The Last Entry (3rd period)

Describe What I could notice in this slice of the lesson is that students were bored at the beginning of the class, but the warm-up (sharks are coming) helped me to cheer them up. The environment was really awesome. The materials used were markers, flashcards, a chart, and a handout.
(Analyze)		Plan Action
Interpret	Generalize
To give a lesson with help of visual material is easier for the teacher. I used the visual aid this time for teaching clothing vocabulary. The students get easily the idea of what the teacher is giving during the lesson. The use of visual aid is important to catch the students’ attention and help for a better explanation of the topic. However, if the teacher does not make the appropriate use of them, the purpose of using that material will be in vain.	Based on what I already know about the clothing vocabulary, I think is not easy to guess the meaning of the words without help of the visual aids. Based on what I observed, I think students generally memorize easily the new vocabulary when seeing a picture that represents the meaning of the word. Also this help to avoid problems to get the meaning, and help the teacher to save time when giving new vocabulary.	So, in the future, I will include visual aid when giving new topics. In future lessons I will make use of great warm-up for the students to motivate them. The next time I teach this lesson, I will include more flashcards about the clothing items.

Third Period (second class)

Describe What I could notice is that basic English students like kinesthetic activites since I started the class with warm-up in which they had to move. The environment was great during the whole class because they really like speaking activities. The arrangement was in the normal way, and the materials I used were photocopies, the board, markers, and a chart.
(Analyze)		Plan Action
Interpret	Generalize
I think the speaking activities work better than any other activity in the class. Students prefer speaking rather than being writing on their notebook. And sometimes writing activities become monotonous for the students and they get bored in the class. And I consider that speaking activities really help to improve their fluency.	Based on what I already know about speaking activities, I think it is good students practice because this help them to remember and practice pronunciation. Based on what I observed, I think students generally have some problems with pronunciation so it is better to make them talk. I consider that these activities help students to be very confident when they have to talk in English.	So, in the future, I will apply more speaking activities to make them practice their speaking skill. In future lessons I will take more advantage of the activities to make students participate. The next time I teach this lesson, I will make more use of the visual aid to give a better explanation of the topic.

Third Period

Describe What I saw in this slice of the lesson is that the majority of students had understood the simple past since the teacher presented the topic one day before my class, so I took advantege of that. The environment was great, and students participated during the whole class. The arrangement was in the normal way. The materials I used were flashcards, the board, and copies.
(Analyze)		Plan Action
Interpret	Generalize
I can say that basic English students are really talkative during the class, but it is an advantage when developing speaking activities. I think that more kinesthetic activities will work better for this group.   This kind of activities are really important to help students learning since they feel more involved in the activity.	Based on what I already know about the simple past, I think it is important to show the differences between irregular and regular verbs. Based on what I observed, I think students generally confuse the was and were. I believe that helping each othet is a good way to learn because I noticed students help each other to develop the activities, and I liked that since they work as a group.	So, in the future, I will try to specify the usage of was and were In future lessons I will include more visual aids. The next time I teach this lesson, I will give better directions for students to work well on the activities.

Third Teaching Practice

Describe What I saw in this class, it was that students were bored at the beginning of the class, but after I developed the warm-up, they woke up because it was a funny warm up. This made students laugh and enjoy the beginning of the lesson, and created a great environment. For this lesson, I used some photocopies, markers, and flashcards.
(Analyze)		Plan Action
Interpret	Generalize
This time I just did a review about the topics students had been studying, but it was not easy since I had to cover around five topics. I think to make a review of topics it is important to choose the correct activities. This is important and helps to make students practice what they have seen during the lessons.	Based on what I already know about activities, I think that is important to take advantage of the material to have a good activity. I believe that the materials can help student learning because it is a way to present the topic.	So, in the future, I will use more different activities to make the class more interesting In future lessons I will give better instructions to save time.

Second Teaching Practice (2nd Period)

Describe What I noticed in this slice of the lesson is that students were interesting in the topic I was giving. Some of the students got the idea of the topic very fast, and also they liked to participate. The environment was really good since I developed the warm up. The arrangement was in the normal way at the beginning, but then, I made some groups. Some of the materials used were the board, markers, speaker, and flashcards.
(Analyze)		Plan Action
Interpret	Generalize
I can say that I tried another form to give instructions, and it was better than in the first class. Students work better when giving good instructions to them. This is important because it is the first step to start an activity This really helps students’ knowledge because they get the idea about the explanation given.	Based on what I already know about comprehension, I think a teacher has to be aware that comprehension is the main goal of giving a class. Based on what I observed, I think students generally like to share ideas or examples in the class.	So, in the future, I will keep using materials to make my class great. In future lessons I will be monitoring more than in this class. The next time I teach this lesson, I will provide more examples to give a better explanation.

