempt; the first one was in 1997 when I took Systems Engineering at Universidad Nacional Abierta, but at that time it was impossible for me to continue.
However, the experience and the knowledge that I acquired during those years allowed me to qualify to go in the Instituto Pedagógico de Caracas and study to become a Teacher of English.
I know this change was totally opposite to what I did before, but I think of it as something that was necessary in order to be in the place that I am now and what happens to me today will be necessary to be in the place that I will be in the future.
As part of one of those experiences that I have been going through during my career, I created this blog which is intended to advertise and promote the use of strategies to succeed in the task of teaching; more specifically, in English Language Teaching (ELT).

Methodology on ELT

This blog is intended to provide the reader with some tips for the teaching-related situation in the EFL classroom.