FIRST CLASS

Firs class – English Acces Program.

Class 1 – Monday, July 27^th, 2015

Description

This is my first class of the semester and my first experience in English Access Program. I could notice the pretty short classroom, the warm weather and 21 students waiting for the class; however, I saw the students with a good attitude toward the class; in addition, they were seating in rows in front of the board because the space did not allow other seating arrangement; I prepared some identifications for every students in order to know their names; moreover, it helped me to create a good rapport with them, and I developed a warm up activity about thing that they should do for living a healthy life. After that, I also did some semi-controlled activities based on the modals should and could.

They participated in all the activities that I developed and did a really good job; I think that I could fulfill my objective because they wanted to learn more about English. In addition, I could manage the time perfectly because I finished at 5 o’clock; also, I finished with all the activities that I prepared for them.

In summary, I felt a little nervous at the beginning of the class; after that, I really enjoyed the class because they asked many things in order to fill all the doubts, and it is the way that students should be in all the classes.

Interpret

The most common problems practitioners face as new teachers is that they have to keep the group of students’ attention in the lesson because of their age they can easily distract themselves by speaking with other students. Another problem that practitioners face is how to manage the time; it is sometimes common because something that they don’t expect can happen; for example, students do not understand the topic very well and the teacher has to reinforce the topic. It demands time that is out of their plan.  

Generalize

Based on what I already know about teaching, teachers must prepare material related to the topic, and that material has to fulfill the students’ needs; on the other hand, the material has to make the learning process easier for the students in order to they clarify all the doubts about the topic. Furthermore, based on what I observer, the students in English Access are always ready for learning new things about English, and they show their interest by asking, working, participating. As last point, I am sure that visual aids and active activities help students to learn better.

Plan actions

In future lessons, I will develop more interactive activities, and group activities: moreover, for the next class, I am going to develop a warm-up activity outside the classroom; I will make more visual aids because the learning is better when students work their senses; for example,  the sight, the hearing and touch. In addition, I will try to make the passive students participate more frequently.