Self report class 3 - primary
- 1. Self-Report – Class 3 recording According to the feedback about this class (class 3) and taking into account that to improve my performance in every class, it is really necessary reflect upon our own teaching experiences, I have decided write a self-report about this. First of all, I know that in some words I have to improve my pronunciation, if I do not speak property, my students will repeat it with mistakes. So before every class, I practice in my house every difficult word. To continue with, I must be stricter related with the structures that they know. So here, I must focus on activating students prior knowledge and experience; the students know and they have been using ‘it’s’ structure, so when they said the name of the animals, they must have said ‘it’s a …’. When I felt some comfortable in the class (because I got very nervous), I repeated several times the structures when the said just the name of the animal. However, during the whole class, I worked using the characteristics and knowledge that they acquired in previous classes, not only about the pets’ names, but also their color, shapes and so on. On the other hand and related with the topic and the aims of the class, this was focused on the pets and their characteristics. So here the students recognized the vocabulary, and we worked in listening skills through the usage of a video. Although they enjoyed it, I had some technical problems, I had to use my computer (notebook) to play it. Thus, not all the students could watch it correctly, and this made the class a little messy. But the students could work in a correct way not only we worked with written skill but also we worked in speaking skill. Another aspect that I have to improve is giving instructions, not only when I put them in groups but also individually or in pairs work. I must use more mimic or being more specifically when I explain to them to understand better what they had to do. In spite of that they played and worked enthusiastically during the whole class. Here it is important mention that this group had the habit to speak in English or listen to teacher speak to, so they followed my class without major problems. Finally and related with strategies I tried to use eliciting questions yes/no were asked to check students’ regarding the correct identification of the items, for instance: is it yellow? It is big? Is it small? The students enjoyed and participated actively, so I listened to and I took as highly valuable to continue with the class. From my point of view, the way in which they answer every question was a positive aspect that show me that they understand me, and they felt comfortable and motivate to continue participating.