November 11. Lesson

This lesson was given last Wednesday and it was given by Nancy, Yan, Brenda, Jaqueline and Gloria.

I like the way how they create an appropriate environment for learning. They are really creative and that is something that I admire from them. Their visual aids were great. Their activities were really nice. The feeling that they have while teaching is fantastic.

The kids could feel their enthusiasm and they feel encouraged to learn, to participate in the activities.

We as spectators could see that the kids were learning and they were enjoying the class.

Everybody has the capacity for teaching, but we have to improve our methods because when we are teaching, we are giving to our students something that they could use in their daily life. They will use that information, that knowledge in the future.

We are giving to them the base of something. And we have to do it in the best way we can.

The Fifth Lesson

This was our second lesson as a group. Our topic was about possessive adjectives and demonstrative pronouns. Because of organization we had some problem with the lesson.

The visual aids were a little bit late in the classroom. However, our classmates improve at the moment of starting the class and the visual aids were not necessary at that moment.

The class was a little sad, there just were 2 kids because of the weather.

In my personal opinion the kids understood the lesson. I think that they will not forget how to use this, that, these and those.

The activities that we chose to develop with the kids were effective because the kids did them and in some cases they looked that they were enjoying them. The most important aspect is that they enjoy while they are learning.

In this day, we could see the importance of having a backup plan. We as teacher should be prepared for everything. We should know how to improvise when it is necessary. We have to apply our knowledge about the kids, about different strategies that we could use for our kids.

The Fourth Lesson

The fourth lesson was given by the group of Xunaxi, Olmes, Josue, Kriscia and Susana.

Their class was really good. My classmates and I could observe that they explained the topic in an excellent way. I think that the visual aids were really attractive. In my personal opinion I could perceive that the kids liked all the pictures and the flashcards that the group used. I could see that kids understood the topic, and at the moment to show what they have learnt, they did it. The lesson was about activities that students like to do. They were talking about pronounces and they were learning and practicing present tense.

In this class I could understood the importance of creating an attractive environment for learning. Pictures, activities, and attitude of teachers are really important factors that encourage students for learning.

Other thing is that in some cases is necessary the use of the native language, but we do not have to abuse of it. Students are learning something new and it is necessary to involve them in this new adventure.