sábado, 15 de agosto de 2015

Third Class

Describe
The last class of this period was awesome. I had to teach the comparatives and superlatives. I could notice that students learned really quickly about the topic, and they enjoy the class. The arrangement of the class was in the horse shoe. The materials used were charts, the board, markers, and some photocopies. The charts were used for explaining the grammar part, and the photocopies to develop the activities.  

(Analyze)
Plan Action
Interpret
Generalize

I can say that teaching comparatives and superlatives is not too difficult since there are many activities that can be used when giving this topic.

Also I think that is not a hard topic for students since the grammar is not too difficult; however, the teacher has to be careful with the rules.

Teaching the rules in the appropriate form is important to give a clear class. And this help students to understand the topic easily.


Based on what I already know about comparative and superlative, I think using own examples in the class can be helpful.

Based on what I observed, I think students generally have problem to use examples of their lives.

I believe that this kind of examples can help student learning because they see how to apply English in real life.

So, in the future, I will apply activities in which ss talk about their lives.

In future lessons I will apply more speaking activities.

The next time I teach this lesson, I will  make students compare things that are in the classroom.


domingo, 2 de agosto de 2015

Second Teaching Practice

Describe
What I noticed in my second class was that students like to develop activities in which they really move. Also I could realized that they easily memorize phrases that are said in the class. The topic that I gave was modals (should). The environment of the class was really awesome, and the arrangement was in the horse shoe way at the beginning, but then, I divided them into groups. The material used were the board, some chart, markers, copies, and speaker.
(Analyze)
Plan Action
Interpret
Generalize

I think teaching a new topic for students (modals) is kind of difficult, and I have to adapt the activites according to the level and also the topic for developing them.

Applying good and not too complicated activites for students is great, and also helps for students understanding since a complicated activity does not work well in a lower level. In addition, I might say that including kinesthetic activities is really importan.



Based on what I already know about the modal should, I presented the different ways in which the modal can be used.

Based on what I observed, I think students do not have any problem when learning something new. They quickly got the idea.

I believe that this helps to develop the activities planned because they understand how to apply the new pattern given.

So, in the future, I will give a good explanation about tthe topic because it is easier to work when they easily understand it.

In future lessons I will take into account the space of the classroom for some activities.

The next time I teach this lesson, I will make to participate the students in the grammar part more in the last time.