4th entry!!!

Today, I want to share the experience of my last class in the first period of teaching in the Intensive Intermediate English I. It was a hard class because the teacher told me to prepare the grammar notes and to develop all the activities I could because she had little time to complete the unit, so I had to teach the grammar notes in an understandable and attractive way, but at the same time in a fast way. Thanks God, the students got easily the ideas and I was asking them to create some sentences for knowing if they had really understood.

During the activities, I tried to apply the CCQ which was very successful because I noticed that the students were understanding me, and also some of them were able to speak in order to explain others what they had to do in each activity. Moreover, the teacher told me that the CCQ was a good idea because students paid more attention when I was explaining the directions.

I liked this class because I had to study the topic, which was a little tricky to understand, and looked for more information in order to further enrich my knowledge. I think teachers must be well prepared in order to answer the students’ possible questions about the topics. In some extent, I tried to push the students to work fast and to make some activities orally for them to have more practice with the new topic.

In general, I liked this class because students were working hard, and they have understood the topic. Besides, I had more confidence and I felt sure about what I was teaching.

3rd entry!!

Hello friends!!

Now I want to share my teaching experience in the third class of this period. It was such a nice class with lots of activities. During this class, I tried to include the different learning styles such as bodily-kinesthetic, visual, tactile and audio because I have noticed that not all of them like to work in the same learning style so I have to think in my students´ learning process by applying a variety of activities for them to learn and develop their English skills.

Moreover, I tried to find the best pictures in magazines in order to bring them to the class for the students to describe them and to be part of those pictures. Students had to choose one picture, but they wanted to choose more than one, and also the teacher told that the pictures were amazing.

In one activity, I asked students to review the previous topics by doing mimics and creating sentences with each tense. Besides, I let them to made group work, pair work, and individual work. Also, I encourage them to use their own thoughts toward the activities.

For this class, I did not have to prepare so many activities by myself because all of them were already prepared. But I tried to include my own creativity though I think I still have to work on it because I know I can do it better. Also, I have to work on pronunciation because two students mispronounce some words and I did not correct them; for that reason, I have to pay more attention when students are pronouncing.

Something that I want to share is that now I feel better when I am teaching than in the previous semester because I have a little more self-confidence. Besides, my tutor told me that she has notice that I have more communication with the students, and that made me feel good because I know that I am improving my teaching abilities.

2nd Entry!!

This was a nice class, even much better than the first one. I arrived into the classroom on time, but I had to wait some minutes for the teacher, and I was getting nervous, but then it disappeared because I prepared some good activities for the class, and I felt ready for teaching.


When the class started, I made a review of one of the topics that the students have already seen which was about the past participle. I felt that at the beginning all the students liked the activity, but almost at the end some of them did not want to participate. One of the issues was that they did not remember the verbs very well, and the other was that the activity took more time that the one I planned; I think for next time, I should take those issues into account in order to have better results.


Afterward, I let them change some sentences into negative in an orally form; I knew they liked this activity because their minds have to work more quickly. Besides, I gave them some envelops with sentences strips which some of them had questions and the other had answers. I noticed that the students had a good time getting the answers, and they were enjoying a lot at the same time that they were recognizing the different kind of sentences.


Moreover, I made an activity in which they had to write the answers on the board. I felt happy when my tutor told me that writing on the board was a nice idea for them to practice and for me to check if the answers were correct.


I felt very comfortable with this group because they were very nice with me, and we have a good connection; moreover, my tutor was very nice with me, and she was always trying to help me to improve my abilities and to know my errors in a good way.

My 1rst class!!! (1rs Period)

This is my first class of the Teaching Practicum II, and in this period I have to teach Intermediate English Level I with twenty five students.

In today’s class, I had to teach a new topic related with names, but at the same time I had to review some tenses that the students have already studied in the previous semester.

I started the class with a warm-up for which I pasted some pieces of paper around the classroom containing wh-questions and the students had to stand up and make groups of three and answer the questions with their own information.

I liked that activity because they got entertaining answering some funny questions and they were inventing things in order to answer them. After that, I made five groups of five students, and I gave to each group a reading, but it was cut into small pieces of paper.

Each group had to put the reading in order and then they had to read it. I was monitoring each group and asking if they had questions about new words or about pronunciation. Finally, I asked to each group what the reading was about, and they answered in the correct way. I think it was a good idea to do the activity in that way because the students didn’t get bored, and also my tutor congratulated me for my creativity and good job in this class.

After that, I gave a page to each student that contained a puzzle in which the students had to search some verbs in a wordsearch in order to complete the sentences that appeared in the bottom of the page. I liked the students’ motivation toward the activity because since the time I gave the puzzles they got very cheerful and they started to solve it in a quickly way.

I felt very comfortable in this class because I already knew the students and tutor, and that made feel more confidence of my knowledge.

My last entry!!! =)

This is my last entry for the teaching practicum!! Let me tell you that though I had many difficulties in adapting me in this new world of teaching, I have had wonderful experiences facing the reality of my major. It’s great to help someone when you can do it because you feel the satisfaction that you have done a good job. The last class that I taught was very nice, and I happy because I could finish my practice with a good experience in my last group. The activities were done as I expected and the students were very enthusiastic, I think that reflects my job due to I was trying to do my best in that class. In this class, I tried to use a variety of activities in order to have fun during the class, and of course that happen during teaching, students were enjoying it. Something that I have to keep in mind is that for future teaching practicum I have to be more prepared with the lesson plans I have to work with and to manage all the activities and vocabulary it has. During this class, I had to teach an easy tense that was present progressive but with long vocabulary related with cloth. This was a practice of teaching, but also I could practice my English and improve my skills. This group of students was really kind, even one student sang for me in this class; it was so cute because I never expected him to do it, and everybody was happy clapping and moving their hands!!! I will never forget my first teaching practicum in this semester much less this last class….



Thank you for letting me sharing my ideas and thought with you, friends, you’re an important part of my learning teaching process!!!

3rd entry!!

Hello friends!!

Let me tell you that this class was very nice for me because since the beginning students were enjoying the warm-up and the activities they were doing. The first day of class, I thought this group was shy and they didn’t like to participate a lot, but today, I noticed that they enjoyed working together and making bodily-kinesthetic activities, so I took advantage of that. Thanks God, today, I didn’t teach grammar so I had the opportunity to make free activities for them to practice the prepositions of place. I liked the last activity I did because I make groups in which each one had to make a drawing emphasizing the prepositions of place, and students were exciting drawing some items in the paper I provided. Then, they had to explain in front of the class the drawings they made and the rest of the students were paying attention to the drawings and the sentences they said. When my class was over everybody was happy and me too…. hehe.... I feel good because I had less mistakes and I enjoyed teaching today, I think that is the most important.  =)

2nd entry!!

This class was better than the first one because I felt better when teaching and also because my students had a better attitude.... I think they could understand when I was trying to explain the activities, but I have to take into account that they are students for basic level, and I have to give less explanation because they get loss easily hehe, and I didn't care about that in this class, but for the next one I will. I enjoyed with the students during the activities because when students understand me and have fun and I do too, and I think that is a good step for me as a future teacher. I know I have to learn much more, but I'm trying to do my best and something that I will keep in mind is that I have to sleep well the previous day before teaching because that is going to help me to have a better attitude toward the class and my students too.... I had to teach grammar again, but in this time I had a better day, and students could understand me because when I asked them, they answered me in a correct form. For me, the hard part of teaching is making the lesson plan and when students ask me new words that I don't know hehe but I'm learning and I don't have to give up easily.... Thanks classmates for your support!!! =)