SECOND HOT REFLECTION

Describe It was Friday, February 12th at 3:00 p.m, and I was giving my second class at English Access First Year. The topic was Demonstrative Pronous. As usual, I organized the desks in a different way because I did not want to have the same seating arrangement I used in my first class. I developed a warm-up activity in which I asked students to go out for having enough space to enjoy the activity. The warm-up was simple to do because I showed students the correct way they had to work. They had to work in pairs and follow my example. Likewise, they had to play with their hands according to the Demonstrative Pronoun they listened. I was really happy to notice that I gave clear instructions because they understood the activity very quickly. I could notice the outstanding way I was beginning my class because I activated students in the best way. I discovered that it was a good environment because students wanted to play with me, and they felt free to make mistakes. That was a good point because I helped them to feel in that way.
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Something that helped students´ learning was the fact of challenging them to develop an activity in which they had to make movements and pronounce pronouns.	Letting students feel you trust in their capacity to solve a task builds more confidence in them and motivates them to do challenging activities.	In my future warm-up activities, I will include at least one activity oriented to challenge students’ full text comprehension; a survey or a mind map can be options.
Having showed students the way they had to work with their hands helped them to understand better the activity.	The use of body language helps students´ learning as the teacher is more likely to show the process of the activity.	In my future lessons, I will use as much body language as necessary so that I can help my students understand and work on different tasks. I will also help visual and tactile learners.
Taking an active role in the activity helped me to encourge students participation and motivation as they were even asking me to play with them.	Teachers need to be active participants on their lessons and not the authority or the ones that provide knowledge.	I my future lessons, I will do my best to be an active participant in my lesson to show my students that we are in a learning environment in which I learn and enjoy as much as they do.
Developing the warm-up activity outdoors provided more space and motivated more students to participate.	A class is not only developed into the classroom. Taking students out to develop an activity provides a different environment mostly when it is a warm up activity.	In my future classes, I will develop not only warm up activities but also any activity that can be adapted outdoors.