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After finishing the lesson, I thanked the teacher and the students for being kind with me and helping me during all my practicums. I also thanked students for working hard in all the lessons. Moreover, I told them that I was very proud of them and that it was a pleasure for me to share my practicums with them. Finally, I gave them thank- you presents.

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This was my last lesson of my practicums. I didn´t teach students anything new because I designed a revision for students to review all the vocabulary and structures previously learnt. Firstly, students played a fun game called “The mime game”. They had to choose one flashcard and mime the action on the flashcard for their classmates to guess which action it was. While playing the game, they were very enthusiastic and they enjoyed it a lot. After that, they did an activity where they had to describe themselves by using all the vocabulary and structures learnt. It was difficult for students to remember all the contents but I provided them with the necessary help. In this way, they could do the activity satisfyingly.

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I would like to share this activity because I believe that it was a meaningful activity for students. While doing this activity, they were really concentrated on which actions had to be used to fill in the gaps. I think that the activity was appropriate for students to review and consolidate the new vocabulary, especially since it involved famous people they are familiar with.

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In this lesson, I taught students to describe what people can and can´t do. A very important moment was when students had to write about what themselves and their families can and can´t do. While doing this activity, they reacted in a positive way since they were able to do the activity successfully. It is important to highlight that the model which I had previously written on the blackboard, was of great help for students to use the correct structures. Anyway, they always showed they were interested and keen on doing all the activities during this lesson. For this reason, I became aware that they really like to learn English.

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My sixth practicum lesson – October 24th 

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My sixth practicum lesson – October 24th 

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These are some photos of the classroom where I did my practicums.

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The school is called “Granaderos Puntanos”. It is a state-run school located in a little village in Martín de Loyola in the province of San Luis.

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I´ve choosen the following because I strongly believe that mistakes are part of my process to become an English teacher. This experience has taught me that from now on, I have to plan my lessons in a better way, particularly when it comes to time- management.

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In this lesson, I taught students to describe people´s abilities by using the verb “can”. To do this, I used different flashcards to help them understand the new vocabulary. Then, students did a writing activity in which they wrote about what each member of their family can do. They were interested in the activity but they needed a lot of help because the new vocabulary seemed to be difficult for them. Consequently, the activity took a long time and as a result, I had some problems with the time management given that I had planned a forty-five minute lesson. For this reason, I felt a little frustrated because students couldn´t play the game at the end of the lesson.
To conclude, I became aware that perfect lessons don´t exist since different factors may influence my lesson plan. I know that it is a part of my process of learning as a teacher-to-be.

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My fifth practicum lesson – October 15th  

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My fifth practicum lesson – October 15th  

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In this lesson, I must highlight that students reacted to my teaching in a positive way. They participated in all the activities actively and they asked me questions when some of them had some doubts. They were truly committed to learning the new vocabulary. At the end of the lesson, I invited them to play a game about famous personality. I selected different students who had to choose a flashcard and describe it to their classmates. Then, their classmates had to guess who that famous person was. They were really keen on playing it. To conclude, as I mentioned before they love doing activities involving famous people and I strongly believe that it is an excellent way to learn English.

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How did the students react to your teaching, to the activities and the materials? How did they react to the lesson?

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In this lesson, I taught students to describe people´s appearances (hairstyles). A very important moment was when students had to do an activity in which they had to complete information about famous people´s hairstyles. While doing the activity, they showed interest in this task. At the same time, I could notice that they enjoyed it a lot. It was really important for me because before planning this lesson, I wondered if this kind of activity would work. For this reason, I feel that I´m in the right path since I found that students learn English in a better way through meaningful and enjoyable activities.

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My fourth practicum lesson – October 8th 

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I´ve chosen the following because I believe we, teachers, should choose our strategies depending on our environment and our students´capabilities.

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In this lesson, the students reviewed the vocabulary related to the family learnt in the previous lesson. I gave them a task in which they had to complete information about famous people´s families. They reacted in a positive way given that they loved doing activities related to famous people. For this reason, I decided to plan different activities with famous people for my next lessons. I think that it is good way to catch students´ attention and help them learn in an enjoyable way.

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After that, the students had to complete the following worksheet with the words “Big” and “Small”. It seemed to be easy for them and they really enjoyed doing it. For this reason, I came to the conclusion that they understood the new words very well.

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In this second assistantship, the teacher continued teaching “descriptive texts”. He wrote different examples on the blackboard to help students understand the topic in a better way. After having finished the explanation, he allowed me to make my intervention. Firstly, I showed them a big map of Argentina and while I said “It is a big map”, I made the necessary gestures to help students understand the meaning of “big”. After that, I pointed to the province of Jujuy and I told them “It is a small province” by making gestures. Then, I did the same with Buenos Aires and I said “It is a big province.” It is important to highlight that making gestures was a good strategy to help students comprehend the meanings of “Big” and “Small”. For this reason, I will implement this positive strategy in my practicums in the future.

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My second assistantship – September 18th 

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I consider the memory game successful. They had to find two cards with the same word. Maybe, it was a little difficult for them to create a sentence using that word. As a consequence, I gave them hints to form the sentence. They seemed really enthusiastic. They liked this game a lot and they enjoyed playing.

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After watching a powerpoint presentation of four adolescents that are changing the world, the students had to complete the following task with “HE IS – SHE IS.” Since they were really interested in the four teens, they did it successfully, They quickly understood the use of the pronouns “HE/SHE” and the verb “IS”.

