Hey people!! Hi!!!!. Hope everything is ok for you and your family. It is so great the way I feel that I can't describe it, but I will try to tell you how it was this last time I taught the group of Advanced I.
I enjoyed my practice as it was the first time I was teaching, I even also remember how it was, and this time I felt the same. I even was recorded to present the video, and the most beautiful thing is that everything went perfect, the students, the enviroment and the way I developed the lesson.
The lesson was "causative verbs", I guess it is an easy one, but it was difficult for them to use them and when to use them. Remember guys? "Let, get to, make and have" those are the CV. So I started the class with all the confidence of the world, and they got involved with the energy I was transmiting. They were participating and having fun at the same time. I also noticed my tutor very satisfied with the development of my class, and at the end I just gave thanks to them for being at my classes because they didn't miss any of them, so don't worry, you will see that in the video ;).
In the other hand I want to thank you all for commenting and for your feedback during this whole year of practice. It has been a pleasure for me to be here writing the last entry, and I take advantage to tell you that you've been a great group during this 5 years. Blessings people!!!.
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jueves, 7 de noviembre de 2013
sábado, 26 de octubre de 2013
My Second Entry (Third Period) Advanced I
Hey guys and girls, how are you?, hope you're doing good!. Let me tell you that I am happier than last week, why?, because I have improved the way I teach!!. Yes, it is great how I feel that it is hard to specify it. I will tell you how it was guys, so I expect your feedback please!.
I was assigned to teach "Past Modals", and again, I had to introduce the topic to the students. I was a big challenge for me because I did it twice in a row since I started with this group, but everything was ok. I tried to make them speak as much as possible, and they did, they were participating, telling me their opinions about a trip, which was the presentation of the past modals. Basically they enjoyed the class, and I could see the tutor very satisfied about my work.
It is great how it feels for a teacher that at the end of a class, your students start clapping. It feels oustanding!. So my advice for you people is to keep on moving with a smile in your face. Do not take this as a practice, but as a experience!. God bless you!!
I was assigned to teach "Past Modals", and again, I had to introduce the topic to the students. I was a big challenge for me because I did it twice in a row since I started with this group, but everything was ok. I tried to make them speak as much as possible, and they did, they were participating, telling me their opinions about a trip, which was the presentation of the past modals. Basically they enjoyed the class, and I could see the tutor very satisfied about my work.
It is great how it feels for a teacher that at the end of a class, your students start clapping. It feels oustanding!. So my advice for you people is to keep on moving with a smile in your face. Do not take this as a practice, but as a experience!. God bless you!!
jueves, 17 de octubre de 2013
My First Entry in Advanced I (Third Period)
Hey people!!, it feels great to be writing to you here again, and I'm doing it very happy because finally I'm starting the last period of practice. It feels great because now I realize how much I've traveled since the very beginning. It has been a lot of sacrifice, but thank God all of this is worth something!.
Today I started my first class in the Advanced I level, the group is great, they even seem to be interested in the major, so as in English as well. At the beginning I felt worried because I had to introduce a topic named "Passive Voice", Yes!, I know it is kind of difficult to explain that topic, but I did it!. I prepared myself and I developed some useful activities in order to reinforce what they saw in Intermediate II. It was great, all were participating, even though there are always some students who are shy because they feel afraid of being corrected. What I'm trying to improve is that!, in other words, to make those students be motivated, so that I transmit energy and I throw away the personal problems I have, so they notice my enthusiasm, and feel eager to learn.
In first place there is God, who has given me the strength to continue. I was afraid of teaching the passive voice, but now what I want is to teach more topics I havent taught!, yes, I feel happy. Bleesings!!!
Today I started my first class in the Advanced I level, the group is great, they even seem to be interested in the major, so as in English as well. At the beginning I felt worried because I had to introduce a topic named "Passive Voice", Yes!, I know it is kind of difficult to explain that topic, but I did it!. I prepared myself and I developed some useful activities in order to reinforce what they saw in Intermediate II. It was great, all were participating, even though there are always some students who are shy because they feel afraid of being corrected. What I'm trying to improve is that!, in other words, to make those students be motivated, so that I transmit energy and I throw away the personal problems I have, so they notice my enthusiasm, and feel eager to learn.
In first place there is God, who has given me the strength to continue. I was afraid of teaching the passive voice, but now what I want is to teach more topics I havent taught!, yes, I feel happy. Bleesings!!!
jueves, 26 de septiembre de 2013
My second entry (Intermediate II)
Hi people!! it is great to salute you again!! hope you're fine. To begin I want to tell you that I feel happy because I've improved a lot in my class!. I'm telling this because as I told you, the group I'm teaching is kind of complicated.
Everything went out as I expected, adn even though I didn't hahve a lot of time to prepare my class, I tried my best, and I succeeded. I colaborated with the teacher by giving them more practice about modals because the've already had the grammar part.
