viernes, 24 de agosto de 2012

Conclusion


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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