Friday 25th.2012.

Today was my third class with this group. This class was better than the onther ones in this group. since I watched myself on the video and I realized my class could be more interactive I prepared more dynamic activities and I saw students response was better they had a lot of fun and practiced a lot. First I pasted on the board a drawing of a bedroom with some objects on it. Students had to describe to some partners who couldnt see the picture. That was a funny moment and they enjoyed it a lot. I also had some filling in the blanks and writting activities. 

I tryed to vary and to cover each skill. At the end they played a boardgame. It`s so nice to see how they learn by playing they didn`t even know they were learning a lot. I felt so happy because finally I saw what I wanted. The entire class flowed so natural. I`m learning many things on how to adapt activities to each group. Also that no all the activities will work for all the groups. The feedback was not what I expected because this time I saw students learned and practice a lot but the teacher didn`t mention any good thing. She just  wrote the mistakes and bad things. I guess she is rigth and I need to see a video of this  class so I will see what she saw.

 Despite that,  I`m very optimistic for next class because it will be the last one!..I mean because I will try to do an extra effort :-) good luck everybody and congrats for the ones who already finished!!

Friday 18th.2012
Today was my second class with this new group. I`m feeling better because I could see that they are trying to participate more but it is still hard to do it. My tutor told me that it may be that they feel shy because I`m new for them.What they dont know i that I feel shy and nervous too hahaha.This class was hard for me to teach because I was being video taped and that made me feel so nervous. I started the class reading the objective and explaining the students why my classmate was there with a camera because all the students were looking at him and wandering what was he doing there. 
After I explained the reason why he was in the classroom they were more comfortable and able to speak, last class was very hard for me because anybody wanted to participate but today was a bit better. I developed the activities I had planed and I just have one thing in my mind. I brougth a song for the class and I was wondering if they were going to like it or not. I was not sure if the song was adequate for them since they are begginers I was worry about it. My tutor told me that I took too much time doing this activity and that I should try another way of presenting a song without taking too much time but for me it was important and I know that they wont get the things so fast so that is why I played it two times.
The rest of the class was nice and flowed so natural but the fact of being video taped definitely made me different I was sweating a lot but I finally succed with my clas and I sure next class will be better because students now know me well and I hope they will be able to participate more during the class.

Friday, 11th,2012.
Today was my first class in a new group. I´m in basic english with teacher Karina. As all  first times I was very nervous. I had a lot of things in my mind and I was afraid of everything. I arrived early to the class and in order to feel better and confident I started talking to the teacher. She told me that she has only nine students but some of them dont come to class everyday. As she said they were only 7 and I started the class. I know that I was enthusiastic and I was very positive with this class because I have learned a lot of things all the semester.


As soon as I started I discovered something: The students does not like to participate! I dont know if it was because I was there and they were shy or afraid of me but it was really hard for me.I tried a lot of ways for them to participate and they were so quiet and didnt want to talk. The teacher call their attention saying that they were to quiet today. I reallly dont know what happen I think I prefer big groups! hahaha.I think this was the worst class I`d ever teach, I was more and more nervous and every time I turned to see the tutor she was writting in the feedback page, that made me feel more nervous, fortunately the hour passed so fast and I finished.I know I need to learn to teach everybody and to expect different things because each students is a different world.I hope next class will be better I will continue being positive and motivating students to participate!

Thursday.19.2012.
Finally, my last class of the period. I have to say that with practices I have gained a lot of experience and I learnt a lot about basic students. When I started to work with this group I treat them as I used to do it with intermediate students but imediatly I noticed that they are quite different. Since they are begginers I need more patience to work with them because they are slower and for some of them is very hard to understand everything. Another thing that I learnt was that with them I have to be all the time checking if they are speaking english because they LOVE to speak spanish.


When I started the class I was afraid that the warm up I had was not good. I had a teddy bear and they had to invent a story about it. At the beggining the students didnt want to talk and were making faces  :-s :-(.I started wondering and thinking: Oh!! I shouldnt bring this activity!!! but later they started to participate and talk more. At the end everybody was laughing and talking about it which was great because they were practicing english.
Teacher told me that she liked it a lot because those activities pushed them to speak, which is great.


