Well, I enjoyed my first teaching experience. Sincere, at the beginning, I felt a little nervous, but then I felt confidence. One of the things that I really liked was when the students were working in pairs and they interviewed each other. They were practicing the target language and also getting new vocabulary for expressing their ideas. In the other hand, I did not do well the writing activity because I didn`t give clear instructions to the students. They were confused in what they were going to do. Another thing in what I failed was that I forgot to write the objective of the class. Well, about the material that I used from this class, I felt satisfied. I used some visual aids in which students could be easily familiarized with the new vocabulary. I really liked this group because all of them participated in each activity. I could notice that they really wanted to acquire the target language. They were paying attention and working in class. I liked that! So, I enjoyed my first teaching experience and I learned a lot of things from it.
Now, I hope that for the next time, I´m going to do better than this one. Now, I know that I have to give clear directions and also add examples about the things that I ask them to do. Another thing that I have to do is to write on the board, in a page or tell students the objective that we are going to reach at the end of the class. Well, it is my first experience and I know that the next one is going to be better!!
Ercilia,
ReplyDeleteThanks for your honesty. It is not always easy to accept your mistakes, but this is the purpose of you to reflect after each class. Now you know that you have to start giving clearer directions to the students. Remember that it is better to show them what they have to do instead of just telling them what to do, especially at the basic level.
Congrats!!
Ercy of course your next class will be great because now you have an idea about the things you need to improve and that is the purpose.
ReplyDeleteCongrats for you and keep doing your best, better things are coming for you in the futures. (=
By the way I am sure it is difficult to provide instructions in the first level because they dont have to much vocabulary, but you will find the way to make them understand better, I am sure about........ (=