4th class!!

This was my last class of the first period, I was not nervous as the previous classes and I felt enthusiasm to teach. For me, this was a nice class because almost everything was as I expected, and I felt that the students were enjoying the class. I started with a warm-up in which each student had to think about a famous person they liked or admired because they was going to be that person in that moment and the rest of the class had to guess the name of the famous. Then, I continued with the class, and I presented a song which was kind of old and at the beginning I thought it may be boring for them, but actually I noticed that they liked the song. I prepared an activity for the students to order the sentences of the song while they were listening to it, and they did it perfectly; then, some of them were singing the song. The moment that was kind of bad, was when I asked them to make predictions about the song because they did not have too much ideas about it, so I think for next class, I should bring pictures or more activities to do for that moment. And as almost all the classes, I had to teach grammar, but in this class it was just a little part of it. I felt good because I could explain and answer all the questions students asked me. Then I presented some pictures about famous people and I asked them if they knew something about them. Finally, I asked them to do a matching activity that was in the book, and they did it really fast in less than one minute. I was happy because they had understood the topic.

What I really like is that I’m learning how to be a teacher because I remember that a teacher told us once “leave your troubles at home and be a new person in the class”, I’m saying this because I had some personal problems that affected my feelings before teaching, but I tried to give my best in the class and believe me that I forget them during I was teaching, and I think I did a good job. I will try to keep this in mind because I know that it will help me a lot. =)

3rd Class!

Hello classmates!

Let me tell you that for this class, I felt that I was not prepared enough because I got sick the previous days before teaching and that affected my nerves, feelings and mood. When I arrived to the University on Tuesday morning, I noticed that I have forgotten to prepare a warm-up for the class, and I felt terrible because my mind was in another planet, and I was trying to remember an activity but it was so hard to do it. During the class, I felt a little bored because I was working just with activities on the book, and I was analyzing that my students may have been bored, too. I tried to be friendly with them and to show them enthusiasm, but inside I wanted to know about what my students were thinking about my class and how they felt toward it because almost all the activities were done by them, and I was just monitoring them. I made pair-work, I asked them personal information about the cities they would like to travel, the cities they have already visited in our country or around the world, etc., also I asked them to make a debate and I divided the class in two groups, one group was in pro of living in the city and the other one in pro of living in the countryside. When I finished the class, the teacher gave me the feedback, and I noticed that I have made some grammar mistakes hehe but I have had less mistakes than in the previous classes and that made feel good =) moreover, I got a better grade. I was asking to myself why that grade because I felt that I have worked less, but then I noticed that in this class I made more free practice and that means that I let the students work by themselves and I was just monitoring them, and in the previous classes I have taught the controlled practice, so I had more participation. Then I understood that the most important is to think if my students are learning, and I will notice that in the free practice because they work by themselves and put in practice the structures and vocabulary they have already learned. I learned that the classes will not be the same all the time, and I as a teacher have the opportunity to make my students enjoy and feel each class unique.

Thank you for reading my ideas!! =)

2nd Class

Well, in my second class, I was more nervous than in the first class and I don't know why because it is supposed that you feel nervous at the first time but I wasn't in my first time, and I felt nervous today during the morning. But when I started the class I felt nice. In this class, I felt really preapred with all the acitivities and also because I used different materials, and I think I made a good job. I liked that way I explained the grammar and also how I made the students interact among them. For me, this class was better than the previous one, but I got less grade. I think the most important is that I feel satisfied with my job. I made some grammar mistakes and I have to pay specially attention on that in the next class, also the teacher told me that I need to have more enthusiasm, and I don't know what to do because I'm trying to give my best, and I feel that I have a good enthusiasm duuring the class, also I try to be friendly with the students in order to have more communication. I hope to give my best for the next class because I think I can do it.
Thanks 4 your attention!! =)

My first Class!

This was the first class that I had to teach, and it was so cool. I really like it because I was enjoying together with the students. Though they were students of advanced level, I think I could manage the class.

Before and during the class, I was not nervous, I felt good. But the days before, I was so nervous because I was thinking about how to teach the class, about the topic because it was a little bit hard for me, and I was trying to fit some activities for the grammar notes.

Personally, I really liked the warm-up which introduced the new topic, and the last activity in which  students put in practice what they have learned during the class and during the previous levels. I noticed that my students enjoyed with the activities and that made me feel good. 

What I did not like was the grammar and I think it was not so good. I must have been more prepared with the topic.

I liked that the students were paying attention to me, and they were participating during the whole class. To be my first class in the teaching practice, I think it is good and acceptable, but it is not complete good, I think I can give more and I'll try to do my best for the next class... =)                                                                                                               See you in the next entry!! ^_^