Midterm self- and peer reflections (FS18) - Classroom 2.02024-03-29T07:15:58Zhttps://www.classroom20.com/forum/topics/midterm-self-and-peer-reflections?groupUrl=pedagogy-of-secondary-school&xg_source=activity&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI like your mini-lesson becau…tag:www.classroom20.com,2018-11-05:649749:Comment:11798072018-11-05T02:30:39.617ZMaria Rodriguezhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/MariaRodriguez43
<p>I like your mini-lesson because the material was appropriate for the students. You were able to implement visual material, and communicative approach. Through the visualization of the pictures, students had a better opportunity to understand the new input in the target language. Also, you introduce the content in a very easy and calm manner that students were able to activate their background knowledge and connected with the new knowledge. The vocabulary was at the student’s level and…</p>
<p>I like your mini-lesson because the material was appropriate for the students. You were able to implement visual material, and communicative approach. Through the visualization of the pictures, students had a better opportunity to understand the new input in the target language. Also, you introduce the content in a very easy and calm manner that students were able to activate their background knowledge and connected with the new knowledge. The vocabulary was at the student’s level and interest because students were able to understand the new input in the target language. This is very helpful for the students because it contributes to build a comfortable climate in which students were able to participate. You were able to answer their questions. Throughout the presentation, I like the way you stressed out the sounds of the ending of the words. During (1:43) minute of the video, you were introducing the articles singular “La” and plural “Las”, in which you were using explicit input when you said “una es la uva, las uvas muchas”, as well as you used the maneuver of your hand to emphasize the meaning of the words. I like the friendly and positive interaction between you and the students. They were engaging and interested in the new material in the target language. However, I would suggest that in the future, you could add vocabulary under the pictures. This would be easy for you because you won’t have to write as well as it would help students associated the new knowledge with their background knowledge. (258 words)</p> The lesson was well presented…tag:www.classroom20.com,2018-10-30:649749:Comment:11794552018-10-30T21:20:35.508ZMargarita Mejia-Ramoshttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/MargaritaMejiaRamos
<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"><font size="3">The lesson was well presented. Since the beginning one presented culture by mentioning the Mexican program El Chavo del Ocho. It is evident that one tried to use Geesling and Long’s advice, by adding geographic variation., and it was excellently done. One also tried to do an implicit presentation of the vocabulary, where students…</font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"><font size="3">The lesson was well presented. Since the beginning one presented culture by mentioning the Mexican program El Chavo del Ocho. It is evident that one tried to use Geesling and Long’s advice, by adding geographic variation., and it was excellently done. One also tried to do an implicit presentation of the vocabulary, where students were able to follow along with the activities. One could have also written down the adjectives for students to have a better understanding. Nevertheless, students were entertained, one could have also pointed to students to see how much they know and how much they do not know.</font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"><font size="3">In your practice activity, you were able to communicate with your students. One was also able to encourage the students, and they seem to get more motivated to participate. This is an excellent way to assessed students. The video was an excellent idea to show the students. Perhaps before showing the video notify the students of what will be expected from them. One could have also written down the answers they shared, based on the video.</font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"><font size="3">As mentioned before culture was well represented in the presentation, one could have continued using El Chavo del Ocho since it a program from Central America. Students could be able to make more connections with this. One could perhaps use all the characters from the show in order for students to learn about descriptive adjectives. Do you think that approaching the students more when they are working alone? Do you think that Bad Bunny is an appropriate person to represent culture? (258 words)</font></span></p> Hi Oscar,
One bel…tag:www.classroom20.com,2018-10-30:649749:Comment:11795782018-10-30T18:33:28.954ZBriana Lopezhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/BrianaLopez
<p>Hi Oscar,</p>
<p><span> </span> One believes you did an amazing job teaching the college level college class. The students were very engaged and willing to participate. To start, the images presented helped students associate them with the correct vocabulary word. The fact you incorporated lexical variation also helped you obtain students interest and catch the learner eye. However, don’t you think giving students so many words can overwhelm students in such a little time? Perhaps,…</p>
<p>Hi Oscar,</p>
