Teaching English to children didn´t sound that
appealing for us at the beginning of the course, we thought that it was going
to be impossible to teach children to talk in English. we thought that they
wouldn´t be able to learn anything, but after
5 weeks of teaching, are opinions about teaching children have totally
changed, because of many reasons.
First,
during the first class about numbers, students were really shy and they
seemed not to understand any English, that was why most of that class was
teaching in Spanish, so that students could be able to understand, but even in
Spanish they were still having some problems with the pronunciation of numbers
and so on.
Secondly, during the second class about the colors, children seemed
to be more willing to participate in class, and even Hector participated for
the first time. Also, students knew the numbrs from 0 to 10 already. Thirdly,
during the third class Ss very even more exited to participate during class and
they after the class they were able to recognize the fruits in English. Then,
during the class about animals, Ss knew each
other already so they participated in all the activities very well. They
remembered the numbers and the some of the colors in English, even Hector knew
the colors in English, but it was necessary for them to have a review about the
fruits, because not all of them remembered the fruits in English.
Finally, during
the fifth and sixth class, students were more than comfortable, especially with
the new technique about having them sitting on the floor. They really loved
that. And, talking about the class about "the family", in which some chunks were
taught, they were participating very well and they could repeat the chunks with
some help from the teacher, even though more time for practicing this, is
needed. To conclude, Ss learning progress started to be obvious as the classes
went by. They got used to the classroom,
the teachers and their classmates and that was something that really helped
them. Also, the activities that teachers chose seemed to be really effective,
and we could confirm that during the last class about articles of clothing , in which Ss were able to count and recognize the colors in English. what seemed to be
impossible, was accomplished successfully. Students did learn a lot even though
the classes were just once a week, so what if they could attend to classes
every day? They would learn even more.
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