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!! =)