Teaching Practicum l - Reflection 6

My last experience was on Monday 3rd April 2017. I was teaching at 4:00 pm. Even though the weather was hotter than ever, my students were very active. This time my class was different because I was feeling a little bit sick. Also all my activities were free, so I tried to include many in which they could speak a lot, create, and think as much as possible. I started the class with a warm up activity; then I continue with the next activity "the cards game" in which I gave them random pieces of papers and they had to look for a partner and continue asking the questions. My next activity was two questions in which they had to discuss for a moment with the person next to them and then they had to discuss the questions in front of everybody. I decided to include a short reading in which I read some sentences and they had to tell me if they were true or false. My last activity was a role play that they had to create based on two questions that I wrote on the white board. In general, I could notice that they were very motivated and willing to participate every time I asked them to do so. On the other hand, I could notice that they sometimes do not understand the meaning of some words, so in my next teaching practice I would like to have a little space in the white board so that I can write down some words that probably they do not know.

As a conclusion, I can say that I enjoyed all my classes with this group; they are amazing students, and I will try to improve more in my next practice. I feel proud of everything I've done so far. I cannot wait for my future practices.

Teaching Practicum l - Fifth Reflection

My second experience on the second period was on March, 27th 2017; I started the class at 3.00 pm o’clock. They were very energetic and even though the weather was so warm, they were willing to participate in every activity. My students loved the games so I tried to include at least one nice warm up so that they had fun before starting the class.

The warm up I chose was ''Draw it first'' in which they had to choose a representative and had to guess as fast as they could, so the group that guessed the most drawings were the winners. On the other hand, they worked very well as a team. Then, I continued with the presentation of the topic. I chose a small reading for them so that they could underline the words either in present continuous or present simple. During this activity I observed that they were very connected trying to help each other. After that, we were discussing some questions about the reading. Then, I gave the grammar point by using colorful charts with the definition and some examples. The first activity was a fill in the blanks in which they had around 3 minutes to do it, and then, we were sharing answers. They tried to participate a lot. In the next activity, I gave them pieces of paper in which they had to choose the correct tense; they developed this activity very fast, which means they understood.

My last activity was a dialogue which they had to complete in pairs. Then, they had to perform in front of everybody, but I could notice something: They were speaking in Spanish so I tried to encourage them to talk in English. I think this activity was worth it because at the end they wanted to pass.

As a conclusion, I think being a teacher is not an easy task but we need to express our good attitude towards the students so that we can create a good environment in the class.