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Assessing and Giving Feedback to Learners by Carlo Domingo Casinto, Ph.D., FHEA

This is the third episode of the five-part series about writing your professional teaching practice for the purpose of Advanced Higher Education Academy of UK fellowship application. In this episode, I will explain how I assess learning and give timely feedback to learners. References will be appended in the last episode.             To complete the teaching-learning cycle, I administer assessment and give due feedback to my students (Wiggins, 2012) which would be the  focus and emphasis of all post-assessment learning activities (Millar and Hames, 2003). Mindful of this constructive alignment, I assess what I have taught. Prior to formal assessment, a Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) standardized diagnostic test is administered to determine and verify students’ language proficiency insofar as the learning outcomes are concerned. Results of the test have essentially informed what is in th...

Teaching and Supporting Learning in ESL Learning Space by: Carlo Domingo C. Casinto, Ph.D., FHEA

This is the second episode of the five-part series about writing your professional teaching practice for the purpose of Advanced Higher Education Academy of UK fellowship application. In this episode, I will explain how I teach and support learning. References will be appended in the last episode.             I am believer of Constructivist Philosophy. As such, my primary consideration in the teaching and learning process is for my students to find and create meaning as they work through in performing and achieving the standards of the learning outcomes. When students are able to create meaning in their works, they are more engaged and they take ownership of their learning (Crawford, 2003).             I begin my classes by introducing the lesson with either of the following techniques: asking a rhetorical question and telling a relevant narrative, administe...

Designing and Planning Activities for ESL Adult Learners by: Carlo Domingo C. Casinto, Ph.D., FHEA

In this maiden post of ESLounge, I am going to share with you my writing experience of going through the application process of Advanced Higher Education Academy (AHEA) of UK fellowship program. A fellowship affiliation is an essential qualification for ESL teachers in institutions of higher learning. My fellowship application has five parts. Each part reflects into my practice on a particular aspect of the teaching process. Each aspect of the teaching process must illustrate the impact of my teaching practice by demonstrating valid, reliable and quantifiable evidence. Honestly, I say, this is the most challenging part of the fellowship application. In this first episode of the five-part series, I will discuss the theoretical framework by which I design and plan the learning activities. In the second episode, I will explain how I teach and support learning. References will be appended in the last episode.         ...