Lesson Reports Stage 3

1.      Identification of the speaking session

Date	November 9th, 2017
Group	A
Number of students	5
Length	1:16:20
Topic	Give advice about healthy habits and routines.
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2.      Brief narrative or description of the speaking lesson

In this class we were talking about a Japanese social problem called Hikikomori. Previously I sent them, via WhatsApp to link of a video called BBC World News - Hikikomori in Japan. At the beginning I asked them about the video and about information that each one looked for on this day's topic. Then we read an article called BBC World News - Why are so many Japanese men refusing to leave their rooms? After reading, I asked them about the information they understood about the article. Then I asked questions about the subject. They gave their points of view and these are very important for the good development of speaking ability. It was an excellent class where they said they learnt a lot new vocabulary.

The internet connection was very intermittent. We started the class very well but at some point the signal fell and stopped recording. Luckily a large part was recorded but much more valuable information missed from the class.

3.      How successful were activities and materials?

At the end of the class everyone spoke to me about the class, they said that they liked it a lot because they had learned vocabulary and unknown terms. In my opinion the activities were relatively good.

4.      What departures did you make from the original lesson plan?

During the class questions arisen about what the students were talking about. For example, one of them talked about her brother. She compared him to the theme of that day. In reference to that I asked more questions about his situation. I did the same with each one.

5.      What difficulties did learners experience in different stages of the lesson?

When we read the article, many of them present difficulties in pronunciation. They also find it difficult to answer fluently the different questions, because the comment on the initial video they prepared it to participate in class.

6.      What aspects of the lesson did you feel were particularly successful?

I think the class they liked them a lot. In fact, they have said so because they say that classes where they teach grammar become very boring.

7.      What aspects of the lesson did not work particularly well? Why?

What I did not like about the classes is the beginning, because they knew in advance that I was going to ask about the video I sent them, and they prepared what they were going to say. The difference was noticed when they read and when they answered the questions I was asking later.

8.      What aspects of the lesson should be done differently next time?

In the following classes I only sent the topic about what we were going to talk about but I did not send more information and so I could listen to them exponentially and not something prepared.

1.      Identification of the speaking session

Date	October 18th, 2017
Group	B
Number of students	5
Length	1:35:00
Topic	Talk about the importance of learning the foreign language as future teachers
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2.      Brief narrative or description of the speaking lesson

In this class we were joined with Gillary Julieth Sanjuan. She is B.A. in English and Specialist in ICT tools for innovative education from Amazonia University. She told us about the importance of learning and understanding a foreign language and she answer some questions about that. The class was very interesting and we stayed until 9:50 in interaction with the guest teacher. Unfortunately, the internet connection is very intermittent and we had problems with the audio. In general it was an excellent class.

3.      How successful were activities and materials?

The idea of this class was talk about the importance of learning the foreign language as future teachers. In this class an English teacher had been invited to tell us what are the advantages of a teacher who speaks a foreign language? For me the class works very well because the students could talk to her and asked her questions according to the teaching and learning of the language.

4.      What departures did you make from the original lesson plan?

We did not have any departures from the original plan because I presented the plan to the guest teacher and she carried out the class. I was present in this class but I was only a mediator between the guest teacher and the students.  

5.      What difficulties did learners experience in different stages of the lesson?

The students participated very well, but they presented difficulty in pronunciation in some words because the guest teacher did not understand what they wanted to ask.

6.      What aspects of the lesson did you feel were particularly successful?

Everything planned for this class went perfectly. In fact the guest teacher asked the students questions and they responded appropriately.

7.      What aspects of the lesson did not work particularly well? Why?

The only bad thing in this class was the poor internet connection in the area. On those days it rained a lot and this makes the reception was low.