UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE EL SALVADOR

Subject: Teaching Practicum II

Teacher: Ovidio Torres

Practitioner: Velkis Rosales

Level: Intermediate English

Tutor: Vanessa Jiménez

SECOND REACTION PAPER
(Third Period)

Describe My second class at Intermediate English ll was very nice. At the very beginning I felt kind of nervous, but then I felt comfortable in the class. I was very enthusiastic because I wanted to have a funny class. However, the students were bored and it affected to me because then I was kind of bored too. So, finally I lost my enthusiasm and the class was bored. On the other hand, I could achieve my principal purpose which was about using gerunds and infinitives as direct objects in simple sentences and short conversations. This time I did not teach grammar, but we practiced the topic with short activities like Controlled, semi-controlled and free practice. The seating arrangement was the horseshoe. The material I used were the board, sheet of paper, pages and a chart. The teacher was attentive to see every detail of the class and write it in the evaluation page.
(Analyze)		Plan Action
Interpret	Generalize
First, I started explaining the objective and the agenda of the day. Consequently, I developed a short warm-up which was according to the topic. I gave them a sheet of paper containing some questions. Students had to stand up and ask six of their classmates some questions and give answers using gerunds or infinitives. After that, I started with the controlled activity which was about filling in the blanks using either gerunds or infinitives. Then, I developed the semi-controlled practice which was in pairs. They had to write about their classmates and what they believe about them using the gerund or infinitive form. Finally, I developed the free practice which was a DEBATE. I divided the class into two groups (women in one side and men in the other side) I asked students what they thought about: Men enjoy having fun more than women. Men were going to be in agreement and women were going to be against.	What I could notice is that students were good at answering using the principal topic of the gerunds and infinitives. They had very good ideas and they gave their own point of view. In this activity, I could notice that students had problems when using either gerunds or infinitives because they used to confounded some verbs and sometimes they did not know if the verbs were gerund or infinitives. I could notice that students gave very good answers about their classmates and they used the gerund and infinitive verbs into the correct way. What I could observe in this activity was that they participated a lot and they supported their ideas about the topic. Moreover, they used the gerund and infinitive form.	In future lessons, I will take into consideration to develop a warm up where students can learn something new and have fun at the same time; moreover, I will include activities where students give their point of view. In future lessons, I will take into consideration implementing activities where students practice the topic a lot in order to answer every doubt they can have about the topic. The next time I teach this lesson, I will be really sure to include activities like this one because in that way students give their own answers and practice the topic at the same time. The next time I teach this lesson, I will include debates in my lesson plan because un that way they can share ideas and practice the topic.