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With respect to strategies, I became aware that encouraging students to repeat is one of the best strategies to learn and improve pronunciation. At the beginning, they were a little shy and spoke little English because they afraid of making mistakes. Nevertheless, I explained to them that they shouldn´t feel embarrassed when they made some mistakes given that they were learning. I told them that making mistakes is the best way to learn and added that English pronunciation is difficult, so it was only natural to feel ashamed.  When they didn´t know or remember how to say a word, I helped them by saying it aloud and then, I encouraged them to repeat after me. In this way, I could notice that they were learning in a good way.

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Second practicum lesson – September 25th

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Second practicum lesson – September 25th

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During the lesson, sometimes students couldn´t understand me when I spoke English even when I provided them with the necessary support such as visual aids, flashcards or gestures. In order to find a solution to this problem, I had to speak Spanish at times. After finishing the class, I talked with the teacher and he suggested that I should use Spanish when students were stuck. I will try to do my best when making gestures next time. I believe that speaking English will be more beneficial for students. However, I will speak Spanish only when it is absolutely necessary.

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Before starting my practicum, I must confess that I was a little nervous. However, students gave me a warm welcome and this made me feel more confident. One of the moments that I enjoyed the most is when I introduced the adolescents who are changing the world. Firstly, they had to watch a powerpoint presentation about these adolescents and then, they learned their names, countries of origin and their ages. During the lesson, they were very interested in the topic. Then I asked some questions and they answered quickly. After that, they had to complete a worksheet with information about the four teens. I really got a good response. They were keen on doing this activity. I really felt glad because they really wanted to learn English.

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While I was explaining the weather, I could perceive that they were really interested in learning English. When I asked them some questions, they participated actively. For instance: I showed  pictures of a city and I asked students “what is the weather like in Neuquen?” and they answered quickly. It really surprised me. As a final task, I gave them a nice activity in which they had to check the weather during the week. For instance, if the weather was sunny on Tuesday so they had to cut out the correct picture and stick on the photocopy and above they had to write “It is sunny” above.  They liked this homework a lot and they told me that they would do it for next week.

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In this lesson, the teacher started to teach “descriptive texts”. He explained to students that there are different types of descriptive texts. After having given this explanation, the teacher gave me my space to make my intervention. Before preparing my intervention, I had previously talked to the teacher and asked him if he agreed on the fact of introducing “the weather”. Because the teacher liked the idea, we had agreed that the weather would be an appropriate topic to teach description. When I started the first activity they were keen on participating in it and they  quickly learnt all the new words in English. When the class finished they continued asking me “how do you pronounce “sunny” or “stormy”?. They really wanted to speak in English.

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My first assistantship -  September 17th

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My first assistantship -  September 17th

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In this sense, I focused on how the teacher explained or gave instructions. He was really clear in the way he gave all the explanations and instructions. Students seemed to understand all the teacher pointed very clearly. Another relevant point is that a suitable context is relevant and necessary to catch students ´attention and understand the class better; this is exactly what the teacher did.

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What were the most important factors for you personally when giving explanations or instructions?

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What were the most important factors for you personally when giving explanations or instructions?

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The teacher started the lesson by saying to students that they would play a fun game. Then, he explained to students that they would use mobile phones and computers to play an interactive game among them.  I could observe that while the teacher was connecting all devices, students were really enthusiastic and anxious. The game was called “Who am I?” in which students had to discover what person had been chosen by his/her opponent given certain clues. I think that it was the perfect context to introduce the new topic about descriptive texts. I would like to highlight that students truly had a good time.

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How did the teacher present his lesson? Were students interested?

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How did the teacher present his lesson? Were students interested?

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Third observed lesson –  September 13th  

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Third observed lesson –  September 13th  

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After explaining the document, the teacher distributed to each student a photocopy. They had to fill in the blanks with the different parts which constitutes "the circulatory system". The teacher monitored them while they were doing their tasks. If the students didn´t remember some of the names, the teacher supported them with help. After that, the teacher asked students to do research  in which they had to surf on the internet to answer the different questions. They worked very well and they were really enthusiastic while doing it.

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In this second class, the teacher continued with the topic “the circulatory system” in order to reinforce the new topic. The teacher connected the projector again and he showed his students an interactive document which showed the main ideas. Another point is that I could observe that the teacher employed an useful strategy in which the teacher explained the topic  with real examples. Students were really interested and it seemed to be relevant to students´lives. He became aware that using real life situations would allow students to learn in a meaningful way. I could perceive that they really enjoyed this class a lot.

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What insights into planning did this observation activity provide?

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What insights into planning did this observation activity provide?

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EL SISTEMA CIRCULATORIO | Vídeos Educativos para Niños

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Here are the links used by the teacher in this class:

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Here are the links used by the teacher in this class:

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First of all, the teacher asked the students what they had learnt from the previous class. Two children answered that they learnt about “The circulatory system”. The teacher asked them to name some main ideas about the topic. The students participated actively in the class. After that, the teacher connected his computer to a projector to show the students two short videos about the circulatory system. With respect to these videos, they seemed to be interested. From my point of view, I think that using interactive tools are necessary to catch students´attention. In this way, the teacher got positive results in his class which I will consider  using them in my future practicums.

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Which elements made the class successful?

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Which elements made the class successful?

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This class started at 9 a.m. I arrived 5 minutes early and the teacher and the students gave me a warm welcome. The students were keen on with my presence given that the teacher had told them that I was studying English and I would give them English classes very soon.

They were very excited because the school is a State-run school and English is not taught at primary level. After that, the teacher invited the students to sit down and explained to them that before starting my practicums, I had to make a few observations concerning how they learnt.

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The teacher ´s name is Renzo. He teaches at 5th and 6th grade.  He´s a kind person. He made me feel comfortable as if I were part of the class from the beginning.