Teaching Practicum II / 2nd period

Mission Accomplished.

 Well at least today was the last practice of the period.What was good  and bad today?

The good part is that dealing with difficult situations challenge me  to think things over before  acting, that is, to be careful when correcting student´s mistakes in the appropriate time  and  with the appropriate tone of voice.Also, that i never have to  be quick to  give a bad grade to a student just because  there is a lack of communication. I learned that a teacher has to provide rapport in order to make students participate and help them to go ahead  and achieve their goals. You can have a lot of knowledge    in teaching, but it is not enough; also  you have to treat others as you wished to be treated.

On the other hand, bad things , I made some mistakes in pronunciation. I had problems in controlling time  in the activities, etc. However, I know that i gained more teaching experience.

Teaching Practicum II / 2nd period

3rd practice

To teach a difficult topic  it is better to use simple exercises.

Good students want to participate and answer the questions from the very first time, but when the topic is  new and they don´t master it, their anxiety and fear increase. The first class with phrasal verbs was difficult because they were afraid  of the  complexity of the topic, so I tried to minimize their fear by telling them that practice will help them a  lot.In the third teaching practice I had to make a review  of  phrasal verbs,but this time  I wanted  to motivate them by using  simple  strategies like the use of  bingo games , flash cards  showing the vocabulary ,some strips of paper with the vocabulary to make a matching exercise and the use of  pictures of  a  tale named Goldilocks.I realized that they got more acquainted  with the topic.I think that once they  feel familiar  with the topic and after some practice, it would be suitable to go deepen  with more complex exercises.

 On the other hand,  another thing  that I noticed was that the bingo game took a lot of time , so I had to be aware  of it  in order to make things even better.

Teaching Practicum II / 2nd period

2nd Teaching Practice 

 To provide rapport  to students   and to  have a good  communication with them are  some of the most important teaching strategies to make learning easy and not stressful.

In this second practice I had to start  teaching phrasal verbs, at the beginning of the class everything was OK because the warm-up made them  feel relaxed and they  refreshed their English knowledge.However,  their moods changed a little bit  when they read the topic on the board; when they saw it, they scared and told me that Phrasal verbs are difficult to manage; besides, I noticed that  their fear was because there was new vocabulary that they didn´t know, so  my response was to tell them  that they didn´t have to worry, and that while they practice the topic, they will master the it.Also,  I let them know that it is normal  to panic when there are new challenges  ahead,  and that they had to overcome them by  studying and giving  one step at a time.

 To  reduce their fear i had already prepared a matching exercise in which they had to match the phrasal verbs with the right meaning. I asked some of them to go to the front and match; with this exercise  i noticed that they were  stressed  because they  wanted to give the  right answers  in their first try. I  noticed that they stood in front of the board and were thinking  twice to match.As part of the development of the  exercise , I corrected the mistakes.

After, the teaching,  some of them thanked me for the new vocabulary to enhance their knowledge.

Teaching Practicum II / 2nd period

First Practice of the 2nd period


Sometimes experience in teaching  is not enough when some friends  are going to be your students in the teaching practicum.


My First teaching practice of the second period was strange for me because  I  realized that  some firends  of mine were going to be  my students in the  teaching practicum. At the very beginning I thought that  everything was going to be fine because  I felt confident  to  make the practice with my friends, but as soon as I was infront  of them , I started to think that  they were not going to  feel confortable to participate  due to I was  their friend, so I started to shake and felt nervous .
The warm-up helped us to get in touch with the  English class; later, I  made a grammar review of the topic they had started to study, the  topic was the indirect speach; with the grammar review I realized that  my fear  was just  in my mind and that they felt eager to participate because they volunteered themselves to participate.
At the end of the class i felt better and thought that next time   the teaching practice  will   be fine.
When  I had the  feedback  with  my tutor, I let her know  what happened  to me when  I started in order  to  allowed her to  give me some recomendations for next time. Her recomendations  encouraged me to feel more confortable.