Third DAPA Last Period

Describe  On May 11th, 2016 I taught my last class to the students of Intermediate English II. This time I had the opportunity to present the topic Inventions. I took advantage of the topic and I prepared speaking activities which are the ones that I like the most because in that way students practice and use the language orally. After the warm up I asked my students to form what teachers call an onion ring. There, the students were asked to talk about their favorite, important, and useful invention. Moreover, students were engaged talking to their partner. Then, I gave them a reading which I decided to read it with students´ participation. We checked new words and pronunciation. The last activity was a group work. Students worked in groups of 4 in order to make a chart. They needed to choose an invention to write a short description and how it has changed the world. Furthermore, they had to present their chart and explain it. It was good to see every group presenting their chart and explain it. I think it was a participative and nice class.
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Speaking activities are the ones that help students to practice the language orally in order to improve their speaking proficiency which is an important skill to be developed. That is why I prepare activities for students to speak.	Based on what I already know, teachers must be sure about the input that is going to be explained. Teachers do not have to invent about something they do not know.	Next time I will prepare speaking activities according to the topic for my students to increase their speaking proficiency.
I had students interacting with different classmates to perform the activities. These activities help to engage students by speaking and it is a good way to avoid students getting distracted doing other things.	According to what I have learned, interactions in the group is helpful for the students to develop their social skill interaction. Every student need to interact using the target language which is something that help students to feel confident when using the language.	Next time I will try to include interactive activities to help students to develop their social skill.
I asked my students to work in groups to make a chart and explain it in front of the class. Each group made the chart and explain it very good.	Based on what I know, group work is a good way to hinder their social interaction, leadership, and discussion.	In future lessons I will try to adequate group activities to have my students improving different social skills.