“Which training courses would you like to have access to as a teacher? Why? Which is, in your opinion, the best way to share good practice amongst teaching professionals? Why?”

I am a teacher who loves to learn, not only for adults but also for children. I think what we learn every day, in many places and by many people. But children are so honest, are so eager to tell stories and much imagination, they are a case of learning to discover.

If I were to ask for a training course , I think it would be on how to motivate those students who at home do not give any value to school , or how to make them understand that it is very important for future reading, writing , do basic calculations and know what day we are . Since often they do not see the need to learn because they have lived very difficult things in their families.

About the best way to share best practices with other teachers, I think a good option is taking courses in the center and share experiences. Or between professionals of the same specialty, but in different centers. Since, talking face to face gives us many more possibilities to share knowledge and feedback is more immediate and more real.

So, whenever I can, I attend such activities in my school or outside it , because I think that it’s very important to continue to grow as a teacher aspect is to learn from my colleagues and apply this knowledge in my daily work.

If you were not limited by the demands of the national/regional curriculum, what would you say is the most important thing you would teach your students about your subject (in a CLIL context)? How would you assess their learning?

I work with students who have different kinds of needs, might have lack of stimulation, disabilities, students with difficulties in attention and concentration, etc. So, about my work, I can’t talk about a specific subject, because I work in a global manner with each student. For me, the most important thing is that my students learn to communicate, learn to express their needs and be motivated towards learning. And all the work through experimentation, discovery and linking both downtown and outside it. When children are motivated and safe, they are able to learn much more when they are not.

In a CLIL context I also think that is communication and work to ensure that children have a positive attitude and interest towards the language you're working. In my class of therapeutic pedagogy it is easy to work with basic language for communication because it always routines , such as greetings, the date of that day , the weather is like and then will expand and work proposed for the day content is working, but always with a very manipulative , visual and auditory material.

In my opinion, it is very important that children are motivated, but for that, the teacher must prepare the class in an attractive manner, always playful and make students participate in this process.

Finally, I believe that the best way to evaluate their progress is by observing and taking notes of their evolution.

Some basics you should evaluate are: if they collaborate in classes and are motivated, if they try to communicate using basic vocabulary, if they know the new vocabulary we work, using manual or computer games, reading cards or calculation, etc. But always in a way that students do not feel pressured by an evaluation, I believe that teachers should always choose the most natural way to assess our students.