viernes, 27 de marzo de 2015

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.


viernes, 20 de marzo de 2015

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.


martes, 3 de marzo de 2015

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.