UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE EL SALVADOR

Subject: Teaching Practicum II

Teacher: Ovidio Torres

Practitioner: Velkis Rosales

Level: Intermediate English

Tutor: Vanessa Jiménez

FIRST REACTION PAPER
(Third Period)

Describe In my first practice in Intermediate English ll I felt kind of strange because in the last two periods I worked in English Access; so, it was a strong change for me. However, I could achieve my principal objective which was about writing sentences by using negative yes-no questions and why not. The students at this level were very nice and they helped me to develop a good class because they used to participate in the activities and they used to ask me questions about the topic. I did not teach grammar, but we practiced the topic by making some activities (warm up, controlled practice, semi-controlled practice, free practice) The seating arrangement was the horseshoe.  The topic was about negative yes-no questions and why not. The materials I used were the board, pages, and sheet of papers. The teacher sat down in a corner to observe the class very well. She was attentive to see every detail of the class and write it in the evaluation page.
(Analyze)		Plan Action
Interpret	Generalize
First, I started presenting myself, and then I explained the objective and the agenda of the day. Consequently, I developed a short warm-up which was according to the topic.I made groups of four and I gave them some mix words where they had to create sentences according to the topic After that, I started with the controlled activity which was about ordering some sentences into the correct way. Then, I developed the semi-control practice which was about matching. I made groups of four. Students had to look the correct answer to each question of the material I gave them. Finally, I developed the free practice which was really accurately because in this activity the students had to improve their knowledge about the topic. First, I made groups of four and then they had to create a conversation using negative yes-no questions and why not. The topic was FOOD. Finally, they had to share what they had written with the class.	Based on what I already know, I think that it is a good idea to explain the students the objective and the agenda of the day because then they will know how the class is going to be developed. What I could notice is that students had problems in the structure of the sentences and I had to correct mistakes. I could notice that students had problems at the moment to order the sentences; so, I explained the correct way to write the negative yes-no questions and why not. Based on what I observed, I think that the students liked to work in groups because they help each other. What I loved to see in this activity is that all the students had good ideas and invented a lot. Moreover, they improved a lot. It was amazing to see students’ participation at this level. They made mistakes in the structures, but they learnt the correct way to use them.	So, in the future, I will continue doing the same because I could notice the students liked to know the agenda and the activities of that day. And so, they were impatient for doing the activities and knowing how it would work. I will take into consideration to develop a warm up where students can learn something new and have fun at the same time because in that way I would discover if they dominate the topic or not. In the future, I will continue checking mistakes and explain them the correct way to write. In future lessons I will try to continue implementing activities in groups were the students share ideas, give their point of view, and get along each other. The next time I teach this lesson, I will be really sure to include activities like this one because in that way students can develop their capacities to talk in front the others and improve their speech at the same time.