I continued with the rest of the activities and everything went so natural and I finally get over nervous. At the beggining I was nervous because someone else was there observing me (Xavier hahaha) but than I tried to relax and ignore that the tutor and my classmate were there and I just develop the class. I really liked this experience it is more difficult to teach basic students for me because I needeed to be really patience and to repeat a lot of things but I liked it and enjoyed it I felt by the first time like a real teacher :-). Let`s expect next period will be as good as this one or better. Good luck and best wishes for everybody.

Thursday, 12,2012.
Today was my third teaching practicum in basic english course. I recieved what I was suposse to teach one day before the class but I had enough time to prepare my class. The topic irregular verbs in past tense and it was focused in sports so I finally could use my flashcards. Flashcards are a great help at teaching time I observe how students respond to it they were very motivated watching the draws and paying attention to me that was really nice.


 Later, I had to read a long list of irregular verbs for the students know the correct pronounciation of each verb. Tha was kind of hard and boring because they were repeating the same but that`s the only way they can get the real pronounciation. Since they are begginers its hard for some of them to understand directions and I need to repeat a lot of times what they will do.It was also hard to encourage them to speak english they love to speak spanish. But I felt a big satisfaction when saw most of them understand what I was talking about. The teacher told me that I just need to be more enthusiastic with them. I thought I was, but maybe I need to be more enthusiastic.


When teacher gave me feedback there were not big mistakes or things to correct just lillte details some words that I misspronounce but in general the class was good and Im happy because it`s been hard but Im finally feeling like a teacher. I think that tutors had a big role on our develop because they encourage us to continue and to be better its really nice to know that you are doing good and that Im not as lose as I thouhgt. The last class in this grupo is coming and I hope I will do good with it. 

Thursday,29th.2012.

Today was my second teaching practicum at Basic English. I received what I was to teach on Wednesday I was worry because it was just one day before but since I don`t have any class I had the whole day to prepare it. I made some charts and had plenty of time to practice what I was going to do.

The day of the class as usual I was nervous..haha. Even 

I felt prepared I cannot stop feeling nervous. I arrived to the class and I started preparing everything when the teacher arrives and ask me to start. This time I didn`t have to teach grammar which made me happy. The activities were controlled and semi controlled practice.

This group is so cooperative and they do the things as I tell them to do it. They never complain. I really like this group. The only thing is that since they are beginners they are very slow and I have discovered that I need to be repeating directions a lot but I guess it is because they do not manage the language yet.

They participated in the activities I made and they seem they really want to learn which is good because they are interested in the class. I`m happy now things are going better I feel I`m gaining experience and losing shyness. I`m optimistic for next class because I`m learning from my mistakes and trying to do things better than the previous class God luck to everybody!!

Thursday,22, march,2012.
Today was my first class in a new group. Basic English I. Teacher Ercilia is in charge.First, I was nervous but with a lot of expectations about the new group I was wondering wheteher it will be difficult or not. On wednesday the teacher gave me what I had to teach. I`m so lucky that I had to teach grammar notes :-( 


I was worry about it but the topic was adverbs of frequency so it was not that difficult I just prepare myself by reading a lot the day before. I was worry the time to prepare my class wouldn`t be enough because last term I used to have like 4 days to prepare it. This time is from one day to another. I read a lot about the topic until I felt prepare. The day o the class everything flows so natural which I liked because I think I`m finally getting the rythm to teach. Students cooperate so well that I felt more confortable and free even to make some jokes for them not to get bored. The only thing that I think I need to change is TIME!. 


One our was not enough for what I prepared so the teacher make a sing for me to stop and I didn`t finished what I prepared but Im happy because I developed a big part of the class. I noticed that since they are begginers its harder for them to understand some things and I need to go slow. Some of them need me to repeat intructions more than once. I very optimistic for my next class I think everything will go better because I`m learning from my mistakes.