16 mar 2011

The second chance

I had my second chance today. Early in the morning, I prepared my class. The topic was "Adjectives of Frequency". The lesson plan was well elaborated; I liked the activities it proposed. I looked for a different warm up and I performed one in which students have to make two teams; they send a representative to the front and mimic the content of the flashcard I show to them so that the representative guesses. The group liked that activity; well, they always like to have "mini competitions" in the class. For the presentation, I had the students  read two shorts paragraphs in the student's book and then answer the questions about those paragraphs. At the end, that activity was not so good because the teacher told me that I could have improved it by adding more to it. I could have read the paragraphs along with the students or I could have made something more creative. I learn a good lesson. After that, I taught the grammar related to the use of adverbs of frequency. I like grammar, so that was a piece of cake; that group learns really fast. They learned the rules quickly. For practice, I made them convert some sentences into their own information by using adverbs of frequency. The activity was nice and I finished my turn on time. After my class, the teacher gave me feedback and I learned a couple of things that I hope to improve for the next class. First, I learned that any activity or game has to be as more well explained as possible, and I need to include a clear example so that students do not get confused. Second, simple readings can be funny if I use my creativity and add extra things that will become them more interesting.
I consider that today I got a very nice experience because I could receive more tips to improve my teaching. 

5 comentarios:

  1. You are very creative chickensito, the only thing is that you should take more tiime to prepare your activities. Don't leave the preparation of your class until the last moment. Take your time and you will see how creative you are...
    Keep working. I know you can do it even better...

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  2. Jajajaj Chickensito your lovely girlfriend is telling the true about you jaja you are lazy and prepare the class probably the same day you have to teach jaja Thanks Chris.
    Just kidding Gallinas but It is always good to know what we should improve and I know that you have all the potential Of the Vegas' to be a good teacher. Good luck

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  3. Chulada!!! You love teaching grammar!! OMG I hope one day i can say the same :) next time I´ll teach grammar and I´m afraid of it :(

    Well, sometimes we forget to read the "reading" along the students because of time or because we expect we don´t have to do it with students at that level but it´s important they listen how to pronounce the words...great job Steban Alejandro.

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  4. Raúl,

    I like you positivism. That shows that you are willing to learn and put into practice what your tutors tell you. It is also great to know that you like to explain the grammar part. I got to tell you that that is not something many people like. I know you will become a great teacher if you continue with that positive attitude.

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  5. Chulada Sandor!!! I like that you are responsible enough to see the things you need to improve. The best thing you can do is t take into consideration your tutor´s pieces of advice because they will help you to improve yourself by the time of teaching. Just remember that they have more experience in this field, so the things they tell you are for your own benefit.. see ya

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