My first class in the teaching practicum

I feel so happy because my first class experience was nice

LARGE GROUPS

AFTER PEDAGOGICAL PLANNING
Well, as the person in the video says, when teaching a large group of students, the teachers need to be well organized with everything, they have to plan very well their classes and expect situations that happen with students, unexpected situation like when students misbehave, or something goes wrong. The teachers’ lesson plans have to be very clear and well structured so that he won’t have problems at the moment of developing the class. The teachers have to discover student’s needs and abilities so they do not have to assign homework at the very beginning.
CLASSROOM LEARNING SYSTEM
First, the classroom has to be well organized, and it has to have all the material needed to teach. The physical space is really necessary because students need to be able to move from a place to another, and they need space to develop group activities. The teachers have to encourage students participate in all the activities, and they also have to consider volunteering because there are some students who really enjoy to participate, and teachers do not need to push them.
STUDENT BEHAVIOR
The teachers have to respect students; they have to be a clear model. If the teacher respects all students, the students will respect them too, but if a student does not respect the teacher, he or she will have the right to talk to him in order to stop that kind of behavior. The teachers have to establish rules and paste them on the wall. The teachers have to respect and make students respect the rules established inn the classroom. When a student misbehaves, the teachers have to investigate the reasons why that situation happened before punishing the students.
The teachers have to treat all the students the same way. He has to be a good teacher and a good friend for all the students.
I think this these factors suggested in the video can work in our country because there are teachers who like to work with large groups, and they can manage all the students. In my life of student, I have had teachers who have applied these three factors when teaching groups of 50 students, and I think teachers have to take into account these factors because they are very important to succeed with large groups of students. I think some of these suggestions are not needed when teaching large groups of adult students because adult`s behavior is very different. They are more interested in learning or they are learning because they really want to learn and they know it will be useful in the future.

INTERNET TOOLS

I think using internet tools when teaching English is really important because nowadays, internet has become really necessary in the different fields of our lives, and education is not the exception. Internet has to become a necessary source for English teachers because we can find a lot of activities that can help students understand or develop the different skills used in English. For example: when I am using internet, two hours or three seem to be just one because I feel very motivated and I never get bored.
Some people say that teachers cannot live without internet, but I think that internet makes life easier because when you need something, you just start surfing and you find whatever you want. In the past, people did not use internet and the teaching and learning process was successful because they really liked to read books. It means that we have changed the reading habit by the use of internet. In my case, I get bored when reading boring books, but I never get bored even though when I am reading boring topic through internet.
When using internet, I can say we use two kinds of intelligences. The first one is the intrapersonal intelligence because there are lots of people who use internet to make friends, and they have friends only through internet when at school, they are very quiet, they don’t like to talk with their classmates. Visual intelligence is the second one we use when using internet because people learn through watching videos, movies and pictures through internet.

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Language is contextualized when children learn language skills in a familiar place, doing well known activities; it means that the students can learn different skills by performing real activities. An example would be a young child helping his or her mother to clean the house. The child learns about windows, chairs, sofas, doors and other house items by being immersed in that world. The child uses the context of the house to more freely commit any new words about kitchen items to memory. The teachers need to be creative when using contextualized language because he has to make students talk about here and now by referencing people, objects and action present in the immediate context. Students need to feel they are performing activities or talking about the real world. When using contextualized language, students feel more comfortable and motivated, and they learn better because they learn about different things by touching or seeing them. Some teachers apply contextual language support to their students when teaching new strategies or new words, but many don't. School children often have to learn new concepts in the absence of contextual supports. For example, students may have to learn the names of capital cities around the world; they're sometimes expected to do this without the aid of maps of foreign countries, pictures of the cities, or any other media.


I think, contextualized language can be applied in our reality, but as I said before, teachers have to be creative and look for the necessary sources to teach students in an interesting way, in a way that students feel learning a new language is really funny. We can apply contextualized language in our reality, but teachers’ preparation is the problem because there is a whole in our educational system and teachers’ interest.

CREATING A POSITIVE CLASSROOM CLIMATE

CREATING A POSITIVE CLASSROOM CLIMATE

Establish rapport:
As we know, the teacher has to create a close relationship with his students in a way that can respect and trust on him. The teacher has to be for the students a companion in every moment of the learning process , he has to be a good friend, he has to help students when needed, for example if the student has problems with his parents, the teacher has to provide some pieces of advices. The teacher has to play, smile learn and cry with the students if it is possible.
The worst mistake a teacher makes is to discriminate or not to care of students. Sometimes, teachers care more about students from the opposite sex, and the other part feels uncomfortable.


Balance praise and criticism:

The teacher has to care about what students do in order to help them to be more optimists when they are developing an activity, but you have to be the same with all the students. It is important to mention that students need to be criticized when they make a mistake. If we don’t correct their mistakes, it will affect them in the future.


Generate energy:

As the teacher is the model, he has to show energy in the classroom. The teacher has to call student´s attention with his or her optimism and his energy. There are some teachers who have problems in their houses and they seem worried when teaching their students, and students feel depressed too. This kind of attitude affects student´s learning process.

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TEACHING BEGINNING LEVELS

IT IS A DIFFICULT JOB TO TEACH BEGINNERS BECAUSE SOMETIMES THEY ARE AFRAID OF USING THE TARGET LANGUAGE. IT IS A GOOD CHALLENGE FOR TEACHERS
TEACHER´S ROLE:
THE TEACHER HAS TO BE A MODEL BECAUSE IT IS SUPPOSED THAT STUDENTS KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THE TARGET LANGUAGE. THE TEACHER IS THE RESPONSIBLE OF TEACHING BASIC THINGS SUCH AS PATTERNS, ASKING QUESTIONS, LEARNING USEFUL PHRASES, ETC.
THE TEACHER NEEDS TO BE VERY PATTIENT BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME STUDENTS WHO LEARN SLOWER THAN OTHERS. HE HAS TO USE BASIC VOCABULARY, AND IF IT IS POSSIBLE, HE HAS TO USE THE MOTHER TONGUE TO EXPLAIN SOME THINGS

STUDENT´S CREATIVITY:
AS WE KNOW, CREATIVITY IS WHEN WE TRANSFORM THINGS INTO NEW THINGS. FOR BEGINNERS, IT IS REALLY DIFFICULT TO USE THEIR CREATIVITY. THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO START A CONVERSATION.WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THAT THEY ARE BEGINNERS WE HAVE TO TEACH THEM HOW TO BE CREATIVE. THERE ARE SOME STUDENTS WHO EXPLORE THE LANGUAGE BY THEMSELVES AND IT REALLY HELPS

AUTHENTIC LANGUAGE:
BEGINNER STUDENTS ARE LIMITATED TO SHORT PHRASES BUT THE TEACHER HAS TO USE AUTHENTIC LANGUAGE FOR EXAMPLE PATTERNS, GREETINGS AND INTRODUCING THEMSELVES.