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sábado, 5 de septiembre de 2015

First teaching (Second Period)

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When I was in the classroom, I saw some Ss there. They were talking about a presentation they had in another class. I was writing on the board the agenda and the objective. The environment was great the Ss made me feel comfortable. The seating arrangement was in the traditional way because of the space of the classroom that is small. I used a small teddy bear for playing the hot potato, a chart for explaining grammar (past continuous related with parts of a car) pieces of paper for unscramble sentences and markers for the free activity.

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In the warm up, I developed the hot potato for reviewing the topic of the last class. I played music, and the Ss had fun with the activity.

Teaching the past continuous is not difficult. However, the vocabulary about cars was a challenge because it was new for me.
  

This may help Ss learning since it increases their vocabulary. Now, Ss not only know about what contains a house also they know about cars.

Based on what I already know about speaking activities, they are important when you want your Ss to practice their speaking skills. However, written activities are important since they practice the grammar part.

Based on what I observed, I think students generally got what I explained, and I felt happy for their reactions

I believe that I could do a better job since I got nervous. It was my first time with them, and I was thinking about their reactions. When I gave my explanation about vocabulary, I just did it once. I think That I could give them more examples about each word.

So, in the future, I will give more examples in the vocabulary for being sure if Ss got some words.

In future lessons, I will make some speaking activities in order to practice the vocabulary taught.

The next time I teach this lesson, I will use funny activities I could notice that they enjoy and at the same time, they put in practice what they saw in the class.

In future experiences I will use a variety of activities because of the time I just did three. Also, I will control the time.

2 comentarios:

  1. Hi, there.
    Melissa I´d recognize you´ve done a great job in your very first teaching practice, though Ss were new as you were new for them. I think that situation is very common and challenging because when we are facing for the first time a new group, we tend to think about how Ss will react or behave under certain aspects. Nevertheless, we teachers need to overcome this kind of troubles. Moreover, I completely agree with you that technical vocabulary is difficult to carry it out along with a specific grammar point since you sit on the fence on where to start, continue, or finish.
    Nice to keep variety of activities, Melissa, that will make Ss learning acquisition richer.

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  2. Hi Melissa! I think you did a great job with the students in spite of they were a new group for you. I agree with you when you talk about the time because sometimes we bring many activities to the class, and we do not manage the time properly. I will take into account your piece of advise because I have some problems with that. Continue doing your best ;)

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