Third Class

In my last class, I made a speaking activity which consisted on pasting sheets of paper with ten sentences around the class; they were not formulated, so the students did it by telling them to a partner. They had to stand up where the sheet of paper was and make the sentences. What I saw was that they had some problems with the causes “get and have”; however, they did very good during the activity. The environment was focused on sharing and trying to finish the sentences. The teacher was looking at my performance.

I believe that speaking activities can help to improve students’ knowledge because they allow students to make mistakes and correct themselves.

The next time that I teach this lesson, I will try to look for more information about the topic because I looked just for few examples.

        

Second Class

 

In my second class, I noticed that the students were always late. While we were waiting for some students to start the class, some students were very kind with me and helped me to change the sitting arrangement. When the class started, they were with the same good attitude of the preview class. The teacher again was sitting in a corner and checking some homework, and at the same time, he was paying attention to me. The environment was kind, and friendly. As the preview class, I changed the arrangement to u style. In this class, I used more cardboard, which I pasted on the wall and the board; I also used markers, the book, and the board.

   

I tried to use more visual aids because in the first class, I noticed that the students pay attention and focus when they see something. What I guess is that if I continue using this aid, I will catch the students’ attention faster. Consequently, the students will have a meaningful learning.

The sitting arrangement and the visual aids are really important in this class because they permit to improve the language. The lack of visual aid in this class might hide students’ learning because they get distracted, and it is more difficult for them to understand the topic.

Based on what I already know about the importance of the variety of the activities, I think that in an English class, it is indispensable; moreover, it becomes something helpful for the practitioner or the teacher to maintain persistence and attention.

Based on what I observed, I think students generally prefer speaking activities than other types of activities; however, they do not like to stand up too much, and they prefer to be at their seats.

I believe that the fact that students always arrive late can hide their learning. First, they interrupt the class, and second, they are lost in the activities, so the teacher might lost lose focus.

So in the future, I will take into account the punctuality. Also, in the future lessons, I will try to explain to them things in general because the other students might have the same question. 

First Class

In the first three minutes of my class, I saw that the students were interested in the lesson, and I noticed that they liked the warm up activity. I also heard that they had a very good English level which permitted a good rapport. The students did everything that I asked them to do. I noticed that they wanted to learn from me because when I started with the first activity, they paid attention, and they started to work as soon as I stopped giving directions. Moreover, they were very respectful. While I was in my class the teacher sat in a corner of the classroom, and he was taking notes and paying attention to my class.

Because students’ mood to learn, the environment was relax, and there was noise only when students were speaking. Also, the students had good conversations between them, and they helped each other.

I think the arrangement helped the environment. I decided to use the u style, and definitely, it helped to the share. The materials that I used were the teacher’s book, markers, pages, and the board; I used them during the whole class.

I think that the use of the u style in the class helped when they did a reading activity, and then, they shared the others about it.

Sitting arrangement and good communication between the students are important points because students can practice the language and lose fair of speaking. Another important point is to bring a variety of activities; this helps students’ learning to develop the four macro skills.

Based on what I already know about the rapport, I think this helped me to try to relax during the class and develop my class with confidence. Based on what I observed, I think students generally come late to the class, which hinder their learning.

In the future classes, I will try to bring more visual materials. Likewise, in the future class, I will develop more listening activities. The next time I teach this lesson, I will have more practice on pronunciation because I had problems with three words at the moment to teach them the pronunciation. It was really embarrassed, but I know that I will not forget the pronunciation of those words. Finally, in future experiences, I will also include some listening activities.