DESCRIBE
My last class in this period was very nice because students gave me the opportunity to know them more, and it was very important for me. The first minutes of the class, I could observe a good attitude from students; they were paying attention all the time. I decided to start the class with a game ¨Draw and Guess¨, and students were participating during this activity, and also they were practicing vocabulary. Moreover, students were paying attention to the grammar explanation, doing different activities, and helping me their opinions and attention.
I had to explain a topic Modal Verbs (Have to and Must), so I tried to teach students the most important information about the topic. Also, I created some activities to make students practice the use of these modal verbs. I asked students create some sentences with modal verbs, and practice a conversation. Moreover, I tried to monitor the groups during the different activities in order to help students with doubts or questions. On the other hand, I consider that the environment during the class was normal, but at the same time it was great. Students were paying attention, they were practicing with the activities, and I was explaining and helping them with everything. I know that students enjoyed the warm up and the activity in which they had to create sentences and share them with the class.
The arrangement of the class was interesting and great because I as teacher tried to explain and help students with the topic and the activities, and students were learning during the class, they were participating, paying attention, making the activities, enjoying the class, asking questions, etc. I prepared some activities for the class, first I used a poster to explain grammar, I gave students a copy with an exercise, then I gave students pieces of paper with a name of a place with the purpose of make students create sentences and I created a conversation.
ANALYZE
Interpreter
-I consider that it is really important to make a good grammar explanation in a class because students can feel confused if they don´t receive a good and clear explanation.
-The grammar explanation is an essential part of a class, so the teacher has to make his/her best effort and explain in the best way the grammar. Students will not give good results if they don´t understand the grammar explanation.
-The grammar explanation is important because when the teacher explains grammar, students have the opportunity to learn some new about the language. The teacher has to make a good and excellent grammar explanation in order to make students understand and practice the structure and the information.
-If students receive a good grammar explanation, they will not have problems to understand, practice and give appropriate results in English. However, if students don´t receive the appropriate grammar explanation, they will feel loss and they will not learn anything. It can be bad for students.
Generalize
-Based on what I already know about grammar explanation in a class, I think that it is really important to prepare useful material to explain the grammar. If the teacher creates material to teach grammar, students can understand better and easily.
- Based on what I observed, I think students generally don´t like to receive grammar because they think that it is difficult and boring. So, I consider that the teacher has to create material and activities to make the grammar explanation more interesting for students.
- I believe that the creation of useful activities after explaining grammar can help student learning because they will have the opportunity to practice and understand better.
PLAN ACTION
- So, in the future, I will give more importance to the grammar explanation because I want to teach students in a clear way. I will prepare the appropriate material to make the grammar explanation interesting for students.
-In future lessons, I will take the necessary time in the grammar explanation. It is important to take the enough time to teach grammar because students need to learn step by step, so it is necessary to give them the time to understand.
-The next time I teach this lesson, I will give students the opportunity to help with some examples during the grammar explanation. It can help us to know if students understand the grammar.
-In future experiences, I will also include a variety of activities after explaining grammar because the activities help students to practice and understand better the topic.
DESCRIBE
I consider that my second class was different than the first class because I felt more secure and motivated at the moment to teach. At the beginning of the class, I noticed that students were more interest in my class than in the first class, also I observed that they demonstrated me more confidence at the moment to participate. I started the class with an interesting warm-up called: ¨The Bottle¨. I liked the way students help me to develop that activity because they were participated and enjoying all the time. Fortunately, students were paying attention and participating during the complete class, they were working in the different activities, and also they helped me with some examples based on the topic.
Again, I had to introduce a new unit about Staying in Hotels. I taught students new vocabulary based on the unit, so I prepared material in order to make interesting the idea of learning new words. I wrote the words in some pieces of paper, and also I prepared some pictures about the vocabulary. Moreover, I developed a game using the new vocabulary with the purpose of making the topic more attractive. Finally, I asked students to work in a conversation practicing the new words. I tried to monitor the whole class during the class, and also I tried to help students with some doubts.
In my opinion, I think that the environment of the class was very interesting and motivating because students were participating, laughing and working during the whole class. About the arrangement of the class, I consider that it was great because I tried to develop the activities in the most appropriate order, and also students participated and worked. I felt happy in this second class because students demonstrated more interest in my class. On the other hand, I prepared different materials for the class; I used some pieces of paper in which I wrote the new vocabulary. Also, I made a poster for a game, I created some sentences for a selection activity, and I made a conversation in order to make students practice the new vocabulary.