<p><span> </span> One believes you did an amazing job teaching the college level college class. The students were very engaged and willing to participate. To start, the images presented helped students associate them with the correct vocabulary word. The fact you incorporated lexical variation also helped you obtain students interest and catch the learner eye. However, don’t you think giving students so many words can overwhelm students in such a little time? Perhaps, don’t you think next time you can focus on giving the lexical variation based on one specific country? To avoid confusion.<span> </span>Especially since you emphasize how important it is to learn lexical variation. Besides that, one can say your mini lesson was very communicative based and your students were very engaged. One liked the encouragement you gave your students when they answer the questions correctly. Your sense of humor made your second language learners feel comfortable. One also appreciated the fact you gave your students the words they need to complete the activity as a handout, since as you mention some student couldn’t read the PowerPoint. <span> </span>Your gestures, and expressions also help student get a better understand of what was being asked, this is a good teaching technic to use when trying to avoid translation. The activities were also very diverse, which help student practice the language as they worked as a class and pairs. One would have liked to see your practice activity. However, I understand from personal experience it was very hard to incorporate all three P’s in such a short period of time. However, don’t you think it is important for us to learn how to manage time based on the time given? since we won’t always have the 45 to 50 minutes time period therefore, it is important for us to learn how to adjust our lesson in a timely order. Overall, you did a good job, keep up the good work Oscar. (320)</p> Hi Briana,
It is…tag:www.classroom20.com,2018-10-30:649749:Comment:11795612018-10-30T06:40:37.968ZOscar Bustamantehttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/OscarBustamante
<p>Hi Briana,</p>
<p> It is worth to highlight the use of the emoji figures which are nice and easy visual tools and self explanatory. In the first practice part you walk around the classroom assisting the students who work individually. The student with the cell phone in the front row, is the first one to answer the question in the first production part when the class starts to flow and the students are willing to answer the questions about the Hispanic celebrities, especially…</p>
<p>Hi Briana,</p>
<p> It is worth to highlight the use of the emoji figures which are nice and easy visual tools and self explanatory. In the first practice part you walk around the classroom assisting the students who work individually. The student with the cell phone in the front row, is the first one to answer the question in the first production part when the class starts to flow and the students are willing to answer the questions about the Hispanic celebrities, especially Cardi B. This part constitutes the cultural approach of your lesson. In the next activity you walk around the room again assisting the students which is great because you interact with the students.</p>
<p> What it needs work is the structure of the 3 P's. Don't you think the three phases are repeated one after another? You used practice and production twice. I think that the three parts need to be put in sequence and balanced. Don't you think the presentation segment could have been a little longer? In the presentation part, you could have included some figures, cartoon or clip art, showing comparisons, for example, a tall boy vs. a short boy, and old woman vs. a young woman, a strong man vs. a weak man, etc., so the students can easily differentiate the adjectives so that you could have avoided translation.</p>
<p> It could have been better to hand out exercise papers to the students in the two practice activities and put them to work in pairs. Don't you think that way could have been more interactive and communicative?</p>
<p> Finally, the appearance of the official teacher, I believe, in the video, is distracting and intimidating.</p>
<p> Sorry if I sound so critical but I do it with the best intention, with the only intention to look for improvement for all of us who are pursuing this exciting career of teaching. I want also to commend your positive attitude Briana because you always smile and are an agreeable person. Well done!</p>
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<p> (329 words)</p> Hi Maria.
Your ability to imp…tag:www.classroom20.com,2018-10-30:649749:Comment:11792462018-10-30T02:52:42.804ZGloria Paynehttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/GloriaPayne
<p>Hi Maria.</p>
<p><br></br>Your ability to improvise without having the use of the projector to display the power-point slides to the students was commendable. You were able to keep you calm and controlled the class. You adjusted to using old-school teaching techniques, and thus minimize any impact without the use of current technology. That meant using the blackboard to draw the focus of the students while continuing to present your lesson plan. Another impressive technique was keeping constant…</p>
<p>Hi Maria.</p>
<p><br/>Your ability to improvise without having the use of the projector to display the power-point slides to the students was commendable. You were able to keep you calm and controlled the class. You adjusted to using old-school teaching techniques, and thus minimize any impact without the use of current technology. That meant using the blackboard to draw the focus of the students while continuing to present your lesson plan. Another impressive technique was keeping constant eye contact with the students throughout the process. I thought your choice of using grammar along with vocabulary words which focused on the use of feminine and masculine stance was on point. This is critical to establishing a normal form of communication in the L2 target language (TL). The lesson plan you prepared met the objective of covering the three P’s, which are the presentation, practice, and production. You were able to flow into the practice activities which supported the foundation of your presentation. I found that you were able to keep the student engaged throughout the lesson. This display of your skillset was highlighted during the class activities, where you handed out the practice sheets to the students and then progressed to consistently involve them in class participation. Another key point was your movement in the classroom, reviewing the students' works to see if they required any assistance. This process reinforces your objective to maintain control and proper flow of the classroom</p>
