Reflection artifact

Taking into account the results of both tests, think on the following items:

1. On the Emotional Intelligence test, am I ready to use EI in the classroom? How?

Maybe, I think the use and application come with practice. It's important to implement and manage in every situation that may arise in the classroom, and not just in the classroom but also in other relationships that surely will arise in the establishment, for example, students from different courses, with parents, other teachers.
Although we are starting our first contacts with the educational reality, and it is important to start reflecting on the advantages we can get this knowledge


2. Do you agree with the results? How am I going to use the results on multiple intelligences for my future teaching?

Although many times we use this knowledge, perhaps unconscious way, as I said before, it is important to start thinking about the benefits we can get with them.
Should be a tool for us, and how teachers use it properly to resolve conflicts and differences, to motivate, stimulate, in our dealings with our students, and our ways of teaching.
The small details make the big differences.
I think, "if we treat some students as problems, we will get them to be, what we think of them."


3. How do you think MI affects TEFL? How can we work with it?

During my Vise, I understand that "every student is special, each student has a different need." This means that each student has different skills, understand differently, have different views, have differents realities, and they learn differently, and in our case about learn English in a different way.
Therefore, it is important to apply emotional intelligence, and try, if possible, to understand the individual needs of each student, also as a group. And find the best ways and strategies for them to identify their weaknesses, improve, and learn class to class.

July, first and second week

During the first week of July, according to the schedule of tests, the students give other final Tests at the time of english class. For example, Lenguaje y Comunicación.
While the teacher and I, checking evidence and give them grades.

In the second week, and last week of the semester, review worksheets, notes summative, and also finished coef2 proofreading of English.

Also, I help the teacher to obtain averages of students in different courses.

Unfortunately, it's time to say goodbye to high school and all students.

Total Thanks.

June 28th and 29th.

During this week students began their Coef.2 test to finish the semester in all subjects, and also in English.
This semester, the mode to give test is different, because the test subjects are made by all courses and at the same time.
For example, the English test is scheduled for Tuesday 29 at 15:05 hrs., Then all courses, first and second, give the English tests at the same time and date.

The test day, students ask me their latest questions before the test.
Then give the test as normal and orderly.
While they do their tests, I check worksheets.

June, from 01st to 20th

In the first half of June, the students continued working on worksheets, with summative grades about simple present and simple past, singles and in pairs.

The teacher asks me to make worksheets for the following classes. And these are the worksheets that the students work.

Also, the teacher makes review about tenses for students to clarify their doubts to C2-final test of the semester.

I think "we should not forget that the group is made up of persons, and that persons are part of a group."

May 18th, 24th, 25th and 31th

During the following classes the students continued doing worksheets about simple past. As always, the students worked in an orderly manner.

After each worksheet the teacher checked the work done on the board, while the students reviewed and corrected.

For my part, I helped students to solve their doubts, queries and questions. Also, I helped the teacher to correct, check and give grades to the worksheets and tests done previously.

During my practice I have achieved and improved in many aspects, as a teacher. In conclusion, my teachers taught me a lot, with my experience in the Vise, I learned more... with my future colleagues, most, but with my students even more.

Workshop N°4 Gather on groups of four and comment about the following statements and questions based on the time you have been at your school:

1.- How was your reception at the school you were assigned at? How did you feel? How did the students react when they saw you?

The reception was very good, excellent. Many teachers greet me and welcome me. They offered me their help in all aspects in which they can.
They make me feel very good, I feel integrated as a teacher of the group.
Students also received me very well, they knew me last year. Many students came to greet me, they made me many questions, for example, why did not begin since the start of classes?, What I did on vacation?, about the earthquake, which courses would be? etc etc.

2.- Talk about the school`s surrounding. Do you think it affects the learning process?

The school is at the end of a street, away from the main street, so the school’s surrounding, noise or other, is not considered. So do not interfere with the learning process.

3.- Describe your guide teacher, use the following points:

a) Willingness to help you: the teacher was always with the willingness to help in everything I could need, and vise versa.

b) Relation with the rest of the teachers and the personnel at school: according to what I understand about the relationships among teachers, there are small groups. But her relationship, in general, with other teachers is very good.

c) Personal charisma to teach: Her charisma is something special, though, she tries many ways to motivate students, in spite of her mastery of language, her creative worksheets, but it is difficult to achieve in the classroom, by the low level students know and bring about english from basic education.

d) Proficiency in the L2: Very good.

e) Relation with the students: On the relationship with their students is good, although a little distant. the teacher is very demanding and likes to see students improve and stay in order

f) Teaching methods: As the level that students handle is very low, it is impossible to work with the books that gives the ministry of education.
Therefore, the teacher has developed worksheets, something like a book, and which work in the classroom. Also, use the radio to improve listening.
After each worksheet are reviewed in the blackboard, for better understanding of the students.

4.- How is the relation among students in the class?, comment about behavior,
motivation and levels of English: The relationship between students are good, some of them have discipline problems, but the teacher knows how to keep them in order, unfortunately the low level of English, bad teachers in basic education, some students created a rejection to the subject. Moreover, most students do not understand, I help them making them comparisons between Spanish and English, and I think it gives results, but the problem is that they do not study, don’t do their worksheets or homework.

5.- Do you think this experience is going to be useful? Support your answer.

Obviously, I have improved a lot in my Vises, and I learned a lot. And definitely this experience will be very useful to me, adding it to other teaching's skills that I need to improve. I'm closer to the teacher I want to be, but I know that I have much to learn, but with practice comes knowledge.

May 17th

Test Day

As I said at the end of the previous class, Today is a test day about simple present and simple past.

On my arrival, students make me their last questions and clarify doubts about the tenses before they taking the test.

Students enter the room, while the teacher was distributing them in a different desks and than usual. Once all the students was sitting she gave them the test, while I wrote the vocabulary on the board.
Students take the test calm, quiet and orderly.

Several times the teacher left me alone with them, but I had no problem to handle them during the test.

I think, The students will obey and respect for two reasons: for fear of the teacher, or because they trust him.