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.