I kept in mind the trainees were above all teachers involved in an intensive five-month pedagogical training (English being a “pretext” to put them ‘in the shoes’ of a learner) and I used the following activities to get their feedback. Thank you Phil Dexter and Mario ( Pilgrims trainers) for having inspired me…
Anonymous envelopes (from Ways of Doing,Davis et al., Cambridge, 1999, p71) in which I also noticed their extraordinary efficiency in reporting results
"One thing I’ve learnt in this week's classes is that…"(no set order for speaking/ no one is obliged to speak)
Student-centred/Teacher-centred activities scale (the trainees were paired and were asked to choose two class activities, to discuss and place them on the scale. To visualize the scale and make the discussion more kinaesthetic, two volunteers held a string to represent the scale and then, in turn, a representative of each pair stood along the string at a precise place and justified his position).
