Journal # 5
Teaching Practicum II
Intermediate English I
Teacher: Karen de Orellana

It was my fifth week and I was happy because it was another experience about teaching.

 Something that I want to talk about the lesson that went well was that I felt motivated because the students showed interest for the classes and as the other classes, they were participating a lot. I noticed that the students liked the way I was explaining the class because they were working in every single activity.

 Something that didn’t go well was that the classroom was too small and there various students; I did not have enough space to do the activities.

 All the students were involved in the activities. We were working in oral activities to make them practice their English. We were discussing about some wishes we have. They were sharing their wishes using would.

 I used a few activities in the class, and some materials, but I didn’t use the board too much, and I didn’t use pictures. They were working in some summaries of movies in pieces of paper I carried out to the class.

 I could manage the time very well, and I could do all the activities. The students worked in trios and in pairs. There were some students that could not understand some words from the summaries, and they started asking me for the meaning of those words and finally they could work without any help.

 If I teach that lesson again, I will use a lot of materials because I noticed that when a teacher uses different kinds of materials, the students pay more attention and the class is more meaningful. I will also try to write some difficult words that appear in the book on the board and make them look for the meaning of each word. I will also try to make them give their own opinions about the reading that was studied.