Teaching in the Mayor
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March 18th, this was my first class of the second period. I felt confident because I had prepared my class according to the interests and needs of my students. At the same time I was worried because last period I taught in English Access program and people say that is pretty different the attitude of those students than the attitude of the students from the mayor. However, I noticed that they also like to participate; but, they need to be encouraged a little bit more because they seem to be afraid of speaking and make mistakes. An important factor that I worried about was the sitting arrangement because it is a large group and they get distracted very easy. I arranged the desks in an "U" shape; so that I could control and have eye contact with the entire group. I use the warm-up to practice the ING form of the verbs, because the topic was Present Continuous. Then I explained some rules about how to add the ING form to the verbs. I used a conversation for they to fill it and to practice with a partner. I showed a video and as a last activity I use a mimic. I liked the last activity because the students enjoyed it. All of them were engaged participating, and even my tutor was trying to help and guessing the action. At the end I felt pleased because my students participated in every activity and I am sure they get a significant learning.
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I prepared my agenda with activities which they can practice not only writing, listening, and reading, but also the speaking skill.
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Based on what I already know, there are four macro skill, the four are very important but speaking is more challenging for students, so teachers must encourage them to produce the language orally.
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Next time I will continue encouraging my students to use the target language orally with interesting activities for they to interact with their classmates.
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I use a sitting arrangement in which I could have the adequate space to monitor and to control the attention of my students.
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According
to what I have learned, sitting arrangement is very important factor to consider, mostly when teachers have a large group. It is an strategy to control a large group.
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I will continue using an adequate sitting arrangement according to the number of students in the class; so that, it will be easy to control students engagement.
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In this lesson I show a video. It helped me because students enjoyed watching videos. Moreover, they were open to participate express their ideas about the video.
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Based on what I know, using audio visual Aids is very helpful because students like to be in touch with technology and is a way to catch their attention.
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In future lessons I will
try to adapt more activities in which I can use Audio Visual Aids in order to catch students attention.
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In the grammar explanation, they were able to identify the different forms of the verbs to add the ING form and the importance of the verb to be. Then, I used some practice for them to put into practice the input.
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I know that the grammar part has to be followed by activities for students to practice the explanation; in that way, students will internalize the new knowledge.
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Next class I will try to
use different activities in which students will have the opportunity to use the target language using different skills. Furthermore, they will get significant input.
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