ANALYZE
Interpreter
-I think that it is really important to motivate students in a class because when students feel motivated, they like to participate and work. You cannot motivate students only with words; you can also motivate them with your attitude or your class.
-When the motivation is part of students´ attitude, they can motivate others at the moment to learn. If students are motivated, they participate, work and learn easily.
-I think that it is really important the motivation in a class because it can help students have more advanced in their learning process.
-If students have motivation in a class, they can have more advantage at the moment to learn because it helps them to develop the learning process easily. However, if they don´t feel motivated in a class or they don´t motivate themselves, they will not demonstrate interest or importance in classes.
Generalize
-Based on what I already know about teaching new vocabulary in a class, I think that it is really important to prepare useful material in order to make the new vocabulary more attractive for students.
-Based on what I observed, I think students generally have problems at the moment to learn and memorize new words. So, it is essential to develop different activities during a class with the purpose of helping students to learn and practice the new vocabulary.
-I believe that the selection of good material can help student learning because if the teacher uses the appropriate material for a class, the students learn better.
PLAN ACTION
-So, in the future, I will try to motivate students developing different activities. Also, I will try to create interesting and good material for the class.
-In future lessons, I will try to have less grammatical mistakes because the teacher told me that I made some mistakes at the moment speak.
-The next time I teach this lesson, I will try to monitor my time in a better way because sometimes I have problems at the moment to develop an activity; I take a lot of time.
-In future experiences, I will also include main vocabulary based on the topic because I consider that new vocabulary is essential in an English class. It is important to make emphasis in new words.
DESCRIBE
My first class was great because I had the opportunity to know a new group of students, and also I had another experience teaching English. At the beginning of the class, I could observe a positive attitude of students, and a good acceptance by them. I started the class with a warm-up called "Yes-No questions"; the students were participating, laughing and enjoying during the development of the activity. Moreover, the students helped me to develop some activities that I had prepared for them in order to practice the topic about Movies and Entertainment.
I had to introduce a new unit called Movies and Entertainment, so I prepared some speaking activities in which students practice their English. Also, I introduced the topic about "the use of since and for"; I tried to explain students some important points about the topic, but unfortunately I did not have enough time. I consider that the environment was quiet, but at the same time it was great because students participated and worked in the activities during the complete class.
I think that the arrangement of the class was good because students participated, worked in the activities, made questions and also they enjoyed the class. I know that I am a new person and a new teacher inside the classroom, so it is kind of difficult to gain students´ confidence from the first class. I used some materials in the development of the class. For example, I used some pictures about different movies to make students discuss, also I used a poster to explain students about the new topic, color pages and the whiteboard.
ANALYZE
Interpreter
-I consider that it is important to make students participate in class because if students participate in class, it means they understand the activities, the new topic, etc.
-When students participate in class, they have the opportunity to practice their vocabulary, but if they do not participate, they cannot practice their English.
-I think that it is really essential the participation of students in classes because they can get more confidence at the moment to speak in English, they can have more fluency, and also they can develop their speaking skill.
-If students participate and practice their English, it can help them to have better results in their learning process. However, if they don´t like to participate or practice their vocabulary, they can have difficulties at the moment to advance in the language.
Generalize
-Based on what I already know about starting a class, I think that it is important to develop a good warm-up to make students participate and introduce a class.
-Based on what I observed, I think students generally have difficulties at the moment to learn a new topic. So, it is important to create different activities to make students practice the topic.
-I believe that the variation of activities can help student learning because students need to practice the four macro skills. It is important to create different kind of activities for students.
PLAN ACTION
-So, in the future, I will take into account speaking activities to make students practice English and get more vocabulary at the moment to speak.
-In future lessons I will try to have more enthusiasm at the moment to teach. It is important to motivate students with a good attitude, good enthusiasm and a great class.
-The next time I teach this lesson, I will give more importance to the new vocabulary because when the teacher starts a new topic or unit, it is important to teach students the new words and the new structures.
-In future experiences, I will also include varieties of activities to make students participate in the class. I consider that it is useful to develop activities based on the four macro skills.
