THIRD CLASS WITH ADVANCED II

In my third practice with Advanced English II, I was kind more confident; I prepared material and meaningful activities so the students could motivate and better understand the class. There were of course some grammar points I didn’t understand properly so I asked Mr. Blanco, my tutor, to clarify the grammar content. I was ready to teach, I started my class teaching Participle clauses when they are used to substitute adverb clauses; students had previous learning about adverb clauses which helped me to explain the Participle clauses easily.

The topic was not fun, but it was quite long; it took half of my class to explain grammar, so I had them to solve a brain teaser after the grammar explanation. They really enjoyed the brain teaser; after this activity, I had them practice the Participle clauses; they had a better understanding of these clauses and whenever they had doubts or difficulties, I helped them to solve the exercises.

When my tutor gave me feedback, he told me about the “momentum” where the students reach an state in which they are ready to practice; the grammar explanation sets the momentum, but he told me that I instead of having them practice, I developed the brain teaser, so they lost the momentum. I keep learning and getting the advantages of this practice, however all the feedback, my experience and the observations I do, help me to build my own style.