Well, it’s difficult to write about things I have done in my classes, because I didn’t remember very well. From what I can remember, I like very much doing games, I try to relate the games to the topic; the most successful game has been apple lemon, I’ve used it not only with words, but with sentences, especially related to the topic. As I’ve been teaching only kids, they like to move a lot, so I try to make them move, and I have to become a clown, which has been a bit difficult since I’m very quiet, but it’s one of the things I enjoy about my classes. Referring to grammar explanations, I think it has been difficult, not because they do not understand, but because I have to emphasize a lot on the specific points, and I try to do it indirectly, but they always ask for the “rule”, and I’ve noticed this has helped them. In order to see if they understand, they try to give examples about themselves, but orally. The difficult part is when they have to write, because some of them usually do it as the word sounds, and that is one of the things I need to reinforce.
On the other hand, sometimes when discipline problems come out, it’s difficult for me to keep the students busy, since they are very fast, and no matter how many activities I give them, they finish quickly and sometimes, it becomes a mess. This is one of the things I really need to learn how to control.
I generally like my classes, especially with children, because they have fun with everything, but with pre-teens, it’s a little difficult, because they don’t like anything, not even songs.
I’ve tried to apply different things I’ve read about it, and also what my colleagues do, but things don’t go the same way, because the students are different.
Luisa Fernanda Quintero Correa
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