“Metodología de la enseñanza de la gramática” was in deed a course than

more than useful. TG has fulfilled my expectations. I can guarantee that Teaching
Grammar and “Diseño y elaboración de medios educativos” are the only two courses
where I learned something new, focused on language teaching and something worth
it. The only thing I would’ve preferred was going to a school, doing classroom
observations and teaching a classroom as a final project. I mention this because I
think the bachelor lacks experience; however, PhD Priscilla managed to do an
organised and neat job in assigning the goals for each week, grading them, giving
feedback and designing accurate tasks such as lesson planning, designing exams or
ppt as well as mind maps, summaries, etc (which says that she knows a lot).

I learned so much and things I may never see again. One of those is what
teaching grammar implies and teaching grammar principles (A-factor, E-factor,
Grammar arguments). It goes further than just explaining the “To be” verb. It means
understanding students’ linguistic background (how can I teach English to a SS if
his(her) L1 is Chinese or Korean)? Something I also learned was using the PPP and
the TBL in lesson planning and more lesson planning. Another aspect I thank
Priscilla for is the testing grammar part, as well as the five principles of evaluation
focused on language teaching. I may feel a little more confident creating and
designing exams in the future (although I need a lot of practice). And there is so
much more, so much I can’t remember.

Finally, what I think about Teaching grammar is very complicated. I find

grammar the world’s greatest joy (like a wife I am married to), but I also fear
grammar so much (like a storm in the middle of the ocean). I can’t easily change my
thinking about teaching grammar. But, I believe grammar is necessary as pupils
must learn grammar. Grammar can be monotonous and very explicit, but it can also
be so much fun and implicit. It’s up to the teacher If students what to learn and pay
attention to class in how we teach language. That is a big difference that a language
teacher can change from others that probably have never studied to be a teacher.

The first thing I want to do as soon as possible is to study and read grammar
notes and rules before teaching advanced levels. Another thing I would like to do is
to teach grammar or English to adolescents in late secondary or upper school
students or adults and have as much experience as possible doing the CELTA from
Cambridge.

I have to admit, Priscilla is a good teacher, responsible, wise and sweet. I

hope she teaches any course in the 6th term next year. Thank you so much, I hope
to have a face-to-face course quite soon and I apologise for anything (or everything).

Cheers and happy holidays!

Metodología de la enseñanza de la gramática

Diciembre 2022-2