First Teaching Practicum

During this first period, I will be teaching to intermediate English students from the afternoon shift. I had my first class today July 19^th, 2017 and I taught them about the present perfect.

I started my class with the warm up activity in which I had students walking around the classroom and asking diferent questions with “Have you ever…?” I think that this activity was good because students were interacting and speaking since the beginning of the class.

For the controlled practice, I had students working in pairs. Moreover, I used vocabulary about touristic places as the teacher suggested me. This activity allowed students to feel more confident with the use of the present perfect and they learned new vocabulary.

Then, I had students developing the semi-controlled activity in which they were discussing some questions such as how many times have you traveled?, what is the most interesting city/place that you have visited in your country?, among others. During the activity, I could notice that students were really engaged, and they were using the present perfect tense.

For my last activity, I had students developing a gallery walk about touristic places of El Salvador. Besides, some students shared some experiences with me and I liked that because it showed me that they felt comfortable with me and with the activity. However, my mentor told me that I have to be careful with the objective, so I need to improved that aspect for my next class.