First Teaching Practice (2nd Period)

Describe I could notice that students of basic English are very quiet; however, it is kind of difficult to work with them because of the low knowledge they have about English. The environment was good, and I like that students really work. The materials that I used in this class were markers, the board, photocopies, and flashcards. All the material was related with the electronic devices.
(Analyze)		Plan Action
Interpret	Generalize
The topic I gave was the Wh-question using the present continuous, and it was not difficult to explain, but the difficult part was that some students do not have the enough knowledge in this level. I guess that some students have never taken English classes before the university, and that is why it is difficult for them. I think that using the appropriate words for this level is important to help students learning since they can understand what it is presented by the teacher.	Based on what I already know about giving instructions, I think in basic English this is more important than in any other level. I believe that make students to talk can help student learning because they are going to improve their speaking skill.	So, in the future, I will consider using vocabulary that they understand better. In future lessons I will make a better use of some materials that I used for this class The next time I teach this lesson, I will present more flashcard to present vocabulary.

Third Teaching Practice

Describe In this lesson, I could notice that students were very quiet at the beginning, but after the warm-up their attitudes were different. The topic was relative clauses. And the environment was really nice, and all the students were working. The arrangement was in the normal way. The materials used for the class were markers, photocopies, and board.
(Analyze)		Plan Action
Interpret	Generalize
This time was kind of difficult since I was kind of confused with some structure of the exercises I had to develop, but I asked for help in order to be well prepared for my class. I think that if we do not know something, we have to ask for some help to perform a great class. To be ready for the class is really important because the teacher is the one that share knowledge with the learners. If the teacher is not well prepared this is going to hinder the students learning since the teacher is giving wrong information.	Based on what I already know about relative clauses, I think we have to be careful about what a sentence refers to apply any of the words that are used for creating relative clauses. Based on what I observed, I think students generally have doubts, but some of them are afraid to ask the teacher. I believe that monitoring can help student learning because we as teacher realize what students are having problems when developing an exercise.	So, in the future, I will prepare my class better. In future lessons I will monitoring more to check students’ progress. The next time I teach this lesson, I will give more examples about the type of sentences.

Second Teaching Practice

Describe In this slice of lesson, I could notice students were paying more attention than in the first class I gave. Students were really interested in the topic that I was giving (relative clauses). The environment was really great since they were very active for the class. The arrangement was in the normal way to have a clear view of the board. I used materials such as markers, the board, some charts, and the book summit 2.
(Analyze)		Plan Action
Interpret	Generalize
I think the topic “relative clauses” is not easy to teach since it is sometimes kind of confusing; however, it is not impossible. I can say that is was not too hard to teach this topic since they had seen it in the previous class. Nevertheless, I had to develop a great class about it. This topic is really important as any other topic. And helps students to know how to introduce a description of a person or thing into a sentence.	Based on what I already know about relative clause, I think it is not as complicated topic to teach as others. But we have to be careful when giving the lesson about relative clauses in order to share a good explanation. Based on what I observed, I think students generally take advantage of the lesson by checking their book (summit2) to know more about the lesson. And they feel motivated to listen to the explanation the teacher gives, I believe that motivation can help student learning because this make them feel interested in knowing something new.	So, in the future, I will take advantage of what students know about the topic to save time. In future lessons I will apply an activity to develop an exercise to make the class more active. The next time I teach this lesson, I will prepare in a better way my material to give an excellent explanation.

First Teaching Practice

Describe In this slice of the lesson, I noticed that the students are not afraid to participate in the class. And, the majority of the students are very active. Otherwise, I developed just activities because of the topic “favorite things.” The environment was really nice, and I felt confident being in front of the group of students. For the arrangement of the classroom, I used the groups of four, and then I used the pair work because of the activities. The materials that I used were some pieces of papers which contained the information that they were going to use for developing the activities and also the board and markers to explain some words.
(Analyze)		Plan Action
Interpret	Generalize
Developing activities with students is sometimes difficult because some of the students tend to talk about other things instead of talking about the topic. And I have to be careful when grouping the students since we cannot have more than four people in a group if we want they work well. Working with groups into the classroom is great, but the teacher has to be monitoring students in what they are doing because if the teacher does not pay attention to the students, they are going to be doing something else. However, this kind of work is important to make students practice what they have seen in the lesson. These activities help the students to improve their speaking skill.	Based on what I already know about working with activities, I think it is important to develop some of them into the classroom to motivate the students, also to make them participate. Based on what I observed, I think students generally like to have the opportunity to participate for expressing their ideas. I believe that activities that are applied in a wrong way can hinder student learning because they can misunderstand the purpose of the activity.	So, in the future, I will apply activities taking into account the number of the member of the groups. In future lessons I will give clearer directions because, to be honest, I think that there were certain moments in which students misunderstood the directions.

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