Third class – English Access Program

Class 3 – Wednesday, August 19^th, 2015

Description

My last class in this period was in another group because I had some problems with the schedule, so I had to teach there with intermediate students in the English access program as well. The classroom was a little bigger than where I taught my previous classes: in addition, the seating arrangement was different; they were seating in a semi-circle, and it was nice because I had a better sight of the group. I started the class with a warm-up where the students had to unscramble some sentences in present perfect tense, and they worked in groups of four. After that, I taught the present perfect tense in interrogative form by writing on the board the structure of the questions. As a surprise, I noticed that they understood very fast, so I did not spend time in the grammar explanation; then, I develop a fill in the blanks activity where they worked individual. In addition, I developed a very nice activity called FIND SOMEONE WHO; the students had to stand up and ask some question to their classmate, and I finished the class with a wrap-up where they had to make some questions.

Interpret

I noticed that grammar phase is very important to establish the bases of a topic; moreover, I could see that the attitude of the teacher influences a lot in the students because they perceive when the teacher enjoys teaching, and it motivates them to learn.

Generalize

Body language is very important to communicate when the words do not work. In this class, it helped me too much because I used it for giving directions; moreover, students liked to guess what I wanted to say. In addition, this group liked to participate and ask as much as possible because they wanted to clarify all their doubts, and I liked that because the duty of all teachers is to clarify their doubts.

Plan action

For future classes, I will try to use more funny and significant activities because students like to learn while they are playing; moreover, I will use more visual aids and any other resources as magazines, newspapers, and I will try to be more enthusiastic in my classes.