Contemporary philippine arts from the regions_PPT_Module_12 [Autosaved] (1).pptx
Teaching report delacruzb
1. PRACTICE II, DIDACTICS OF ELT and Practicum
Primary School level. Adjunto Regular a/c Prof.
Estela N. Braun (2018). Teacher Assistants: Prof.
Vanesa Cabral and Prof. Maria Lis Luján Ramos.
REGISTER:
TRAINEE: Belén de la Cruz
SCHOOL: Nº 180- Mariano Moreno - 6th Year C
MENTOR TEACHER: Prof. Joana Herrán
DATE: 28/08/2018 – 16:50 TO 17:30
I admitthat I was worriedabout the timingbecause we onlyhave around25minuteseach
classas it is the lastone of the school timetable.Ihadprepareda lessonwithaprojectoranda
CD playerandI was afraidthat technologydoesnotfunctionproperly buteverythingwas
successful.
There were noabsentsandthe grouprecognizedthe routine tostartthe Englishlesson,thenI
introducedVanesaandwe continuedwithourlesson.Aspartof the warmup activity,a
volunteercompletedthe calendarandall the groupparticipated.
As regardsplanning,the studentsshowedenthusiasmaboutthe pictures - presentedwiththe
projector- and howto describe them.Althoughtheywere verynoisy,all of themwantedto
share so I namedeachone and askedthemto take turns – in thiswayI triedto show themto
respectthe other. Some of themare shyto speakinEnglishbutI motivatedthemrepeating
and recastingtoimprove theirlanguage andforthisisalsoimportantthat everyone listens
his/herclassmate.
Althoughmostof the classthere was teacher-studentinteraction,the lastactivitywasinpair-
workand we couldmake it the nextclassbecause we were runout of time.
Studentsworkedwiththe bookandthose whodidnothave it I deliveredphotocopies,soall of
themcouldwork.As Vanesasuggested,Ishouldrevisethe drawingbecause itwouldhelp
themto rememberandalsoclearup forthose whohad photocopies. Anothersuggestionwas
to use more the board and I will tryto checkactivities,homeworkortoassignitusingthe
board.
The lessonwasverydynamic,afterthe routine,we checkedhomeworkandthenwe worked
withthe projectorandtheyproduceda nice oral practice. Theywere involvedwiththe
questionsabouttheirbreakfastincontrastto the onesshowedinthe pictures. Afterthat,they
were askedtoread silentlyashortparagraph and thentheydid a listeningactivityonthe
book.There wasno problemwiththe listeningandthe activitywas appealingastheyhadto
tickthe fooditemstheyheard.AsIrealizedthatwe didn’thave time todothe productionpart
of the lessonIdecidedtoassignhomeworkinthe book.
As the bell rangit wasa chaos (as VanesasuggestedIshouldhave writtenthe activityonthe
board) and all of themstartedto pick uptheirschool objectsto queue upand I deliveredthem
2. PRACTICE II, DIDACTICS OF ELT and Practicum
Primary School level. Adjunto Regular a/c Prof.
Estela N. Braun (2018). Teacher Assistants: Prof.
Vanesa Cabral and Prof. Maria Lis Luján Ramos.
a bookmark to use and tickhomework.Ithinkitwas a nice ideabecause nextclasswhenwe
checkedit,all of themopenedtheirbooksandIsaw the bookmarkersandsurprisinglyall of
themhad done the activity assigned.
Regardingsmile,Ididsmile inclassbutIwas nervousdue toVanesa’sobservation.Anyway,I
try everylessontoshowIreallycare for themand I heardeveryanecdote - mostof them
relatedtothe topic - theywant to share as a way to create a good rapport,and alsoit is
necessarybecause itmayhelpyouto encourage themtouse the secondlanguage.Inrelation
to my positiontowardsthe class,Iwasconcernedaboutthe projectorso I turneditoff and
thenI usedthe CD playersoI was dependingonthe technologydisplaysbecauseIdidnot
wantto somethinghappentothem.
3. PRACTICE II, DIDACTICS OF ELT and Practicum
Primary School level. Adjunto Regular a/c Prof.
Estela N. Braun (2018). Teacher Assistants: Prof.
Vanesa Cabral and Prof. Maria Lis Luján Ramos.