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Final reflection based on the “Dimensions of reflective learning”Secondary level.

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Final reflection based on the “Dimensions of reflective learning”Secondary level.

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After finishing this last experience. I can say that I am very satisfied with the results obtained. Firstly, I would like to say that the original aim of this experience was create a comfortable atmosphere and rapport with learners where they feel motivated to learn. In addition to this, was very important to me they understood and followed me class to class. I enjoyed the silences that were in the classroom while they were concentrated doing the activities. This was satisfying because it is a school where students have serious personal problems, such as, some of them have problems with drugs  , others do not receive love from their parents on the contrary they receive violence and some others are alone.

Then, I noted that sometimes they understood me and other times I needed to use mimes, gestures, pictures, cards, colours, etc. I tried to use L2 all the times. Furthermore, the objectives, activities and the use of resources were coherent with a pedagogical perspective due to the fact that, everything was planned taking into account the interests, needs and characteristics of the group. What is more, the teacher Sonia suggested me some useful ideas to work with students. She also gave me personal feedbacks after each lesson so that I could consider in the next one.

From each experience, I learn to understand the students. I learn that if we listen to them we will achieve they appreciate us and even the most reluctant student to work in class will do if we only show them that we care. Finally, this experience was meaningful for me because I worked with those teenagers full of heavy problems that maybe not everyone wants to work with and I loved it! I am very satisfied with this period as they enjoyed and participated of the activities I planned for them.

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Baez Maria Jose

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My first observation- Panguitruz Nger school- Date:  September 14th ,2017 from 9:20 to 10:402nd year- Elementary level.Baez Maria Jose

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My first observation- Panguitruz Nger school- Date:  September 14th ,2017 from 9:20 to 10:402nd year- Elementary level.Baez Maria Jose

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I met the group for the first time that morning.  I arrived a few minutes earlier to talk with the teacher about the learners.   The bell rang but the students entered into the classroom about ten minutes after the first bell. The teacher is nice and friendly with me.  After asking them several times to be quiet and keep their cell phones, the teacher introduced me and explained them that I will be their teacher for some classes. I noted them motivated with the idea.  After that, I watched how the class developed.  There are 19 students.  The teacher uses Spanish all the time.  Students were learning about what things they like and don’t like. They needed a lot of help and support to complete the activities.  I could participate in the class helping them with the tasks.  During the lesson I saw that some learners worked and did the activities and others did not. They do not use books. The teacher always gives them copies. The level of the students is very elementary.  The teacher explained me that it is a good group of students but they have serious personal problems. In addition to this they miss a lot of classes. For example:  if it's raining they do not go to school. So, this first observation left me full of doubts and uncertainties about how I will plan for them.

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My second observation- Panguitruz Nger school- Date:  September 15th ,2017 from 7:45 to 8:252nd year- Elementary level.Baez Maria Jose

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My second observation- Panguitruz Nger school- Date:  September 15th ,2017 from 7:45 to 8:252nd year- Elementary level.Baez Maria Jose

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During this second instance of observation the students worked much better than the previous day. Friday classes are much shorter than Thursdays and for being the first hour they were still asleep hahaha! The teacher takes attendance and takes notes about the students that works in classes. The teacher wrote the activity on the blackboard and they copied it.  They should write about their preferences. For example: My favourite food is ………. Here If they did not understand a word, she translated it. After talking with the teacher, we both agreed that the best way for this period to be profitable for them and for me, is to plan the classes using many images.  I should start with very simple activities for them to understand. Also she advised me to use little English because she told me that "they do not like it". So I returned to my house full of doubts and uncertainties, much more than in the first observation.

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First class- Panguitruz Nger school- Date: 22nd September, 2017 from 7:45 to 8:252nd year- Elementary level.Baez Maria Jose

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First class- Panguitruz Nger school- Date: 22nd September, 2017 from 7:45 to 8:252nd year- Elementary level.Baez Maria Jose

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I had my first lesson with 8 students. I was nervous because I did not know how students would react to my presence. I also had doubts about whether my activities were going to be attractive or fun for them. I took 5 minutes to explain to the students that I was going to speak in English during the whole class and they do not worry if they did not understand me because I was going to do everything possible so that they follow me. I also explained that I had to record my classes due to the fact that a teacher would then evaluate me. The majority understood except a student who told me that if I recorded her she would record me.  So, I  choose to record taking into account that none of them appeared in the videos.

After explaining that I started with the lesson using pictures. Firstly, I started with a routine. I asked them “what day is today? “,”look through the window how is the weather today?”. Then, I continue with a warm up and the presentation of “daily activities”. At first they looked at me a bit strange because I spoke to them in English. Sometimes I noticed that they did not understand me and that worried me.

All in all I thought that little by little I was going to get answers from them.

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Second class- Panguitruz Nger school- Date: 28th September, 2017 from 9:20 to 10:402nd year- Elementary level.Baez Maria Jose

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Second class- Panguitruz Nger school- Date: 28th September, 2017 from 9:20 to 10:402nd year- Elementary level.Baez Maria Jose

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This second lesson I felt more relaxed. I started with a routine and then a warm up. As last class there were only 8 students, I wrote the daily activities on the board and I asked for volunteers to match the activities with the correct word written on the board. That is to say, to practise and recognize the new vocabulary. I handed out flashcards and students matched each image with the word written on the blackboard. After that I said the daily activities aloud in order they become familiar with the new vocabulary.

