About me ...

My name is Salma, I was born on the 20th of April 1976, we are five in family, my parents, my two brothers and myself.
As a child grew up in a family cared a lot about education, I was lucky to attend a well-regarded private school from kindergarder through highschools.
This French private school provided an efficient education and a moral philosophy that are remaining with me throughout my life.
At work where I joined a nice team, I was determined and ambitious, as a results I was promoted as a "Volkswagen Brand Manager". My job was my priority, my hobby and all my life.
On the other hand, the birth of my daughter "Farah" in 2008 and one year later the birth of her sister "Lina" was a turning point in my life, and nothing has anymore importance more than my family.
Last year, My husband started his international career, and I became so addicted to travelling overseas, discovering other countries and cultures.

Salma Abdeddaiem.

Thank you for your introductions!

Hello everybody!

Thank you to the 4 people who have posted up your introductions!
By the way you can insert a picture or photo ,if you want to.

Me in Chinatown in London last year!

By the way don't forget to answer my question
on the topic of 'speed dating'.

Thanks!

Patric

presenting myself:

Hello! I'm Maissa .I'm married and i have a three-year old daughter .I like reading and listening to music .I don't work and i hate routine ,so i spend my spare time each day doing different activities.Sometimes i do sport such as walking jogging.Other times i go shopping....

Right now, i'm trying to emprove my english  so joined British council and i've been there for  a year and i aim to continue .that's it .

Presentation

I'm SBA I'm a student in the upper 4 , I'm a housewife and a mother of two children.
My both children are students: my son studies in Canada and my daughter in the Tunis business school.
Now, as my children become independent I have some spare time that I like to spend in studying.
I follow a trainee in kitchen and improve my english in the British council.
I find that studying there is intresting especially with young students.
My hobbies are travelling and embrodory . I hope we will spend an enjoyable session with our new teacher Patric.

This is who i am !!!

A young girl of  23 years old , my name is Imen hezami.  Doing a master of geology .

Nature , hills , mountains , hiking , and climbing mountains are the main fields I’m interested in .

Music , is my escape from the noisiness of the hole day , can’t spend a day without listening to it , what kind? I’ll tell you that I like all type and I don’t have a problem with that but I do loathe rock and metal music .

I also try  to be up to date , so I spend couple of hours a day reading , any thing interesting and which could enrich me .

I’m a positive happy person, always laughing, I know it can be excessive sometimes but can’t deal with it .

Also I’m a member of Aiesec , a the world's largest youth-run organization , to help on  the developpement of my leadership , enlarge my networking and be an active person on the society.

introduction about myself

Here I am. My name is Watfa. I'm 54 years old. I'm from Bizerte. I'm a mother of a ten years old little boy's name Samy. I'm a housewife. I like sports: I, play tennis, ride horses, windsurf, ski, water-skiing, swimming etc..
I travelled all over the world. I love music ( jazz, soul and classic). I like reading ( french and english). My favourite writers are: John Grisham, Danielle Steel, sydney Sheldon, Stephen King .....
I enjoy watching american movies and series. I'm never bored. I like joking and laughing.

hello everybody and welcome to speed dating!

What you think of speed dating?
Do you think it would be popular in Tunisia?

How would you introduce yourself and what would you talk
about in 3 minutes?

Teaching English Radio 'Using Group Work with Large Classes'

Hello everybody and welcome back to Teaching English Radio! 

After our adventures in Gafsa we're back in Tunis!

Today the topic was 'Using Group Work with Large Classes'

In the studio audience were Ridha Maknine,Primary school teacher,Bizerte
Myriam Matmsti,Secondary School Teacher of English,El Kram High School,Tunis

Hayfa Majoub,Secondary School teacher,Ben Arous, Tunis and Ian Smith,Senior Teacher Academic,British Council Tunisia.

Some of the key points of using group work is the importance of the  setting up of group work and  classroom management skills for instance the teacher’s role can change to monitoring, listening and giving advice.Some advantages of group discussion is that it allows students to relax, express themselves and really use the language. It can be very motivating and dynamic.
It can be adapted to suit all classes and different activities.

The studio guests also talked about their first teaching memory,how they felt when they saw their first class for the first time,the advantages and disadvantage of teaching a large group.Ian talked about his first teaching experience in Japan,a class of 45 students and though there's this image of Japanese people being polite;they were actually normal rowdy teenagers;as a young teacher it was an intimidating experience and another problem was that the course book wasn't culturally interesting - pop songs from the 1970's for students from the 1980's! Despite this daunting situation Ian said it was a good learning experience and gradually he developed strategies to deal with the large class and to make the lessons interesting.

One of the disadvantages that one of the Tunisian teachers mentioned was about assessing the students in group work and that it was difficult to assess them individually,Ian said that could be resolved by ensuring that everyone said something in their presentation and he found that the  stronger students made an effort to help the weaker students participate.
Another interesting point that Ian made was about the process of feedback and it was important for the students to do their feedback in their groups before a whole feedback as it helped the students to be more confident and prepared.

click 
http://www.radiotunisienne.tn/rtci/sounds/anglais/anglais01022013.mp3 to listen to the latest programme!

Be sure to listen to the programme 
on the 1st March!  We'll be in El Kef! 
Hope you enjoyed the programme! 

Patric