Second Week

WEEK 2: Social-emotional Learning for English Students

«Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all»

Aristotle

LEARNING OUTCOMES

by the end of the week you will be able to:

  • define social and emotional learning
  • explain why SEL is important, who and how can benefit from it
  • describe the core social and emotional learning competencies
  • create a SEL friendly classroom
  • introduce various SEL activities to students of all ages

PART 1: SUPPORTING THE WHOLE CHILD

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READING

PART 2: CORE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL COMPETENCIES

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INTERVIEW

Interview with our guest – Valentina Gavranović

  • About Valentina Gavranović
    About Valentina Gavranović

    Valentina Gavranović holds a PhD degree in historical linguistics and works as an assistant professor at English Language Studies Programme at Singidunum University in Belgrade, Serbia.
    As an English language teacher and a teacher trainer with over twenty years of experience, she has been working with teenagers, university students, and adults. She has been actively involved in various professional development programmes and projects with the aim to promote the quality of English language teaching. As a Fulbright scholar, she participated in The Fulbright Teaching Excellence and Achievement (FTEA) Programme and spent two months at Kent University in the USA. She teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses, and her current research interests include applied linguistics, contemporary approaches to teaching, humanistic approaches to teaching, and microlinguistics.

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TEST OF THE SECOND WEEK

Week 2. Test “Social-emotional Learning for English Students”

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1. With social and emotional learning, students

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2. Meeting the needs of the Whole Child includes

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3. Who can benefit from social and emotional learning

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4. How many core SEL competencies are there?

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5. The ability to accurately recognize one’s own emotions is called

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6. The ability to successfully regulate one’s emotions is called

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7. The ability to understand social and ethical norms for behavior is called

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8. The ability to establish and maintain healthy and rewarding relationships is called

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9. The ability to make constructive choices about personal behavior and social interactions is called

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10. You can use this handy tool to help your students if they can’t quite name what’s arising within

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The average score is 53%

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  • SUMMARY
    Do you think social and emotional learning is important for your students? Why/Why not? Which SEL activities introduced in Week 2 do you like and will use in your classroom? If you know any other great SEL activities, please share here.

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