First Hot Reflection Third Period

Describe It was around 11:10 a.m., and I was giving my first teaching practicum to students from the diplomado. I was nervous because it was the first time I had to teach them, and I thought it was difficult because they are adults, professionals in different fields, and most of them are teachers. The topic I had to teach was “already and yet”. This time I want to focus my attention on the last activity I developed. I gave students a page with five open questions, and I asked them to talk with a partner. I could notice that they did not know how to start the activity because they did not identify the way they had to answer the questions, so I explained to them in different ways and I responded the questions they had about the vocabulary and pronunciation. In other words, I gave them an idea and many examples they could use to respond, but they forgot them at the moment they were talking with their classmates. That is why I think that I had to write the possible answer of the first question in order to help them because in that way, they could have the opportunity to read the example many times while talking.
(Analyze)		Plan Action
Interpret	Generalize
My decision to provide many examples orally and not in the written form did not help to develop the activity more properly. Giving examples before performing the activities is necessary because they help students when they do not understand what to do. Monitoring helped me provide students with the meaning and pronunciation of new vocabulary, and it was really necessary because they needed to know the correct meaning and pronunciation to talk with the partner.	Writing the examples on the board or providing them in a chart helps students have the chance to look at them at the moment of a semi-controlled activity. Also, it helps visual learners to develop the activities more properly. Most of the students struggle a lot with activities in which they have to read or speak because they do not have a lot of vocabulary or they do not pronounce the words in the appropriate way.	So, in the future, I will always provide an example because I think that students need to listen to the procedure of the activities, but it is easier for them to read an example every time they struggle. The next time I teach this lesson, I will read the material to be used in the class in order to investigate the meanings of new words or the pronunciation because I think that it is important to be prepared. Also, in the class, I will ask students about their doubts so that I clarify any regarding meaning or pronunciation.