<p>Overall your presentation was remarkable given the circumstance of not having access to project your power-point slide. Besides that, there was only one other area for possible improvement. I believe in pairing the students in groups or pair would have been more impactful to reinforce your lesson objective. Again, other than that I think you did a great job.(word count 303)</p> Your lesson followed the thre…tag:www.classroom20.com,2018-10-30:649749:Comment:11793592018-10-30T00:25:14.237ZMaria Sciortinohttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/MariaSciortino
<p><span>Your lesson followed the three phases, presentation, practice and production in a very fluent way. Your big success was the way you presented the topic and structured the activities according to the three phases of teaching the lesson. I loved each of the activities you proposed and the way you introduced the new vocabulary words. You gave students the possibility to use the vocabulary words presented more than once, thus, having them master the words during your lesson. Students had…</span></p>
<p><span>Your lesson followed the three phases, presentation, practice and production in a very fluent way. Your big success was the way you presented the topic and structured the activities according to the three phases of teaching the lesson. I loved each of the activities you proposed and the way you introduced the new vocabulary words. You gave students the possibility to use the vocabulary words presented more than once, thus, having them master the words during your lesson. Students had plenty of time to do the activities, and nothing was rushed, even though the time frame given was only twenty minutes, you managed enough time to achieve the three phases of the lesson. Your smile and your positive attitude was a big success too because you showed confidence while teaching.</span></p>
<p><span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> What would improve is the video recording. I understand that it was out of your control, but for the future make sure that the video starts when you are ready to begin your lesson, and that when you present your lesson, at least some of the students get recorded into the video, giving the viewers the opportunity to see their engagement too. Also, ask the cameraperson that the teacher should not be recorded as part of the video.</span></p>
<p><span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> One thing that you should avoid in the future is to show the slide displaying "the resumen del plan de lección”, this is typically used in college classes, but our teaching lesson was directed to junior high and high school students, who will not pay attention to those. Furthermore, there is no reason for them to know all of that information because it could be overwhelming, especially for junior-high students. (281 words)</span></p> Margarita, your teaching slic…tag:www.classroom20.com,2018-10-29:649749:Comment:11793572018-10-29T16:41:21.864ZDavid Vazquezhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/Immajoringinbusiness
<p>Margarita, your teaching slice was very well performed. One can say that you really worked hard for this task. You hit the targets listening, writing, and reading. From what I saw from the video, you used images for the vocabulary part of the lesson. That is very good, especially since binding is very crucial for teaching. You didn't translate at all, maybe here in there, but all I could hear is you speaking Spanish. Your communication with the students really helped you interact with them.…</p>
<p>Margarita, your teaching slice was very well performed. One can say that you really worked hard for this task. You hit the targets listening, writing, and reading. From what I saw from the video, you used images for the vocabulary part of the lesson. That is very good, especially since binding is very crucial for teaching. You didn't translate at all, maybe here in there, but all I could hear is you speaking Spanish. Your communication with the students really helped you interact with them. You could tell that the students were enjoying the lesson., They were able to express themselves, and talk about their outside aspects of life. “Sombrero,” was a word students used a lot, but one can say it's okay. Although you could've used a different term for a hat. Your culture in this lesson was good, when talking about a Venezuela market shop. I really like how you made sure all the students listened to you. For example, you made the students repeat what other students said. You were a little bit strict, but that is very good to make sure you have control of the class. This is very good, especially since it isn't your own classroom. <br/> All though the teaching slice was very well performed, I am concerned that you didn't add plenty of culture into your lesson. For example, teaching about clothes is a great way of promoting culture from all around Latin America. A video could have been shown about a fashion show in Mexico, for example. Your pacing was okay, but I understand why your pacing was a little fast because it was a level 200 class. A couple of questions to consider: Do you feel like you added enough culture? Do you think your presentation was rushed? Did you make sure all of your students were interacting? Would a video make the class more interactive? Overall, Margarita you did a great job, and this is just a step closer to reaching your teaching dreams. (334 Words)</p> Part 3
The lesson plan I pres…tag:www.classroom20.com,2018-10-29:649749:Comment:11793502018-10-29T03:21:48.005ZGloria Paynehttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/GloriaPayne
<p>Part 3</p>
<p>The lesson plan I presented on Thursday, October 25th was a confidence builder. The teaching slides focus on expanding the student’s lexicons in relation to personality and character attributes. The assigned lesson focused on Level 1 students, in this case, college level who showed ACTFL novice proficiency in the target language (TL). Using visual aids and a storyboard of several characters, I was able to incorporate new lexicons that were interwoven throughout the slides.…</p>
<p>Part 3</p>
