Leaving our comfort zone

This Saturday it was time to analyse what the previous module meant for us. Studying "Abordagens no Ensino de Línguas e Preparo de Material Didático" in just 40 hours seemed quite an impossible challenge. In one of our next posts we are going to take you on a guided tour of our thoughts on these last few weeks. One thing I can tell you in advance is that we all left our comfort zones at one point or another.
     With this in mind, here is a nice excerpt of a post from Jeremy Harmer's blog, an author that was mentioned today in class.

Of fingernails, gliders, guitars and glue – a new ZPD?
by Jeremy Harmer

"In a sense all teachers leave the comfort zone every time they meet a new class or teach a brand new lesson, but deciding to do those shows in South America (I hope you are following!) seemed a little more than that. A real risk. An exciting and terrifying risk."

(click to read the complete post)

Jeremy Harmer is a teacher, teacher trainer and author of more than 20 books HeJeremy also loves music and, more recently, he's become a fan of the sites Twitter and Second Life.