But this class was not what I expected, they were very restless. It was very difficult for me to get them to be concentrated since anything was a reason to talk. So every time I had to call them the attention I did it in Spanish. The activities were not attractive to them. They just wanted to go home. I felt very worried because I did not know what to do in the next class to motivate them to  do the activities.

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Third class- Panguitruz Nger school- Date: 29th September, 2017 from 7:45 to 8:252nd year- Elementary level.Baez Maria Jose

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Third class- Panguitruz Nger school- Date: 29th September, 2017 from 7:45 to 8:252nd year- Elementary level.Baez Maria Jose

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After thinking and thinking about getting the attention of students. I could say that that lesson was better that yesterday. As I see them in the first hour they are calm and as it is Friday only 8 students were in the classroom.  We continued working with some frequency adverbs. I started with the routine but to my surprise this time they told me how the day was! I carried on using a lot of images. We read a text and then I asked them some questions to check comprehension. They complete all the activities I designed for them successfully and  I noted that little by lithe they understood the second language.

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Fourth class- Panguitruz Nger school- Date: 5th October, 2017 from 9:20 to 10:402nd year- Elementary level.Baez Maria Jose

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Fourth class- Panguitruz Nger school- Date: 5th October, 2017 from 9:20 to 10:402nd year- Elementary level.Baez Maria Jose

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This lesson was great! the students worked the whole class, seated, very motivated and concentrated to do the activities. When the time was over I heard that one student told another mate: "ya esta por tocar el timbre, se me pasó re rápido" this was the best I could hear during all the day!

I started with the routine and then I wrote on the board sentences in order they noted and recognized the difference and the new form of present simple, for example: I get up at 7 o’clock/ She gets up at 7 o’clock. I asked them: what are the differences between the sentences? The blackboard was full of cards with different daily activities and the activities were with  different colours in order they recognize that when they speak about she, he or it the verb ends with “S”  . So while they did the different activities if they had doubts they looked at this and they continued working. This was undoubtedly one of my best classes!

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Fifth class- Panguitruz Nger school- Date: 6th October, 2017 from 7:45 to 8:252nd year- Elementary level.Baez Maria Jose

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Fifth class- Panguitruz Nger school- Date: 6th October, 2017 from 7:45 to 8:252nd year- Elementary level.Baez Maria Jose

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Like every Friday I had few students in the class and it was very quiet. The teacher suggested me that before I finished with my practical period I evaluated them so I would get feedback on my work. But here we had a problem due to the fact that she explained to me that her tests are with their copybook to help them. He told me that I should think and create an exam that they can do themselves.

That class was very nice. They could read different short texts and match each one with the correct image alone. I only monitor their work. Then we played a memo game on the blackboard where even the most reluctant to learn participated.

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Sixth class- Panguitruz Nger school- Date: 19th October, 2017 from 9:20 to 10:402nd year- Elementary level.Baez Maria Jose

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Sixth class- Panguitruz Nger school- Date: 19th October, 2017 from 9:20 to 10:402nd year- Elementary level.Baez Maria Jose

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After a week we had the sixth class because the last week the teacher went on a trip with another group of students. I explained learners that next week they will have the exam. The objective of these last two classes before the evaluation is to practice about the new knowledge. Firstly we play a bingo game to revise the vocabulary learned in the previous classes. This was fantastic! They were very enthusiastic to complete their cards and win the play. Then they worked in pairs with a text. As I noted they did not like to read I encouraged they to complete the activity in groups to share information.  The rest of the class and like all the classes we continue working based on images, ending with different cards with one word in each one, where they had to joined in groups and assembled the cards to form correct sentences.

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Seventh  class- Panguitruz Nger school- Date: 20th October, 2017 from 7:45 to 8:252nd year- Elementary level.Baez Maria Jose

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Seventh  class- Panguitruz Nger school- Date: 20th October, 2017 from 7:45 to 8:252nd year- Elementary level.Baez Maria Jose

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In this class we continue practicing since the next time we see they will have to do the test. Today I could not do all the activities that I had done since the headmistress talked with them in the entrance which took time for the class. All in all, I can say that regarding  the lesson plans I sometimes modified some  activities or others I  choose not to do it, sometimes I was fine with the timing and others not so much but in general I am satisfied with how I handled that point.  I told the students that the exam activities were going to be very similar to the activities we did in class and they seemed self confident. Good!

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Eighth class- Panguitruz Nger school- Date: 26th October, 2017 from 9:20 to 10:402nd year- Elementary level.Baez Maria Jose

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Eighth class- Panguitruz Nger school- Date: 26th October, 2017 from 9:20 to 10:402nd year- Elementary level.Baez Maria Jose

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Finally the last class came. I was happy but at the same  time full of uncertainty about the results of the test.  The exam started with a match where the students must join the images with the correct words. Then in this way they have the vocabulary to help them continue doing the rest of the activities what is more,  in each activity they have one or two examples so they can see what they should do. I assessed grammar, vocabulary and writing. The rest of the skills  the teacher told me that she will evaluate them in another moment. During the exam some students could do the exercises alone others needed a little help and support but all in all the  results were very positive only 5 fail the test and the rest obtained very good marks. Great!