They participated and they understood the topic a lot.
On the contrary to my first class, this time I felt more comfortable, I was even smiling which is something I'm not accostumed to. In fact, a teacher needs that, so the students notice you confidence and therfore they participate.
I'm happy because I promised I was going to do better next class, and I did, I hope you guys get the same enthusiasm as I did. That helps a lot and makes you stronger to reach your objectives!!. Blessings!!!
Everything went out as I expected, adn even though I didn't hahve a lot of time to prepare my class, I tried my best, and I succeeded. I colaborated with the teacher by giving them more practice about modals because the've already had the grammar part.
They participated and they understood the topic a lot.
On the contrary to my first class, this time I felt more comfortable, I was even smiling which is something I'm not accostumed to. In fact, a teacher needs that, so the students notice you confidence and therfore they participate.
I'm happy because I promised I was going to do better next class, and I did, I hope you guys get the same enthusiasm as I did. That helps a lot and makes you stronger to reach your objectives!!. Blessings!!!
sábado, 21 de septiembre de 2013
My first entry (Intermediate I)
Hey guys! hope you're doing good!. First of all i want to thank you all for your patience, but finally, I'm here writing again another of my experiences in Teaching Practicum II.Let me tell you guys that I was eager to start because I had to do a lot of things about presentations, homework, etc.
Anyway those things were not excuses, so I'm here to tell you how it was to be teaching this group.I was told to introduce the topic "Phrasal Verbs", and as you know, that topic is very important if we want to speak with fluency. I wanted to do it the way I liked, but I think it was not the correct way, even though they were participating.
I knew that I was hesitating, but thank God I tried to get out of the problem. At the end they did a "fill in the blank" activity. and they did very well in the answers. I know that I have to improve my ways of teaching, and to do what the teacher wants me to do.
Again, I want to thank you all for your patience, and I promise that next time you won't have to be waiting for a long time. Thanks guys, se you in next entry. Blessings!
Anyway those things were not excuses, so I'm here to tell you how it was to be teaching this group.I was told to introduce the topic "Phrasal Verbs", and as you know, that topic is very important if we want to speak with fluency. I wanted to do it the way I liked, but I think it was not the correct way, even though they were participating.
I knew that I was hesitating, but thank God I tried to get out of the problem. At the end they did a "fill in the blank" activity. and they did very well in the answers. I know that I have to improve my ways of teaching, and to do what the teacher wants me to do.
Again, I want to thank you all for your patience, and I promise that next time you won't have to be waiting for a long time. Thanks guys, se you in next entry. Blessings!
viernes, 23 de agosto de 2013
My third teaching experience Advanced I
Hello guys and girls, let me give you my apologizes because it is kind of late that i'm posting my last teaching experience of the first period, but finally i'm here and I'm about to tell you how this last time was.
First I want to thank the group I taught because they were participating in all the activities I performed. It seemed they are where they are because of their capacity, and I had the oportunity to make friends there and they were telling me they really like English. I taught the reported speech in two classes, and even though it is not so easy to be responsible of such topic, I did my best and the tutor was happy about it.
The class was comfortable for me, and I could develop the knowledge I earned when I was in the three leves of English. Even though the students asked some questions that were difficult to answer, I used what I enjoy the most, I improvised :).
I really like teaching, but at the same time I consider it a challenge, hope you guys do better in next period. Let me share a picture that has the meaning of what a teacher means.
Blessings!!!!
viernes, 16 de agosto de 2013
My 2nd Teaching Experience II Semester
Hello!! ladies and gentlemen, today I feel very happy because I finally did my 2nd teaching practice in advanced I, I was worried because I thought I was running out of time, but at the end I kept calm and I prepared myself better.
I am so excited because I improved my teaching this time. I taught about the reported speech, and I provided some practice that the students could easily solve due to the way I taught the topic. They were answering all the questions and solving all the excercises. I could notice that I was more comfortable this time than the previous one because I arrived on time, I could prepare the classroom the way I like, and I prepared the material as well.
I feel excited because I know that from now on I will develop my classes the way I always do, this means with confidence and believing in myself. Trying not to imitate others style!. Hope next time I'll do it better and I hope you guys take into consideration this experiences to learn and not as another subject of the major.
Blessings!
I am so excited because I improved my teaching this time. I taught about the reported speech, and I provided some practice that the students could easily solve due to the way I taught the topic. They were answering all the questions and solving all the excercises. I could notice that I was more comfortable this time than the previous one because I arrived on time, I could prepare the classroom the way I like, and I prepared the material as well.
I feel excited because I know that from now on I will develop my classes the way I always do, this means with confidence and believing in myself. Trying not to imitate others style!. Hope next time I'll do it better and I hope you guys take into consideration this experiences to learn and not as another subject of the major.
Blessings!
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