Hello Dear classmates! I feel so happy because we are almost to finish this semester, and we just miss a class, and that's great!
Well, this class I taught about gerunds and infinitives. It seems like an easy topic. However, we must be careful with the verbs because as you know, we can not use infinitives or gerunds with all the verbs, so in order to don't get confused I gave to my students a list with the verbs that you can use as gerunds or infinitives. I made a review on the topic because the teacher had already taught the grammar part, and it was not necessary to explain too much because students had understood the topic.
I consider that it was a really nice class, and I could notice that students had understood the topic, and the teacher told me. I provided many practices because the teacher as me to do it, so I provided three different examples including the Controlled, Semi-controlled, and Free practice. Nevertheless, It is important to include an oral activity in a class. In order to make them to practice the topic in the oral way, I made groups of four, and they played a boardgame. In the game they had some questions using gerunds or infinitives, some of the questions that I included are: What would you like to learn to do? What topics are you interested in reading about? What are you good at doing?, etc. They share in their own groups for 5 minutes, but then I asked for a volunteer per each group to share with their classmates. All of them wanted to participate, and believe me, I felt safisfied!
It was what I can say about my class, but I must include that I really enjoy teaching that group! :-)
Hello baby! As i could read you had a nice class :)I like the last activity, because you made your students participate and that is very important. I am glad you have enjoyed your class, because when you enjoyed what you do, you do it better. I can see you did your best and that is great!! Blessings cutie!
ResponderEliminarHello Isa!!!!
ResponderEliminaryou are totally right when you say that we should include oral practices in order to see if students have reached the objective. Lets remember we have to approach students in the different ways they learn so they are able to perform and use the target language by themselves.
I like the idea of the board game because indeed it is a game but students are using the language without notice it.
It is nice when you have a participative group because it shows that students are eager and engaged with their learning, which makes this process easier for you, as teacher, and for them.
Yeah Isa, we all are really happy that the sementer is about to finish!!! you look really nice in the pic my dear!!! I agree with you in the way you worked this topic, as every single one, we have to be very clear in what we can or can´t do, because some Ss are really clever and they can ask a tricky question, and put us in a very difficult situation. Nevertheless, once we are focus and well prepared with the class, nothing can stop us!!! Well done Isa!!! :P
ResponderEliminarHello! Isabel
ResponderEliminarI taught the same topic in my last class and I did almost the same. I provided them a list of special verbs that are followed by infinitives and another one by gerunds. I consider that it is good to give students extra information in order that they learn new things. I also liked the oral activity you did, because students can put into practice what they had already learned. Good job! BLESSINGS