UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE EL SALVADOR

Subject: Teaching Practicum II

Teacher: Ovidio Torres

Practitioner: Velkis Rosales

Level: English Access

Tutor: Pedro Sandoval

FIRST REACTION PAPER
(Second Period)

Describe My first teaching practice of the second period in English Access was really amazing and kind of difficult at the same time because the students were beginners and sometimes they did not understand what I was saying and I had to repeat and try to explain them using other words. However, the students learnt to how to use the simple future which is “Will”. What I could notice in this slice of the lesson is that the students made the biggest effort to learn the new topic, and I think it was good because in that way they will learn. In my first teaching practice I had to teach grammar, then the controlled practice, and semi-control practice. The seating arrangement was in a semi-circle. The materials I used were the board, pages, sheet of papers, and charts.
(Analyze)		Plan Action
Interpret	Generalize
First, I started explaining the objective and the agenda of that day. Consequently, I developed a short warm-up to wake the students up and have fun. After that, I started with the grammar explanation. Students were focus on what I was explaining and some of them asked questions according to the topic. Then, I started with the control practice which was about fill in the blanks. This activity was very easy for the students because they finished fast. Finally, I developed the semi-control practice which was really accurately because the activity was about discussion. Students made group of four and I gave them a sheet of paper with some questions and what they had to do was to discuss with their partners using “will” in their answers.	What I could notice is that students had a little knowledge about English and I had to use the simplest words in order to explain them the warm-up activity. I had to repeat twice. I observed that students paid attention to me. And I think it is good because in that way students will learn the topic easily. Based on what I observed, I think that the students will find the activities so easy if they understand the grammar explanation, and in this case students understand very well because they finished fast. What I loved to see in this activity is that all the students were practicing the topic and when I asked for volunteers everybody wanted to participate. It was amazing to see students’ participation at this level. They made mistakes when speaking but they tried to express their ideas.	In future lesson, I will find a way to explain the students the activities in the simplest way where they can understand what I am saying. I will take into consideration to develop an environment where students can feel free to ask questions according to the topic. In future lessons I will continue implementing an understandable grammar explanation in order to have good result in the practice part. The next time I teach this lesson, I will be really sure to include activities like this one because in that way students can share with others and practice the topic at the same time.