Thank You

End of 2006 Academic Year

From: Your teacher blogger
To: All fcebloggers and especially to my FCE students
Subject: End of the 2006 FCE course, but not the blog!

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Dear All,

I would like to thank you very much for all your enthusiasm and support in all these months. We have certainly learnt a lot, although there are challenges ahead too. Finishing this year's course certainly leaves us with a sense of achievement. It is my hope that you have found this online experience fruitful and entertaining.

I am still amazed when I see the map of visitors and think of how far this blog has travelled. We have trespassed the frontiers of our classroom to carry our writings to the homes of other students who also share our learning objective. Our comments have probably helped them. At the same time, we have opened the windows of our classroom to let the world’s community of knowledge come in to aid us!

Vygotsky, a Russian cognitive scientist, taught us early in the XX century that learning happens when we connect with other people. Studying with online support is about expanding the Zone of Proximal Development in which learning can occur. It has been my aim to help you feel a bit of the passion for learning English in our interconnected XXI century world. I like to think that you will go on designing discovery paths for yourselves. True learning is that which never stops.

Wishing you every success in your exams,

Claudia

The FCE Blog Editor
http://fceblog.blogspot.com

Related Post: Our first post, March 2006