My Second Class

In this class I felt very confident, I consider that I did a good job because I tried to speak clear and give the appropriate instructions in every activity. The class that I thought was vocabulary of famous professions.

I started the class doing a review of the previous topic “professions” with a song.  Then I presented the new vocabulary “the famous professions using the sentence “I am a…….” The vocabulary was pronounced as many as possible in order to get the appropriated pronunciation.

I believe that we as a teacher need to pay attention how students pronounce the words because that tell us if they will have a good pronunciation of the vocabulary in the activities that we will do.

Tips for proper pronunciation

Here are some tips for us as teachers to improve our pronunciation before we teach to children.

§  With every new word, you should look it up in the dictionary to find the correct pronunciation.

§  Listen to native speakers to get used to their accent. Instead of boring listening lessons, you can listen to English songs, watch movies or listen to your native English speaking friends and relatives.

§  Practice in front of a mirror and make sure you move your mouth in the correct way.

§  Do a lot of practices. Remember that practices make perfect.

§  Be patient and determined. The journey may be tough, but the result will be worth

Additionally, students did two activities in order to internalize the vocabulary; the first one was to recognize the word with the corresponding picture in pairs. The second was a worksheet where students wrote the messing letters, they work alone.

To finish the class children made a sentences using the vocabulary and the grammar structure “I am a ________”.

What could be improved?

Something that I can improve is the way how I interact with students because some kids feel nervous when I stay next to them. Moreover, after this new experience I realized that teachers can use other type of motivations in order to get the attention and interest of students. For example, say excellent, good job, good.

To finish, I have this website that I found; I hope that help you if you have any doubt in terms of what activities we can use to teach English for children: 

https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/helping-your-child/pronunciation-activities

  

Class Observation 2

That was a listening class. My classmate started the class with a hot potato activity to review the topic students had learned the last week. Then, the class continue presenting the though flashcard the vocabulary to introduce the listening that learners will use for the listening practices. Additionally, the teacher started playing the listening in order to finish some exercises that teacher give them to solved it. Then students worked in pairs and alone in which they did some excercise for the listening.

Interesting, must of the students paid attention to the activities that teacher prepared, but they got confused in one activity which students need pay attention and look for specific answear.to underline only one answer the second listening because the teacher did not give .

 What did not work?

The students started playing because my classmate had not have more practice for the listening. Also, the workship need to be more specific in terms of what the students will do.

What was good?

The teachers tried to monitor the students in the different activities and they were friendly with their students. the listening was clear and atractive for students.

What could be improved?

I believed that my classmates can give easier instruction in order to explain activates. Also teachers cannot speak in Spanish during the class, and teacher need to be more creative with the activities that students make in the production or to make sure that all the students understand the topic.