This was my third class in Advanced English II, and I can say that it
was wonderful for me. My first 2 classes were hard, but this time I felt
as if I was flying in the classroom.
I always pray at the beginning of the class, and one student told me that they were learning that because they had never done it. That little thing motivated me to think that there are many things that I can do and I can teach them. Then, we shared a beautiful quote " the best way to succeed is to follow the advice we give to others," and students were sharing experiences in which they didn't practice this thought.
Later, I developed a listening, and I did many activities with it. All the
students participated and gave their points of view. We share many
ideas, and they started to say interesting things about the topic. They were laughing and talking about the listening during the whole class.
At the end, the teacher congratulated me because he said that I am very creative. He told me that I was doing well there, and that motivated me a lot. He also gave me a wonderful Cd, which contains a lot of listening activities.
Ahhhhh and the most curious was that some students asked me for help. As I have been teaching the grammar sections, they told me that they would like me to teach them grammar. Well, it was strange for me, but I will try to help.
miércoles, 22 de febrero de 2012
viernes, 17 de febrero de 2012
MY SECOND CLASS
My second class was kind of hard for me. First, because I had to teach the grammar part again, and I wanted something like the free practice. Well, I tried to be prepared for that class; especially because the topic was new for me. I dedicated a lot of time to be prepared for unexpected question, and I think that it really helped me. Since I started the class some students were asking me about the topic, and I had to tell them to wait because I hadn’t introduced the topic yet. I started the class and developed an activity during the whole session. I told students that when they listened to the word “family,” they had to stand up, and the last person who did it had to take a piece of paper with a penalty. I really liked the activity because students were paying attention to my words, but at the end the teacher let me know that sometimes we have to look for the best moment to develop a TPR activity. He said that it was okay, but we cannot I include those kind of activities in the grammar presentation. So, I will consider his piece of advice. During the class I faced many circumstances because whereas I wanted to explain something, students were asking me for some little details. It is like to go in another road, but I tried to answer as suitable as I could.
To be honest it was hard for me because the group demands me a lot, but at the same time it makes it interesting and challenging for me. I think that this is the moment in which I am really learning how to be a real teacher. It is amazing
My second class was kind of hard for me. First, because I had to teach the grammar part again, and I wanted something like the free practice. Well, I tried to be prepared for that class; especially because the topic was new for me. I dedicated a lot of time to be prepared for unexpected question, and I think that it really helped me. Since I started the class some students were asking me about the topic, and I had to tell them to wait because I hadn’t introduced the topic yet. I started the class and developed an activity during the whole session. I told students that when they listened to the word “family,” they had to stand up, and the last person who did it had to take a piece of paper with a penalty. I really liked the activity because students were paying attention to my words, but at the end the teacher let me know that sometimes we have to look for the best moment to develop a TPR activity. He said that it was okay, but we cannot I include those kind of activities in the grammar presentation. So, I will consider his piece of advice. During the class I faced many circumstances because whereas I wanted to explain something, students were asking me for some little details. It is like to go in another road, but I tried to answer as suitable as I could.
To be honest it was hard for me because the group demands me a lot, but at the same time it makes it interesting and challenging for me. I think that this is the moment in which I am really learning how to be a real teacher. It is amazing
My first class
Well, I´m gonna talk about my first class at the university. It was in Advanced English II with teacher Giovanni Blanco. To be honest, that day I was very nervous because some of the students were my classmates, but at the end it was an advantage for me.
I started my class with a beautiful quote, and some students helped me to read and analyze it. Then, I developed the warm up activity. For me it was incredible because students were exiting to participate. It was a group spelling activity, so we were shouting to confuse the person at the front. The problem was that we were making such as noise that it made me feel that the teacher next door was going to arrive to say that they were in classes. Fortunately, it didn’t happen.
The topic of the class was adjectives and word order, so I studied a lot to be prepared to whatever unexpected question. I really like that when teaching advance students, we have to investigate and read to be ready. It is incredible that I studied that topic in grammar, but I didn’t learn it, and now I manage it very well.
During the class, some students asked me about the topic, and I was happy to answer them. Then, I gave them a series of sentences, which they had to organize, and when I saw that all the groups did it correctly, I felt as a good teacher jaja. At the end, we share the answers, and I congratulated them because of their effort.
Also it is important to mention that the teacher gave me the feedback at the end of the class. He gave me some recommendations that for sure will benefit my work as a teacher
Well, I´m gonna talk about my first class at the university. It was in Advanced English II with teacher Giovanni Blanco. To be honest, that day I was very nervous because some of the students were my classmates, but at the end it was an advantage for me.
I started my class with a beautiful quote, and some students helped me to read and analyze it. Then, I developed the warm up activity. For me it was incredible because students were exiting to participate. It was a group spelling activity, so we were shouting to confuse the person at the front. The problem was that we were making such as noise that it made me feel that the teacher next door was going to arrive to say that they were in classes. Fortunately, it didn’t happen.
The topic of the class was adjectives and word order, so I studied a lot to be prepared to whatever unexpected question. I really like that when teaching advance students, we have to investigate and read to be ready. It is incredible that I studied that topic in grammar, but I didn’t learn it, and now I manage it very well.
During the class, some students asked me about the topic, and I was happy to answer them. Then, I gave them a series of sentences, which they had to organize, and when I saw that all the groups did it correctly, I felt as a good teacher jaja. At the end, we share the answers, and I congratulated them because of their effort.
Also it is important to mention that the teacher gave me the feedback at the end of the class. He gave me some recommendations that for sure will benefit my work as a teacher
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