MY FIRST TEACHING
EXPERIENCE WITH BASIC
Today it was my first teaching experience with Basic English
and it was very nice because I arrived just on time, so I could set everything
before all the students arrived and I started the class some minutes before it
was supposed to.
The warm up was very nice because students looked interested
on what they were doing and they enjoyed it. This group of students is kind of
difficult to deal with sometimes because they do not like to use their English
even though they know in English what they want to express or unless you
understand what they want to say.
Something that happened is that it was kind of difficult to
call their attention after developing a speaking activity because they continue
speaking even though you ask them to finish the activity; and based on that the
teacher suggested me to look for a strategy to call their attention, so next
time I will do something.
As it is a group of 24 students, it is very difficult to
have them all participate, so I just have to ask questions to some of them. The
activities I developed were very nice and something that I liked was that at
the end of the class I heard some comments like: good teacher, it was nice,
etc.
As a feedback, the teacher told me I have to push students a
little bit more to use their English because that is the only place they can
practice it.
I can say it was the class in which I had less observations
from the tutor and I come to the conclusion that it could be because it is
a lower level and the topics are easier
than in Intermediate
As you stated, there are quite a few aspects that become trickier when teaching basic, I guess it's a matter of getting accostumed, but in my opinion, it is far more demanding and tiresome. Perhaps only topics are simpler, but not always easier to explain.
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ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your comments about your first class with the basic group. It is important for them to get used to speaking English in class; you have to look for a strategy, or maybe the tutor can give you a piece of advice on what he does. With a large group, you h ave to ask them to do pair and group work for them to have more chances of speaking and participating in class.
this is nice that you did well in your first class with Basic students, and you said to have them involved can be kind of hard, but as teacher cristian said, you can make pairs or groups so that students have more chances on participating in classes.
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