ENGLISH CLASS OBSERVATION.

GUIDING EDUCATOR: OSCAR GIL.

At the first moment of the class, the educator greets in a spontaneous and
cheerful manner, creating interest and motivation in the classroom, which is
organized in a round table, provides clear information and norms for the
development of the topics, and also assigns 2 leaders to be protagonists and
support the activities, thus streamlining the learning processes, they
enthusiastically assume their role.
Students understand expressions such as sit please, stand up to participate
among many others that during the course of the class are essential to interact
within a classroom.
The teacher greets in English and asks how they feel (How do you feel today?)
motivating the students to respond with the feelings and emotions taught in
previous classes, explaining the relationship between a feeling and an emotion,
the children are motivated to give accurate answers using didactic material
provided by the educator.
In the class, asking to speak is always prioritized to facilitate a pleasant
atmosphere in the classroom. In addition, the educator encourages and
congratulates in English when the answers are correct, and when not, in a
friendly manner and without causing any fear in the student, he tells them “ No
problem” (there is no problem).
We work on the days of the week implementing the foreign language in speech
and conversation, the children assimilate the words and vocabularies in their
context. In a participatory way they respond to the question: “What day is
today?” What day is today? They respond in an interactive and orderly way. The
teacher makes comparisons of the days of the week so that the students identify
the difference between them and is very specific in the pronunciation. He also
asks in English if the day is cold or warm, showing expressively with his gestures
and his body, facilitating understanding the words.
To practice the months of the year, they do it with a song which they assimilate
quickly and actively, since music and body movements promote and facilitate
learning.
Use ICTs as a means of support, understanding that children today are very
easy to use technologies and they also feel identified being noticeable in the
class when working on adjectives that are characteristics such as low, tall, light,
heavy, long. , short, active participation and great concentration. It is evident that
the teacher chooses videos with the most accurate pronunciation to work on
vocabulary and listening; Technological means are a tool that complements
other activities by expressing different characteristics through their body without
losing constant interaction with students.
The teacher links areas such as Spanish in the case of adjectives in the
explanation, so that the children can better appropriate the topics, thus
mainstreaming their previous knowledge.
As an evaluative activity, the teacher uses cards with images and words so that
the students can later do matching, give clear explanations and constantly
remember the concepts, and finally leave as a commitment very specific
activities related to the topics worked on and that allow them to observe their
home environment and interaction with families.
Considering all of the above, the class meets the pedagogical moments and is
characterized by being dynamic, calm and participatory, I would recommend
using methods that motivate students who do not participate to be more active
and leave a little shyness to acquire this second language, perhaps analyzing
their tastes or experiences to incorporate them into the activities.