<p>The lesson plan I presented on Thursday, October 25th was a confidence builder. The teaching slides focus on expanding the student’s lexicons in relation to personality and character attributes. The assigned lesson focused on Level 1 students, in this case, college level who showed ACTFL novice proficiency in the target language (TL). Using visual aids and a storyboard of several characters, I was able to incorporate new lexicons that were interwoven throughout the slides. Further, the practice exercises reinforce and expand the L2 students understanding by expanding the following cognitive skills of listening, reading and writing. However, there were areas where I believe I was able to excel and others that require improvement. </p>
<p>In the classroom during our practice activities many students while working in their pairs where able to discuss the activity in a casual and productive manner. Also, during these practices specifically, the last activity some students asked for some assistance with the activity. However, I was only able to assist the student who explicitly asked me for assistance during the activity. My correction for the next lesson plan would be to go to each pair of students in the classroom directly and see their progress with the activity. This is to ensure that all students maintain a firm enough grasp of the material discussed prior in the lesson. The visual aids were sufficient, which I believe the students were able to follow, and comprehend the material. I believe I was able to stay on point on my objective which was to improve the student’s communicative and comprehensive learning skills. This was important in establishing the importance of input and interaction in the development of second language abilities. Therefore, suggest the lesson was student-centered, which include interaction with the students by means of participation. The students read and responded by giving their answers. Secondly, attention was made to individuals students, not all students responded in the same way pedogeological material and activity. The lesson was based on having the students relate to the character, gaining a sense of familiarity, which intern provided common vocabulary words that they could utilize in an everyday setting.</p>
<p>There were several areas of improvement. After reviewing the video there was as a missed opportunity to initially set up my presentation prior to starting the lesson plan to avoid any mishaps or miscues that interfered in the presentation process. Also, I could use an iPad or an electronic medium in my presentation with notes to assist and keep me on track in presenting the challenging words to the students. Other areas would be to improve participation by selecting students to come up to the board and read the assigned material. For the next lesson, I would also like to add more variations to the practice activities, to increase overall student engagement. Finally, I could have included more materials that speak to culture.</p>
<p>With more practice and experience I will be able to refine and improve areas where I may be currently deficient in. In future lesson plans I would want to teach a topic incorporating family specifically, words describing the family dynamic as well as vocabulary to describe familiar roles. In future lesson plans I plan to integrate the improvements previously listed in order to increase the effectiveness of future lessons. I plan to work with supplementary notes as well as higher quality activities to improve class productivity. In addition, I plan to use this increase in productivity to gage the students understanding of material covered in future lessons. Furthermore, finding a way to integrate into the classroom sociolinguistics variation in learning a second language can be challenging. This is an area that I will continue to strive and improve. (word count 618) </p> One believes the teaching les…tag:www.classroom20.com,2018-10-29:649749:Comment:11795402018-10-29T03:09:07.796ZBriana Lopezhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/BrianaLopez
<p>One believes the teaching lesson planned for SPN 112 students went fairly well. The purpose of the lesson was to teach students adjectives that would help them describe people, places and things. However, the lesson focused on helping second language (L2) learners discover new vocabulary words that will help them describe themselves, their classmates and friends. <span> </span>When creating the lesson, one tried to make a communicative based approached lesson planned by providing activity…</p>
<p>One believes the teaching lesson planned for SPN 112 students went fairly well. The purpose of the lesson was to teach students adjectives that would help them describe people, places and things. However, the lesson focused on helping second language (L2) learners discover new vocabulary words that will help them describe themselves, their classmates and friends. <span> </span>When creating the lesson, one tried to make a communicative based approached lesson planned by providing activity were students would be able to expand their communication skills.</p>
<p>As stated, good material and lesson are more than just delivering explanation but giving the students a chance to practice the usage of the language (Geeslin and Long). Therefore, Students were presented with images of emojis representing the vocabulary words. One used the vocabulary words in a sentence, providing students with examples of what would be expected from them later on in the lesson. Students for the most part were able to understand the meaning of the vocabulary words by using the images of the emojis. <span> </span>One tried to keep in mind students different learning styles. For this reason, pictures were added to the lesson and a mix of listening, speaking and writing activities. Students also had the chance to work in pairs or individually. Student were also able to learn about famous Hispanic individuals that play a huge role in today’s society.</p>
