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Bianca, Paula, Julia, Fede, Santi, Lolo, and, Isaac told me that they would miss me lots. In addition, they hoped I was going to be their future teacher.

I liked that the highlighted the fact that, they are now getting accustomed to hear instructions in English; they were eager to role-play, as if they were in a foreign institute.

Sometimes, they told me, they wouldn't understand, but gestures would help them a lot. They still hoped to see me the next thursday....

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I focused on building foundational language skills for A1-A2 students, such as present simple, the to be verb, and the use of have got, and has got.

I believe that, many lessons like the K-pop idols’ routines, daily life, their dream occupation, their family's occupations, and the description of appearances, allowed them to relate grammar and vocabulary to something they genuinely enjoyed, making the learning process more engaging and personal. We give them access to real-world experiences. Language as a way to communicate, and not, to repeat!

I took a more inductive approach at the end of the lessons, I think, as I made them, search for examples in texts, and explain to me the new structures they would find. They were navigating through their learning process.

I lectured them a lot about not making fun of pronunciation, or anything related, as we were all equals, and learning!

These small talks not only helped to consolidate the importance of learning pronunciation but also fostered a supportive and collaborative classroom environment.

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Healthy and unhealthy habits...

We ended up using the teacher's worksheets instead. She liked the fonts, and cartoons more.

Well this class, was a bit calmer. The students really knew the vocabulary instantly. It was very easy for them to recognize the meaning of them.

They also liked playing the game of, changing, or thinking what habits to change for the future. I commented about my unhealthy habits, they laughed, and judged. We ended up talking about the importance of them.

Some of them, like Santino, started joking about my lack of sleep, even!

I only had a short amount of time in the lesson, since, the teacher had to give them back their graded exams.

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This was the lesson I made for the students to explore more about the modern world. Also, I heard some of them feeling embarrassed for liking this type of music. I showed the students that, they can like and listen to what they want. We read about their routines, and they understood quick. They read that they were like any other famous celebrity. Some of them, even wondered about the life of these students. Asking questions about their agenda.

Sabrina, the student who loves this genre of music, felt less shy, and started talking about it.

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To wrap up the lesson, we played a brain teaser game, and it was the perfect way to review everything we’d covered. The students were entertained, even fighting for answering with excitement and working together to figure it out. I thought they would, perhaps, not be into it, since it was a math problem. However, they loved it!

I saw Paula, and Bianca ( who hate math) trying to solve it.

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During the pair work, where students asked and answered questions about their routines, there was such a nice sense of teamwork. They were really encouraging each other, with one student gently reminding their partners. The students that know a bit more of English, also, were helped by their classmates, remembering them to not add -S or -ES since we were not talking about HE/SHE/IT.

I’m particularly pleased with the level of creativity and engagement shown in the comic strip activity – it was not perfect but it ended on a fun note.

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Today’s lesson was filled with energy, curiosity, and a lot of fun! We explored occupations, nationalities, and physical descriptions through a unique topic: pen pals.

Here's how it went:

-They didn't know what a pen pal was! So, we revised it, and changed it for an e-mail. The title changed to; E-friends.

The discussion about whether they'd ever had a friend from another country sparked some great conversations. Several students shared personal stories about friends from abroad, including one student who mentioned a friend from Brazil. It was wonderful to see them making these personal connections with the topic.

They have online friends, since social m. is everywhere!

A special shout-out to Facundo, Ivan, and Isaac for their active participation and enthusiasm! I’m looking forward to seeing how they apply these new structures in the next lesson.

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Learning about different people's lives 

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Learning about different people's lives 

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Here's an interesting resource we used. When we were talking about present simple and routines, we also saw, the different lifestyles from people. The students got really interested, as well as, some of them emotional, because of this man's life.

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Speaking time!

I made this new routine, where, the students knew that they didn't have to copy, and had a break if I wrote down the word; Speaking!

They would relax and try to make the exercise verbally.

You can see that I wrote, behind me, the phrase; Speaking time!

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This was a homework assignment for the students to watch and analyze at home; using healthy/unhealthy vocabulary.

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In the last days of September, the tutor asked me to make the exams for the students. I gave her two themes. She used the same ones, but only changed the fonts. The students felt like, the exams were easy, and very practical. The pictures at the end helped them recognize which occupation they are talking about.

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This was the poster I made - A3.

I printed the image bigger than I had expected. It was a good resource for the students to look at it better. We had the exam after talking about it.

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A letter from Pierre - An email from Pierre 

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A letter from Pierre - An email from Pierre 

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Here's the e-mail I showed the students instead of a letter, since the tutor thought it was not up-to-date.

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Here I'm showing a mix of all the flashcards, images, and posters I've printed for the lessons!

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These are streamers-singers they really like. I got these images from social media, and memes!

They enjoyed asking me if I knew any of them, and for their curiosity, I did.

I found that, memes, and internet culture, can help to make connections with the students very quick.

