UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE EL SALVADOR

Subject: Teaching Practicum I

Teacher: Ovidio Torres

Practitioner: Velkis Rosales

Level: Intermediate English ll

Tutor: Walter Ernesto Alvarenga

THIRD REACTION PAPER
(Third Period)

Describe My last experience in this last period of the semester was really nice because all the students help me to develop a good class. The students paid attention to me and that really help me with my grade. Moreover, they were focused on what I was doing in the class. During the grammar explanation they were quiet and they did not ask questions. The teacher was attentive to see what I was doing as always. The seating arrangement was the common one because of the space and the small room. In my last class, I had to teach the third conditional which was a little complex. However, before starting with the grammar explanation, I made a short warm up and then a presentation introducing the new topic. The materials I used were the board, sheet of paper, charts, and the book.
(Analyze)		Plan Action
Interpret	Generalize
I started with a warm up where they had fun and put into practice what they have learn before. Since I started a new topic for them, they used to feel kind of confused at the very beginning, but when I taught the grammar explanation they had clear ideas about the different between the first, second and third conditional. I think that Intermediate level is a level where the teacher can take advantage of what they have learned in the basic level. I can say that at the moment to start with the controlled practice, it is important to get involve with them in the activity in case they have doubts.	Based on what I know about warm ups, it is important to develop one before starting classes to wake the students up. Based on what I already know about grammar explanation, I think that it will help the students to understand a topic but if you as a teacher give them clear and understandable explanation about the topic. Based on what I observed, the students of this level do not ask too much. So, what I did in this case was to start with the controlled practice where I could notice if they have understood or not. I believe that get involve with the students in the activities will help the students to feel more comfortable in classes and even ask for doubts.	In the future, I will continue developing funny warm ups at the beginning of the classes to wake the students up. So, in the future, I will take into consideration to teach the grammar explanation including more examples for the students to get better ideas about the topic. The next time I teach this lesson, I continue with my own method to teach the grammar because I could notice that they understood my explanation. In future lessons, I will implement practices in which the students can understand better the topic and transmit self-confidence to them.

UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE EL SALVADOR

Subject: Teaching Practicum I

Teacher: Ovidio Torres

Practitioner: Velkis Rosales

Level: Intermediate English ll

Tutor: Walter Ernesto Alvarenga

SECOND REACTION PAPER
(Third Period)

Describe What I could notice in this slice of the lesson is that all the students paid attention to me; moreover, the teacher told me that the students really loved me because they helped me in everything I needed and in the activities they were quiet and focused on what I was doing. During the grammar explanation they were very quiet and when I asked them for doubts they did not ask me anything because they said that they did not want to affect my grade in the practice. THAT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL! So, they did not ask me anything. On the other hand, the teacher was attentive to see what I was doing and he used to write a lot in the page of the evaluation giving me some pieces of advice and writing every detail about the class. The seating arrangement was in lines because the classroom was small and there were like twenty-one students. In my second class I had to make a short lesson plan where I include an objective, a warm-up, a presentation, grammar explanation, and the controlled practice.  The topic was about the second conditional. The materials I used were the board, sheet of paper, charts, and the book.
(Analyze)		Plan Action
Interpret	Generalize
As I started with the warm-up, I think that it help me to wake the students up. On the other hand, in the warm-up I decided to practice the first conditional to practice it, and then start teaching them the second conditional. I can say that when we teach the grammar explanation about a determinate topic, we have to take into consideration to teach in the most common and simple way for not to confuse the students. Moreover, it is important to involve the students in the grammar explanation to make them feel free to ask and tell their opinions. I think that after the grammar explanation, it is necessary to include some practices to know if they have understood the topic or not. I think that it is the way to discover if the grammar explanation was accurately.	Based on what I already know about warm-ups, I think that they let you know your students and wake them up. Moreover, everyone can have fun in the in there. Based on what I observed, I think that students need to get more involved in the grammar explanation where they can give their point of view.  On the other hand, it is important that they ask questions when they have doubts. I believe that difficult practices can hinder the students at the moment to put into practice what they have learned in the grammar explanation because they can get confused and they will make mistakes.	So, in the future, I will take into consideration to develop a warm up every single class because it helps a lot before starting a class, and they can learn something new in there. In future lessons I will try to implement a very good grammar explanation in which the students can understand better the topic. The next time I teach this lesson, I will be sure to start from the easiest way which will be the controlled practice. After that I will include the difficult ones which will be the semi-controlled, and the free practice. It will let the students to learn and put into practice what they have learned in the grammar explanation.

UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE EL SALVADOR

Subject: Teaching Practicum I

Teacher: Ovidio Torres

Practitioner: Velkis Rosales

Level: Intermediate English ll

Tutor: Walter Ernesto Alvarenga

FIRST REACTION PAPER
(Third Period)

Describe What I could see in this slice of the lesson is that almost all the students paid attention to me. The teacher told me that they were quiet almost all the time and it really helped me with my grade. Moreover, they were focused on what I was doing in the class. During the grammar explanation they used to write fast what I wrote in the board but they did not like to ask, maybe they did not know how to ask in English but they asked each other in Spanish. On the other hand, I tried to use understandable words because they were intermediate students and they were going to get lost if I used complex words. The teacher was attentive to see what I was doing. The seating arrangement was the common one because the space is too small to get the students to sit down in a semi-circle or the horseshoe. In my first class I had to teach the grammar explanation about relative clauses (whose, when, where) But before I made a short warm up and then a presentation introducing the new topic. The material I used were the board, sheet of paper, charts, and the book.
(Analyze)		Plan Action
Interpret	Generalize
Since I started a new topic for them, they used to feel kind of confused at the very beginning, but when I taught the grammar explanation they had clear ideas about the use of whose, when and where using relative clauses. I think that Intermediate level is a level where the teacher can take advantage of what they have learned in the basic level; so, in this case they can give their point of view about a doubt or they can say the teacher what they think about it. I can say that assign not too much difficult practices will help the students to understand better a determinate topic.	Based on what I already know about grammar explanation, I think that it will help the students to understand a topic but if you as a teacher give them clear and understandable explanation about the topic. Based on what I observed, the students of this level are really afraid of asking for doubts. So, what I did in this case was to start with the controlled practice where I could notice if they understood or not. I believe that difficult practices can hinder the students at the moment to put into practice what they learned because they can get confused and they will make mistakes.	So, in the future, I will take into consideration to teach the grammar explanation including more examples for the students to get better ideas about the topic. The next time I teach this lesson, I will try to transmit more self-confidence where they can feel more comfortable and do not be afraid of making mistakes. In future lessons, I will implement practices in which the students can understand better the topic but taking into consideration the adequate practices for not to confuse the students.