Index

Chapter I: General Contents


Introduction
http://carolinaromeroabarca.blogspot.com/2009/08/welcome-to-my-practicum-blogspot.html

Course Program
http://carolinaromeroabarca.blogspot.com/2009/12/programa-del-curso.html

Reading Articles
http://carolinaromeroabarca.blogspot.com/2009/11/gobierno-niega-dialogo-nuevamente.html
http://carolinaromeroabarca.blogspot.com/2009/11/pese-deponer-paro-profesores-afirman.html

Pedagogical Artifacts
http://carolinaromeroabarca.blogspot.com/2009_10_01_archive.html

Reflective Writing
http://carolinaromeroabarca.blogspot.com/2009/11/reflective-writing-n1-observation-stage.html

School Information
Maps
http://carolinaromeroabarca.blogspot.com/2009/08/maps-liceo-tecnico-baron.html
Reports
http://carolinaromeroabarca.blogspot.com/2009_09_01_archive.html

Unit plan
http://carolinaromeroabarca.blogspot.com/2009/11/planificacion-primera-unidad.html


Lesson plans
http://carolinaromeroabarca.blogspot.com/2009/11/lesson-plan-october-6th.html

Learning Material
http://carolinaromeroabarca.blogspot.com/2009/11/handout-daddy-yankee-s-demands.html
http://carolinaromeroabarca.blogspot.com/2009/11/handout-pre-test-countable-and.html
http://carolinaromeroabarca.blogspot.com/2009/11/flashcards-for-oral-test-countable-and.html
http://carolinaromeroabarca.blogspot.com/2009/11/video-podcast-present-simple_13.html
http://carolinaromeroabarca.blogspot.com/2009/11/mister-beans-daily-routine.html
http://carolinaromeroabarca.blogspot.com/2009/11/first-guide-present-simple.html
http://carolinaromeroabarca.blogspot.com/2009/11/flashcards-about-daily-routines.html


Evaluation Instrument
http://carolinaromeroabarca.blogspot.com/2009/11/tentative-schedule.html



Chapter II: Evaluations

Self Evaluation
http://carolinaromeroabarca.blogspot.com/2009/12/self-evalutions.html

Peer Evaluation
http://carolinaromeroabarca.blogspot.com/2009/12/peer-evaluation-by-susana-valladares.html

Course Progam

PROGRAMA DE CURSO2

Peer Evaluation by Susana Valladares

Peer Evaluation

Self Evalution

Final Reflexion

Before I started this process, I felt very worried about teaching because I had never taught students from high school. I was really scared since many people had told me that in Liceo Barón there were bad students. Then, the first day that I had to attend the future class arrived. I met my guide teacher , who is a great person, and he told me a little bit about the students. They were in first grade and all of them were around 15 or 16 years old, so they were a little old. Afterwards, I knew that all of them were taking the first grade for second or third time!! So, for me was a really challenge to plan activities for them in order that they can feel motivated for learning.

In the observation and team teaching stages, I realized that just few students were troublemakers. Once, I observed that while the teacher was explaining something , some students were listening to music, laughing, etc., and the other students were paying attention to the teacher. The problem was that the trouble students started attracting the rest of the students' attention, so the class turned into a mess. For this reason, I decided to make activities where all the students can participate in. I asked them to make groups of 4 or 5 people. These activities ,where I used work group, were very motivating for them because I always prized them giving some points for the future evaluation.

I think in this process I tried to do different activities, I think that I could do almost everything !!!!! However, sometimes I felt a little frustrated when I wanted to say something in English and the students did not understand me, so I had to repeat it in Spanish. I think that public schools do not have enough time to spend on English subject, just 4 or 3 hours! Besides, we were on a strike, so we lost many classes. I suggest that for a future teaching practice, I would be better to do it in a private school because it has more English hours and it is not going to be on a strike!