Week+4B

Week 4B During this class the concept of 'unit planning' was introduced to us. For some reason I'm having a really hard time coming up with a topic. I have many ideas but each time I start planning them I realize there isn't enough there for 3-4 classes or that the topic doesn't provide enough opportunities for authentic communication. I can come up with a multitude of what I consider to be boring topics like transport and this and that (practical everyday things) but I just don't want to devote so may hours to something that doesn't interest me. I want to do topics like fairy tales and activities like story writing but that means that opportunities for teaching everyday communication become limited. I'm starting to realize that I tend to gravitate towards literary topics in my language classes - I can't say I'm altogether surprised. I'm determined to come up with something that can satisfy both the language teaching requirements and my own interests - and yes, I do know that if I become a language teacher I have to teach what students need to learn whether I like it or not.