March was "full" of interesting activities

Sessions, classes, project activity, demo lesson, and methodological sessions were organized  for and with AEPE students on March,2014.

At our lessons we use different sources, such as New English file book, Grammar Oxford book, Skills for Success (writing and reading), and different Internet resources.All of them are useful to improve Grammar, reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills of our students.

At the same time, students learn the methods and strategies of teaching through the process of their teaching. It was a new information for students about the learning styles and multiple intelligence skills that have to be taken into account in planning lessons. AEPE students identified their own learning style and discussed about activities that will be used for multiple intelligence skills. It was very interesting to make a contrast between a teacher-centred and student-centered approaches and to present different arguments for and against of them. We analyzed the role of student-centered methods of teaching in the students' development and understanding. AEPE students have changed their opinion about it.

It was a great experience to observe a demo lesson, that Ms. Mirgul organized at her faculty, and to provide a feedback to her. Through this activity, students could analyze one more time the role of student-centered approaches at the lesson, and the role of the teacher in lesson preparation and presentation. This "lesson" that includes a lesson and a feedback is very beneficial for teachers, because they learn better through the prompts, challeneges, and mistakes. The lesson was organized and prepared very well, different interesting activities were used. Students were involved in the learning process and they shared their thoughts in pair and in a group work. The teacher applied audio files, video to support presentation and students shared in their reflection that they have learned a lot through this lesson.

AEPE students  made their input into community by organizing the project enhancement activity. At this month they invited students from three faculties and discussed the topic about the celebration of Nooruz, the history of this events, the steps in food(Sumolok) preparation and played through the role play the legend about this holiday. All members of the team worked together, and they were excited through this activity to organize this project for students . All participants were actively involved and enjoyed the activity. AEPE students got more ideas about the project organization and can apply this knowledge into their schools by organizing activities or club at their working place.

One time in a month AEPE students from both groups have a chance to meet with a native speaker and to discuss some issues or to learn more about strategies and methods of teaching. At this time, they discussed about  speaking activity, the role of it in the classroom, and the strategies that can be useful for the classroom. Students themselves could practice it with others and understand better if they have god speaking and listening skills.


All activites were successful at this month and we believe that AEPE students will use many of them into their own teaching practice with the pilot group of students. What will be the results of it- we will find out at the following month through the reflective log of each AEPE student.