Group 1: Lesson 3

It was our turn to teach again on November 9th, 2015. This time our topic was "My Dream Job", and we had to prepare a Listening class in which students were expected to identify professions and say what they want to be when they grow up.

This time we needed to be really prepared, since this was our last lesson and we could not afford to commit the same mistakes we had committed in previous lesson. Because of this, we took more time to prepare ourselves, we had more meetings and we took the time to get material as a team. The first thing we decided was to take advantage of the topic of the lesson, and we decided we were going to wear customs of professions, and we were going to prepare some for our students as well. It was really funny to pick our customs and to wear them. However, we needed to be careful not to distract our students from our lesson. 

Once we had our lesson plan, and materials prepared, it was time to teach. It was so gratifying to see how much kids were enjoying our lesson, they were clearly excited about the customs we had prepared for them and for ourselves. They showed an amazing willingness to participate in all the activities, starting from the welcome song. This positive attitude lead to positive results, since they easily acquired the vocabulary and the structures being presented to them. This was evident during our Post Listening, and our Wrap Up stages, in which they easily performed as requested. At some point, however, we needed to be careful since their excitement could cause them to distract and lose their focus from the actual lesson. However, this did not happen and I, personally, felt satisfied with the results at the end of the class.

Feedback session this week was conducted differently, we received direct feedback from the teachers observing us, and we were expected to have worked on everything we needed to improve from lesson one. Among the things mentioned during feedback, we were told not to be afraid to use our body language and to model instructions whenever needed, we were told to be careful with the level of excitement of our students, and to use activities to help them calm down if the it is required. Our material was better this time, flashcards were big enough for students to see them, and they were bright and colorful.

It was our last opportunity to teach a class to that small group of kids, and I can say that I really enjoyed the time we spent together. And I appreciate all the feedback I received, This was a very satisfactory experience.

Worksheet prepared by the group for our last lesson