UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE EL SALVADOR

Subject: Teaching Practicum I

Teacher: Ovidio Torres

Practitioner: Velkis Rosales

Level: Basic English

Tutor: Sara Evelyn de Pacheco

THIRD REACTION PAPER
(Second Period)

Describe What I could notice in this slice of the lesson is that students felt more comfortable with my class because they used to ask a lot and also they participated in classes. Sometimes they spoke in Spanish but they tried to express their ideas in English. On the other hand, the teacher was paying attention in classes and she writes in her notebook everything I wrote on the board. I felt more comfortable in my last class because the environment was good. The arrangement of the classroom helped me to control what the students were doing during the class. The materials I used were the board and the book. This last time I did not incorporate other kind of materials because of the practice I had to develop.
(Analyze)		Plan Action
Interpret	Generalize
I started with a short warm up giving clear and short directions. The students had fun and at the end of the warm up I gave them a candy in order to make them feel more comfortable and have a break. Then, I started with the practice about questions and negative sentences using the present continuous. I think it is a good option to know if students had understood the grammar explanation or not. I think that as the topic I thought was not something new for the students, they felt more comfortable and they could develop the activities easily; however, they were always students who had problems to understand. I think that applying right activities will help the students to learn accurately and will let the teacher to feel more comfortable because the students will learn easily.	Based on what I already about motivating the students, I think that giving them some rewards or gift to motivate them and make them feel comfortable in classes. Moreover, it will motivate the students to participate in classes.   Based on what I observed, I think that students generally learn and make the practice if the grammar explanation is understandable and the practice is accurately. I believe that teaching a topic accurately will let the teacher to have more time to practice it and to help the students who have problems to understand. I believe that choosing the right activities will help a lot to be an understandable class and the teacher and students will win.	So, in the future, I will continue motivating the students, and also I will find new ways and techniques for not to have a routine of motivation because then they will get bored of the same. In future lessons I will look for more methods to teach the students in an easy way to make them feel more comfortable with the practice. Moreover, I will try to transmit self-confidence to get the students feel free to ask question or doubt. The next time I teach this lesson; I will be sure of choosing the right activities according with the level and with the topic. In future experiences I will also include more practice to be sure that the topic has been understandable.