Being a good teacher is something that takes time. Teaching is not theory, but practice. Today was my first class in the group of Advance English I and I think that many things went well today and helped me to feel good and at the same time those things made my students to practice what they have learned.
In today`s class I was a kind of worried because I had never taught on this level before. Something I would like to share from this class that did not work well is that as this is an Advanced group you don`t teach by playing or performing activities like in Basic or even in Intermediate levels. First of all because they don`t like to play so much so it`s really difficult to envolve all students in a class that is only taught by reading or speaking.Though the group is small and it is not difficult to make all students participate in the class I just have to bring activities according not only to the topic,but also that these match with the objective. The activity in which the students used more English was when they were talking about the Reading they had from homework.I think they enjoy this part.
I used different classroom management such as semi-circle and circle. I also used different interaction formats. For example : pair- work, group work and working in trios.
Finally, it is important for me to mention that rapport is something that has been improving every class. It is nice to hear that students call me teacher, but at the same time I know that this fact makes me more committed. I think that establishing a good relationship with the students is a key to make them to participate in the different activities in the classroom and also this gives them the confidence to ask any question if they have any doubt. Thank God I consider that the rapport in my classroom is very good. This has helped me to see that in the classroom a teacher is not there just to teach, but also to be a friend and encourage those ones who really need a hand.I don`t know what I am going to teach the next class, but I think I`m ready to do it.
