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.