Hi my name is Pablo Carrillos I was teaching
the semester at Don Bosco School especially remedial classes.
At the very beginning of the class I had 16
students and in the last class I had 5 students.
Josue Martinez struck
me because he was the one who always participated in the class, he was very proactive
during the class, and every assessment he got good grades. Also, he was the
only one who tried to speak English only during and whenever he got doubt he
asked me en English. That particular behavior
during was outstanding for because it was remedial classes and I was wondering
what was he doing in remedial classes?
Regarding to the problem presented, they struggled
with the tenses usage what I did with
them I taught them how to use it but when we practiced we did not make an
emphasis on grammar we went for
communicative in real context, real situations. Of course making them feel comfortable
in the class, they tried to do the tasks but at the end, I got my objectives
for the class accomplished. Also,
the moment
that I first evaluated oral presentations, that was a priceless moment to me
because I did not even know the students and everybody called me ¨teacher¨ that
moment was very funny because after the presentations everybody was asking what
the score was.
The tourism major does
not have to stop learning English because English is their second language acquisition
so that they need to practice every day that language or at least twice a week.
Besides that, they are trying to acquire another language that is French. That is
to say, they could be rusty with their second language and I believe they do
not have enough time to have the spoken French expected. In easy word, that would be my suggestion to
the School of language.
I learned a lot from
Teaching Practicum II because I was able to implement what I learned during the
class, adopted book my own and also dealt with the different behaviors in the
class was priceless for me. In addition, it was real, with real students and
also, Practice rather than theory