<p>On the other hand, since there was a lack of time and a lot of vocabulary words to present, one believes students might have felt overwhelmed with the overload of words being presented in such a short period of time. This could have caused the confusion many students experienced within the lesson. One can improved by providing a reasonable amount of vocabulary based on time given. One must also improve on finding different technics to use when trying to avoid translations. Although one tried to avoid translations, one noticed many students were confused during the lesson, which lead one to relay on using English to try to make L2 learners understand what was being taught.</p>
<p>By the end of this lesson, L2 learners were able to expand their vocabulary with new adjectives that would help them describe others. L2 learners were also able to further their understanding and practice the usage of the verb SER in the present tense. One personally went around making sure students whom needed the additional help received it. When asking students to share their answers many seem shy and afraid of having the wrong answers. However, a good hand of students participated with no problem, others were randomly called on.</p>
<p>The next lesson would start by going over the vocabulary that was previously presented to them. Eventually, introducing places and different nationalities. Student will be able to use these vocabulary words to further describe their friends or any individual. As a future educator, one is aware there are many areas where improvement is needed. <span> </span>One can be to incorporate more culture into the lesson. As well as, be more creative when planning a lesson. One can use this self-reflection to improve and work on becoming whom one wants to be as future educator. (524).</p> As a teacher, one must unders…tag:www.classroom20.com,2018-10-29:649749:Comment:11794312018-10-29T03:05:28.243ZMargarita Mejia-Ramoshttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/MargaritaMejiaRamos
<p style="margin: 0px; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"><font size="3">As a teacher, one must understand the importance of creating a universal learning design (ULD) and to make accommodations based on the different learning profiles of the students. One must also be aware that the lesson will not always go as one wishes. There must always be room for criticism and failure, but also to understand how one can improve in…</font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"><font size="3">As a teacher, one must understand the importance of creating a universal learning design (ULD) and to make accommodations based on the different learning profiles of the students. One must also be aware that the lesson will not always go as one wishes. There must always be room for criticism and failure, but also to understand how one can improve in their future lessons.</font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"><font size="3">The primary goal was to teach students the new vocabulary implicitly and not explicitly. Meaning one tried to use non-linguistics means such as gestures, the clothing one was wearing, and very few pictures. As Lee and VanPatten (2003) reveal when one uses “drawings, photos, diagrams, objects, gestures, and other visual aids to accompany their speech” (p.33) students can understand what one is trying to say. In this case, when teaching about clothing one used students’ items, since their clothing was based on their interests. One believes this part of the lesson went well. However, it could have gone better if some of the vocabularies were more accessible to them; meaning one could have written down the words for students as they were mentioned in order for them to have a better understanding.</font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"><font size="3">The second activity went well compared to the presentation phase, as students were able to participate more. One also noticed that students were more engaged in the activity and were working in pairs. This was allowed, since one may allow, group work activities, provide time for students to share their ideas and thoughts based on the context that they are reviewing, make students work with a partner whom they trust (Tomlinson, 2001, p.63). One focused on creating motivation in the target language (TL), meaning the activity was created based on items they are interested in and their professor. Students collaborated well in this activity, especially when sharing answers as a group. Unfortunately, one lack one of the most important standards for foreign language learning (ACTFL), and that was culture. Students did gain knowledge based on the vocabulary and grammar that was presented; however, the activity did not contain any geographic variation. One way this could be changed is by adding people who well known in the TL and their communities that one is presenting.</font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"><font size="3">The production activity went well; however, one noticed that instruction could have been explained more clearly. One wanted to create a formative assessment, as they “are designed to help form or shape learners’ ongoing” (Shrum & Glisan, 2016, p.41). Students were assessed when they share their work with the class. Nonetheless, one could have asked students to hand in their written work, in order to assets out students based on standers. Not only that but if students wished to review material they did not understand, this could have been their opportunity.</font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"><font size="3">Students were able to understand the importance of clothing, the likes, and dislikes of the people that surround them, as well as the importance when asking question informally. Students were motivated to answer, as they were encouraged to participate in the classroom, even if they were wrong or did not understand well what was going on.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"><font size="3">The lesson can continue by sharing information about shopping practices in Hispanic countries, meaning how to negotiate and learn about the preterit tense of regular verbs. Some may believe that this is difficult. Nevertheless, one should challenge students an improve their communicative competence.</font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"><font size="3">(</font></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"><font size="3">560 Words)</font></span></p>