Their interests are very varied, and now, they grow even more regards technology and the digital world. We, as teachers, have to be even more connected!

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Here's the new resource of making story boards by looking and predicting.

Then, we will read or listen to the actual story.

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I took modern and up-to date topics for the students to feel more motivated, and use the language in a real life context.

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Coolest things my penpals have sent me! 💌📫🩷 #journaling #penpal #penpals #journal 

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Coolest things my penpals have sent me! 💌📫🩷 #journaling #penpal #penpals #journal
♬ Life Will Be - Cleo Sol

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This is a crazy topic that the students really didn't know well, and really started investigating in. They named distant relatives, and even, famous twins. They thought that the girls from The parent trap movie were real! But, I popped their bubble and told them that it was only one actress. We laughed about it.

I made all 30 copies for them to talk about this image. They were black and white, and the ones that didn't bring the worksheets, had to glue them on their folder sheet.

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I applied this game in the classroom, for the structure of possessions, and appearances vocabulary. It was a bit messy but fun! They were very serious about it. I reminded them that it was not fair to repeat the same classmate more than twice.

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It involves learners getting up and talking to all the other members of the class. Example The group are practising using the present perfect for experiences. Amongst the group there are learners who have to: find someone who has been abroad find someone who has eaten something really strange find someone who has done a bungee jump

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-Time management

-Using coloured chalks.

-Board organization

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Here's the tutor giving me some feedback in the middle of the class. Even if she didn't write much down in the papers, she would stand up and give me immediate feedback on the class.

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Fede, one the students, came up to me and gave me an alfajor. He was so sweet about teacher's day. The students also greeted me, and congratulated me for it.

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Everyone was so confused with this lesson, but in a positive way! They loved the topic of talking about this kind of biological concept. They talked about their families, and how some of them, had non-identical twins.

Also, Facu, knew what fair skin meant. He had put it in the right chart, which represented the ethnicity of the students. They've learned how to say half- Jamaican. They started wondering about their mixed blood as well. Some of them, stated they were half-italian.

The topic was fun, and easy to understand, while also, reviewing possessions.

The usage of highliting in a text was a great tool to make

differences between verbs, nouns, and adjectives.

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Spreen, Ronaldo, and Wos. People they know, and people who they look up to.

They liked the first game, where, they had to lie to me, or say the truth.

Everyone was calling me to tell me theirs.

It was a fun game, that also helped to develop their reading comprehension.

They did great describing Spreen, and they used the same template to create their own description. This activity was graded by the teacher.

I added his astrological sign, since, there were a lot of students that love astrology.

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This was a difficult lesson to pick a topic to.

The tutor told me that, she

planned to do celebrities related to possessions, but I thought that, it was better to relate both topics, and be ahead of time.

They remembered Ryan Reynolds since, that same week, they went to watch Deadpool 2. It was a very popular topic, trying to guess Ryan Reynold's age, and information.

They would also, be curious about some other people they didn't know. For example; in the next lesson, we would meet Margot Robbie, whose name they didn't remember, but did mention the movie; Barbie.

Vicky, a student who is really uninterested in movies, and any kind of similar entertainment, participated by adding that she didn't like the movie.

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My dream occupation was a deep an d impactful topic. They all thought very hard about what they wanted to do in the future, even, asking for more vocabulary to explain themselves.

Some of them, started making questions to me, too. If I wanted to be a teacher before studying or not.

I mentioned such words as; pilot, and flight pilot. Those were my dream occupations as well.

Here I'm holding all the black and white copies that I made for them, so they didn't have to bring any material but their folder.

Here's the new resource of showing pictures, and creating a story before listening to the audio. They started guess anything they could.

At first, they thought that the story was about a Japanese waiter, with a best friend, who was the delivery boy. It was pretty close to the lesson's story.

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A family business was a really fun lesson to do. The students loved the concept of a family business, and more, because they like pizza.

They started to guess family remember, and recycle that vocabulary.

They learned, and remembered the difference between a waiter and waitress.

It was a great to have a word search, they loved it. They spent short time searching for the words.

Sadly, the next class that we wanted to finish the lesson, some, had to go to act before winter holidays.

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In this lesson, we had to introduce ourselves into the world of; occupations!

It was a very nice topic that was a trigger for personal answers.

They thought about it, and made good questions, even asking about new occupations.

They already knew Justin, and more singers that they liked, such as; Khea, and Maria Becerra. I made them guess mine too, and they couldn't help but feel competitive to win.

They ended up fighting for the answer, and it made happy since they really cooperated by telling me that someone else already made that question, and it was not that singer.

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In the first lesson, I had quite a few questions being made by the students, for me the funny one was, If I was from another country.

The students loved the cartoons, and everything they got in the worksheet.

They felt really excited to start.

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Here are the tiny flashcards I gave to the students. I made them share it, and also, give it to their classmates on the back.