UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE EL SALVADOR
Subject: Teaching Practicum II
Teacher: Ovidio Torres
Practitioner: Velkis Rosales
Level: English Access
Tutor: Pedro Sandoval
SECOND REACTION PAPER
(Second Period)
Describe
I consider my second teaching practice was one of
the most successful for me since I was very sure about what I was doing;
moreover, I could keep the control of the class and the students participated
a lot. I did not teach grammar, but I had to develop the controlled,
semi-control and free practice. On the
other hand, I did not manage the time for each activity since I spent almost
all the time in the controlled practice which was about fill in the blanks because
I could notice that students had not understood the grammar explanation and I
had to explain them again the way to use the past continuous. The seating
arrangement was in a semi-circle. The teacher sat down outside of the
classroom in order to observe every detail of the class.
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(Analyze)
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Plan
Action
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Interpret
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Generalize
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I started the class very late because the teacher
rang the bell at 3:11pm. So, I started writing the date, objective and the
agenda on the board. Then, I explained the objective and the agenda of that
day. Consequently, I developed a short warm-up which was about past
continuous. What they had to do is to tell the other classmates one sentence
using past continuous and the other ones had to write it on the board.
Consequently, I developed the controlled practice which
was about fill in the blanks. The exercise was easy for the ones who had
understood the topic; however, I could notice that nobody could do it because
they were confused about when using the simple past and when using the past
continuous. For example, I was taking a shower when the phone rang. So, most
of the students did not know the meaning of rang, that means that they did
not know all the verbs in the past. Moreover, they did not if they had to use
the simple past first and then the past continuous. On the other hand some
students wrote “I were” instead of “I was” so, that activity took a lot of
time because I had to explain them the structure of the topic. So, I think it
affected my class a lot because I could not develop the semi-controlled and
free practice.
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The time I started the class did not help me to
develop each activity. But talking about the warm-up activity, I could
observe that students enjoyed it a lot because they were excited with the
activity. On the other hand, they practiced the topic.
I loved teaching the students grammar even though it
was not my purpose, but I think it helped them to understand better the
topic. On the other hand, I consider that maybe they got confused when the
teacher explained them the grammar but they did not ask anything; so, it
affected a lot because when I wanted to develop the controlled practice they
could not do almost anything.
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In future lesson,
I will take into consideration to include the topics
I am teaching in the warm-ups because I believe they help to wake the
students up and students can practice the topic.
I consider that it is important to look for some
ways to teach the grammar correctly in order to make it understandable. Moreover,
it is important to ask students if they have doubts or push them to ask.
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