Hello!
I'm writing a new article all about the dreaded Checkpoint 3...and I'm looking for your advice to other TEFLers to use in the article - it's going to be a good one packed with tips, advice and general positivity about the checkpoint, because let's be fair, whilst it is a tough cookie, it gets a lot of bad press :)
If you've survived checkpoint 3 and have any constructive advice for others in your old shoes (without giving away the answers of course) drop it in the box below and we'll feature it in the article if you like!
Hearing from other TEFLers is what makes Chalkboard so great, so I'm looking forward to hearing from you all :)
Thanks in advance!
Katie
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Hi Katie,
Just about survived Checkpoint 3! The main thing I would say has to do with Question 11. Make sure you know the stages! I kept on getting mine mixed up and therefore confusing everyone including myself. Make sure you understand what each stage involves and you can't go wrong!
Thanks for your help & good luck to everyone!
R
Great Idea!!
The one peice of advice I feel is especially important, is don't fret.
Work at it a question at a time, if you don't get it have a break and then go back to it.
The other thing is think simply. I was getting myself all worked up about one question in particular, I just didn't get it at all. My poor hubby who I was using as a sounding board said to me 'surely it cannot be as complicated as all that' I re-read the question, and there was the answer staring me in the face. I just made myself believe that it had to be some intricate answer, when of course it has to be simple because if we don't get it, how do we expect our future students to get it?
The other thing, as many have said before and this helped me too, is to go back over the previous modules and resouces pre Checkpoint. It is all in there, but not always as obvious as we would like.
Of course this is the same with all of the Checkpoints really, but 3 is a bugger lol! ;)
Good luck with the article
Nikki
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