Boosting self-esteem and positivity
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Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
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Starting a specialization at UFMG was a challenging decision that undoubtedly made me mature a lot both professionally and personally. The idea that frightened me at first made me a more confident and determined person to continue pursuing a career that, as it is well known, becomes a difficult task in the context in which we live. Meeting people who are passionate about what they do (professors and students) made me see that it is still worth fighting for an education that, in addition to inserting a new language into the student's life, makes them think critically. With this in mind, the first unit is related to positivity versus negativity. The unit is guided especially by the TED Talk Positivity: The Power of Choice by Samantha Rea that leads students to discussions that seek to develop critical thinking about being pessimistic or optimistic about choices we have to make throughout life, as well as to develop the argumentative ability through debates about famous quotations of the same theme. The last activity of the unit is designed to awaken the students to what positive traits they may have, while developing their written skill in the target language. The second unit relates to the first in the sense that it seeks to open students' eyes to what they are best at and to what makes them unique. The unit is initially based on the #TheSchoolOfLife's video, Self-Esteem, and guides students to critical and constructive discussions. The theme of the unit, from vocabulary to grammar, works with content directed to students themselves, and, playing with words, they seek to develop selfknowledge and self-confidence as they reflect on it using reflexive pronouns. In this way, both units aim to give voice to students through the skills of speaking and writing while also giving the opportunity to reflect about the subjects using the skills of comprehension, reading and listening. Both units 1 and 2 were developed for the young-adult audience on the Upper-Intermediate level – A2 according to the European Common Framework - especially aimed at language school. The units are organized with a warm-up, activities of oral and written comprehension and production, using authentic material through videos, texts and examples, as well as exercises developed through corpus in the grammar section. At the end of each unit, students have the opportunity to assess their performance throughout the unit.
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Língua inglesa – Estudo e ensino
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Ensino, Inglês, Positividade, Auto-estima