Second Hot Reflection ( Second Period)

Describe It was around 6:50 a.m. and I was about to teach my second class with Advanced II students. This time I was comfortable because I had already had the opportunity to work with the group, and they had a good attitude towards my class.  I really liked the way this group helped me to develop my class. In general, I think that my class had positive results because I achieved my objective. However, it is important to mention that I developed an activity to teach vocabulary. I asked students to stand up and I pasted some phrases on students’ backs. Then, I asked them to look at their classmates´ back and guess the meaning per each phrase. They had to guess as many meanings as possible. Some students struggled a lot because they did not have an idea about the phrases they read. That is why they were asking me all the time to find the meaning. It made me discover that it was not a good idea to start teaching new vocabulary in that way. What made me feel happy was the way students liked the activity because they were developing their critical thinking. They tried to give their best though they were struggling to do it. At the end of the activity, students matched the phrases with the meanings I provided in a chart, and though they made mistakes, it was rewarding to see them doing their best.
(Analyze)		Plan Action
Interpret	Generalize
Having my students try to guess the meaning of the vocabulary make them struggle too much and made the activity too challenging.	Students need to have prior knowledge to connect with the new vocabulary. If they cannot make that connection, making meaning of the new vocabulary becomes hard for them.	In my future classes, I will continue working to improve my activities when teaching new vocabulary because I do not want to see students struggling.
Letting students share their ideas with their classmates helped them to improve their communication skill and their critical thinking because they had to provide ideas in different ways.	It is significant to cultivate activities in which students exercise the target language. Moreover, it decreases TTT. Critical thinking, on the other hand, lets student autonomy grow.	In my future lessons, I will use as many speaking activities as possible so that I can help my students work on different tasks. Also, I will inspire their critical thinking by having them share ideas with their classmates.
Having a short matching activity of the new vocabulary to be taught helped students to have an idea about the meaning.	Teachers need to present the new vocabulary in a dialogue, conversation or any way to help students become familiar with new things.	In the future, I will select activities in which students can have the chance to notice the meaning of the new vocabulary because it can help me to have better results.

First Hot Reflection (SECOND PERIOD)

Describe The second period has started, and I was going to teach my first class in the English major. At the beginning, I was a little bit worried and nervous because I was about to switch from a Basic level in Access Program to an Advanced English II level in the major. However, I had 10 students who were looking at me with the best attitude, and they made me feel comfortable to start my class. It was my second activity, so it was around 7:05 a.m., and I was asking students to talk about some homework my tutor assigned them the previous day. It was about choosing three shortcomings students have. I decided to give students time to discuss with their classmates about it. Then, I put a desk in front of them to ask one by one to take a seat and share the shortcomings. Additionally, I took a seat to share some of my shortcomings to make them feel comfortable to express their own personality. It is important to mention that it worked because they were enjoying my speech, and they laughed to notice that I was open to talk with them. Also, my tutor was happy to see students´ reaction. Then, Omar came to the front and made a comparison between my shortcomings and the ones he has to deal with.  After that, I was surprised to see Diana walking to the front to share her shortcomings because she is so shy, and I did not ask her to do it.  The rapport I got with the students was amazing since the very beginning of the class. It made me appreciate the pleasure to teach them. Students continued passing to the front to talk about their shortcomings until almost everybody had passed.
(Analyze)		Plan Action
Interpret	Generalize
My attitude, confidence   and enthusiasm to perform the activity helped students´ understanding. They saw me doing everything happily and not just saying things to spend the time. The activity had a special purpose.	Having a kind manner to teach a lesson, and demonstrating the activities with passion to avoid boredom help students to enjoy the lesson. The motivation students develop depend on the attitude the teacher shows like an example to follow.	Before giving my lesson, I will increase my confidence and give my best to encourage students. It is important to have a positive attitude to show security while teaching to a new group. Also, students behave better if they respond to a good action.
My being friendly with the students increased their motivation while participating because they felt relaxed to express their ideas and thoughts. They wanted to participate all the time without the pressure of the teacher.	Most students fear being asked to do something right in the moment, mostly when it is the first time they produce the target language with a new teacher.	The next time I teach a lesson, I will consider the activities to break the ice with new students to have possible results. Moreover, I will create a good atmosphere to engage students in the process.
Developing activities to increase student’s confidence facilitated them to practice the target language, as well as monitoring helped them to notice the interest the teacher has to check their work in order to provide necessary feedback.	Some students do not like to practice the target language because they are not accustomed to doing it. Likewise, they need to have the teacher near checking their work to clarify doubts.	Before giving my lesson, I will take time to choose a variety of activities to let students practice a lot. It will help them to increase confidence. Also, I will keep monitoring to provide feedback in order to help students to develop all the skills to improve their English.