Second Hot Reflection Third Period

Describe The topic for my second class with  students from the diplomado was “Present Perfect Tense vs Simple Past Tense.“ This class was amazing since the beginning because I was not nervous since my confidence was really high. I think my attitude was good enough to motivate my students because they could notice my enthusiasm. I want to talk about the third activity I developed because I believe that it was the most important moment in this class. The activity was called “Question cards.” The following steps are the ones I asked my students to follow. First, I asked students to stand up and I gave them a page with many pictures that represented a verb in present tense. Second, I told them they had to ask questions in Present Perfect Tense or Simple Past Tense with the verbs each picture had. The page had two squares with the two ways students could ask. “Have you ever…? And Did you…?” Furthermore, students had to change partners and wait for my instructions because I had to tell them the tense they had to use while asking. I felt satisfied to see the way my students behaved during the activity because they enjoyed the activity a lot, and the were speaking full English and practicing both structures. That activity made my class very communicative and I was very happy to see my students using the language in that way.
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My confidence, attitude, and enthusiasm increased students´ motivation because they felt involved in the activities since the beginning of my class. They really enjoyed the activity because they are visual and kinesthetic learners who like to perform activities in which they have to walk around the classroom and change partner. Providing activities in which students had the opportunity to interact with others is amazing because they had the chance to increase their confidence while talking with different people.	Based on what I already know about the attitude of the teacher, it is important to consider the best way to increase students´ motivation because it is not possible to achieve if the attitude of the teacher is not the most appropriate to engage students in the lesson. That is why teachers need to be friendly with the students in order to make them learn in a comfortable environment. Most of the students like to share their opinions with their classmates because they feel motivated to express their ideas with people who are studying with them. Moreover, students learn from others and do not feel asked on the spot.	So, in the future, I will have the best attitude while teaching because I want to involve my students in the most comfortable way. Moreover, I will include interesting activities for visual and kinesthetic learners because they really enjoy practicing the target language in this way. The next time I teach this lesson, I will always include mingle activities because students practice the target language a lot, and they enjoy to share with different classmates.