Hot Reflection #2, Second Period

Hot reflection paper #2 (My second time to teach English with real students )

Describe à It was around 6:45 a.m. and I was ready to start the second 50-minutes class at UNICAES. I was starting the class when I saw three new students entering to the classroom so they were students from the afternoon group, and they were asked to attend to that class that day because their tutor was not able to teach that day. I was totally relaxed because I already knew the group but when I saw the new students I got a little nervous because I did not know them. Also, I have not gotten extra practice for them, but I implemented another technique. The teacher was seating close to the door writing some aspects about the class. The students were on time seating on their desks, waiting to start the class. This class was interesting because the whole class was participating. I developed a reading activity where students had to read, analyzed and create some recommendations according what they have read. I thought that this activity could be a little boring for the students because of the different learning styles of each student, but it was not because the students were involved into the activity, and I noticed that they enjoyed it a lot. After they had read and analyzed the reading, they had to give recommendations in the orally way. They are good and intelligent students. This was an interesting activity not only for students but also for the teacher because in this way he can continue implementing this kind of activity. In this class, I used sheets of paper, the students' book and a chart. I had a good communication with my students because we interacted a lot so it increased the rapport creating a good environment of the class.
Analyze à		Plan Actionà So, in the future, I will try to make activities a little more interesting; creating material for them.
Interpret I can say that the students from this class are so amazing because they show their interest about the class and every activity.	Generalize Based in what I already know about teaching is that teachers have to plan and create interesting activities to develop during the class in order to motivate students to get involve into the class.
I know that I was nervous in a moment of the class when the three new students entered to the classroom because I did not have extra material for them.	Based on what I observed, I think that the teacher could tell me about that change they have made with the other teacher from the afternoon group in order to get prepare with the material.	In future lessons I will try to get extra material because in this class I had some problems at the moment to make students work.
The students' motivation is essential for every class because if the students are not motivated or even they do not feel the desire to work, the teacher will have some problem which ones will affect the development of the class.	Based on what I know about teaching is that teachers can make many things in order to get students motivated. Also, teachers have to try to avoid problems that can affect the class because those problems affect the students' learning.	The next time I teach this lesson, I will try to implement a very good activity at the beginning of the class in order to get students more active that usual.
In every class or activity can happens something unexpected, and in this class I was the lucky one with the material that I have prepared but I implemented another way to make students work.	I believe that the development of this activity helped my students to analyze and be critical at the moment to read.	In future experiences I will also include another kind of activities in order to let me make and deal with unexpected things.

Hot Reflection #1, Second Period

Hot reflection paper #1 (My second time to teach English with real students)

Describe à It was Friday 11th when I was ready to teach my first class for the second period. I had to teach just to ten advanced students so it was around 6:45 a.m. when I was ready to start the class at UNICAES but just two students were into the classroom, and I had to wait some minutes while the rest of the students arrived to the classroom. In this time, I had to develop the topic “Subjunctive Mood.” I was a little nervous when I started the class but I was confident in myself. I remembered that the teacher was sitting in his desk near to the door; writing about my performance while I was developing the class. The students were interested in the class while we were developing an interesting activity. I decided to introduce the topic using a video, and I noticed that the students enjoyed the way we did it. I started the activity and played the video, the students' response was very satisfactory for me because they showed me that they understood what the topic was about. This time I did not have any inconvenient with my new students. I arranged the seating using the horse shoe, and it helped me to increase the rapport between students and me. In this class, I used a computer, speakers, LCD projector, charts, and sheets of paper in order to involve my students in the activities and make the class more dynamic. In addition, the use of this material helped to guide the class and to know the different learning styles that my students had.
Analyze à		Plan Actionà So, in the future, I will try to implement new and similar techniques that the ones I used in this class because I noticed that it really worked with this group of students that I have. I will implement a different way of give direction in order to facilitate their learning.
Interpret I can say that my students are so intelligent, and they are focused on what they want to learn because I noticed their interest in the subject. They followed and understood all the direction that I gave them about the activities.	Generalize Based on what I already know about teaching I think that students understand and respond according the level of English they have, and I noticed that my group responded very well at all the activities that I assigned to them.
I know that I was nervous in a moment of the class; especially when I was starting it but while the time was passing I felt more comfortable because I could notice that my student understood and started participating.	Based on what I observed, I think students generally participate in the activities because they feel comfortable, and interested in developing them. In addition, I have to learn how to calm down when I get nervous in front of a class.	In the future lessons I will try to control myself when I get nervous in front of a class. Also, I will try to implement new techniques in order to motivate students to participate.
Follow students' likes and interests is very important for the development of the class because in that way students pay more attention to the class although not all the time it is possible to follow students' likes and interests.	Based on what I already know about make the class more interesting is that not all the time I as a teacher can follow the students' likes and interests because if I do it, the main objective of the class can be lost.	In future experiences I will try to implement different kind of activities in order to facilitate the learning process.
When I develop the activity using a video, I could notice that students were motivated because of the activity. I noticed that the vocabulary that appeared in the video help them to understand the following activity.	I believe that when the teacher tries to implement technology in his ∕ her classes, the result can be better that using the traditional way to teach; using just the board.	In future experiences I will also include some activities where the students can implement their knowledge about technology in order to get them familiar with it.