Lesson 1, again

About my teaching

This lesson was an introduction. I presented myself to the students and there wasn't much teaching. I recycled vocabulary from the previous units and introduced some animals like "whale" and "shark" to link them to the unit we are about to star that is about wild animals.

I felt comfortable with this group. I might have to look for a way to attract their attention when I want to check an activity or explain something because they get distracter easily and talk a lot.

About the students

The students are highly participative and they really enjoyed the activities we did today. They are not used to the teacher speaking in English all the time but there are plenty of translators and when they don't know the words they grasp the meaning really quickly.

The only problem I noticed today was that they stand up a lot. When they finish an activity and they come to the front to ask if it's ok. Since there are 32 students, that could create a big mess.

Lesson 2

About my teaching

The timing I estimated for the activities was right. I did the revision, the teaching point and the correction of the drills with no problems. There are some students that I think attend private English lessons and they were of great help when presenting the new topic.

There were some students who had to sit for a math test so they weren´t paying attention at first but then their main teacher told them to stop and go on with the English lesson. Again they were all standing asking if things were ok. I should probably explain some key points about discipline, for example, that we are going to check all the activities either on the board or orally so they shouldn't stand up.

About the students

They don't enjoy songs very much, at least not the songs from the book. They didn't sing or dance, they were just looking or me or reading from the book. I think on Tuesdays they are a bit more distracted because the lesson is near lunch time and they are hungry.

Some students kept asking if we were going to make more origami. I suppose they liked it, so perhaps I'll include some other activity like that in the future.

They are great and willing to participate in every activity but they get so desperate they jump about the classroom like monkeys.