I liked the fact that the students were engaged and willing to participate in the activities and discussions. I have had the opportunity to reflect on my strengths and weakness as a teacher and for a learner. I was very uncomfortable about the time constraint. The main thing I learned from feedback and reflection on this lesson is to make sure my introduction to a lesson is simple and focused.
Lesson content was the life of the students from their families living with them, and so easy to take advantage of them in discussion. And I used short film for The student response in class it's good to listen and see the song about the family .
I think Videos allow students to absorb culture as well as language. The students indicated that they recognized the use of many different forms of activities, but when asked what they would like more/less of next semester and what they enjoyed/didn’t enjoy, other than wanting more short films, there was a huge variation.
My Reflection
The lesson (Food)
First of all, I taught third grade class and English language something new to them, half of them didn’t know the alphabet letters. I have learned that we must know the children in our classroom first before developing any unit plans or lesson plans. As a teacher, I am always thinking about my past lessons and trying to figure out ways to make them better. Being able to keep my students interested and engaged in the lesson is very important to me.
They really paid attention and stayed focused almost entirely throughout the lesson. The activity that I used on the blackboard, which is a word of new words with the letter is missing and they find it. This activity they love it all. By asking questions on the topic of the lesson Food and using a simple formula for students the react faster in class .
I consider evaluations a very important tool to help me improve my teaching skills, practice teaching helped me to change my teaching way and improve my teaching. It was hard to distinguish the categories of food in little time . In the next lesson should be pay attention to the time so that it is organized according to the specific plan .