This was my first experience with Intermediate I. Well, we began the class with a warm-up. All the students participated in the activity. Then, we continued with the class. We did some speaking activities based on daily life problems. For the first one, I gave to each student a page with a reading about how to tell if someone is lying to us. After they read it, I asked them to make pairs and I gave to each pair-work some situations that they have to discuss. Then, each pair-work shared their opinions with the class. After, I gave a quiz about how stressed we were. This quiz took students´ attention. They liked it so much. They had to rank some statements from one to four. Then, they had to get their score and read what their score meant. After, I asked them some questions about how we could do for reducing stress. It was a nice activity; because all the students participated and showed interest in class. Later on, we finished the class with a pair-work activity. They had to discuss about differences and similarities that they had. I enjoyed this class because I could notice a positive attitude in the students. On the contrary, I forgot to introduce myself with the students. Also, my warm-up took too much time. Another negative thing was that I gave long instructions instead of concrete instructions.
Well, from this class I learned:
* I always have to introduce myself with a new group.
* I have to give direct instructions.
* I have to prepare short warm-up.
Every experience is a nice tool for me...
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ReplyDeleteI like the part in which you asked your students about ways to reduce stress because by doing that you are using students´ knowledge to make them practice the language. When we ask students about something they know, they participate more, enjoy the class and at the end the class is really meaningful for them… Talking about other stuff; I know that sometimes it is really difficult to teach new groups but do not worry, just relax a little bit and you will see that the second time would be better.
ReplyDeleteErcilia,
ReplyDeleteThank you for your honesty when you talk about what went well and not so well. I can see your improvement in your teaching practice. Congratulations!
thanks teacher. I really want to improve in every experience.
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