ORGANIZING FOR INSTRUCTION

ORGANIZING FOR INSTRUCTION

How do you focus on instruction?

In my case, I try to promote the enthusiasm on my students. I think is a good way to motivate them to learn something new every day and for me is easy to teach if their affective filter is low. I also try to include in my lesson plan activities that can be achieved by them. I don’t mean that I just include too obvious or too easy exercises; I like to make them think.

How do you maximize instructional time?

By the moment I am still working on it. Timing is the most difficult that I have faced during my practices. Even though I prepare my lesson plan timed carefully, sometimes I cannot complete it. Well, I try to prepare the materials some days before to see also if there is something I can change before the class.

How do you expect students to succeed in your class?

I always expect that my students learn something from my class: if a point of my lesson plan is not  is not clear I try to explain to them again till they grasp the information. I also give them examples before they start working in their practice.

How do you plan and prepare for instruction?

I always focus on their prior knowledge. I prepare my classes with examples of things they already know; so, based on that see also if there is a gap in my students. As a teacher, I try to link everything to real life so that Ss can learn better.

Do you make last minutes changes when things are not working?

Of course! I always do it. There was a class in which I had to teach something related to grammar; they did not get it! I turn into some practice of the simple present tense negative form. After that I realize that my Ss were not prepared handle some grammar aspects.

Did they work?

I think it really worked because the present tense was already familiar to them. I just to give them some examples and they completed the rest. Uuuuuuf!

What needs to be done to better your instructions?

I need so much! I think that I need to dominate many topics because by the moment  I realized that I know nothing.  Sometimes my Ss ask things that I do not know, sincerely , I think it is a great challenge for me. But this is the process. I did not go to school to teach; I went to school to learn.