Graduation

First 60-minute lessons

Today the first 60-minute lessons were taught by Afroditi, Catherine and Joanna.

Together with the ESL1 students, students from the first year BA ELT class made up the numbers so we had ten students in total.

The level of the materials and activities proved to be well suited to the class, and they had no problem understanding the lesson.

Feedback, Reflection and planning

Copies of written feedback on the previous cycle of teaching practice were provided, along with copies of the video recordings of each lesson. These should be used to inform the reflective journal in your portfolio.

You are reminded to consult the Course Handbook to familiarise yourselves with the requirements for the portfolio.

Next week, we start the 60-minute lessons, teaching Ms Kaoni's ESL class.

The class profile is 9 students:
4 Greek
3 Libyan
2 Albanian

Most of them are nineteen-year-olds, but there are two ladies in their 50s.

Pronunciation will be a particular focus.

As this class is also pre-intermediate, we will use the Total English course that you are already familiar with, starting again from the beginning.

Lessons will be 12 - 3pm, with each teacher teaching for one hour.

The lessons are scheduled as follows:
18 February - Joanna, Afroditi, Catherine teaching (unit one)
25 February - Joanna, Afroditi, Catherine feedback
4 March - Kathy, Kristo, Jonida teaching (unit two)
11 March - Kathy, Kristo, Jonida feedback
18 March - Giota, Natassa teaching and feedback (unit three)

Third cycle of teaching practice - third lesson

Third cycle of teaching practice - second lesson

Third cycle of teaching practice - first lesson

Feedback, reflection and planning

Copies of written feedback on the previous cycle of teaching practice were provided, along with copies of the video recordings of each lesson. These should be used to inform the reflective journal in your portfolio.

You are reminded to consult the Course Handbook to familiarise yourselves with the requirements for the portfolio.

As detailed in the Assessment Schedule on page 5 of the Course Handbook, you will be assessed on the two 20 / 30-minute lessons, as well as the 60-minute lesson.


The third cycle of teaching practice was scheduled as follows:
21 January - Joanna, Afroditi, Catherine (pages 25 - 27)
28 January - Kathy, Kristo, Jonida (pages 28 - 29)
4 February - Giota, Natassa (pages 30 - 32)

4 February will be the last lesson with the existing teaching practice class, followed by whole-group feedback on 11 February.


The 60-minute lessons are scheduled as follows:
18 February - Joanna, Afroditi, Catherine teaching
25 February - Joanna, Afroditi, Catherine feedback
4 March - Kathy, Kristo, Jonida teaching
11 March - Kathy, Kristo, Jonida feedback
18 March - Giota, Natassa teaching and feedback

25 March is a holiday.

For the remaining 3 weeks before Easter, 1, 8 & 15 April, classes will consist of feedback and support in completing your portfolios.

The deadline for submitting portfolios is 6 May.

Second cycle of teaching practice - third lesson

Giota and Natassa's lesson concludes the second cycle of teaching practice, so in our first lesson of the New Year, 14 January, we'll all meet for group feedback and planning for the next three weeks' lessons.

Second cycle of teaching practice - second lesson

Second cycle of teaching practice - first lesson

Group Feedback

Following discussion of the written feedback on the lessons of the past three weeks, we started planning the next cycle of lessons.

In consultation with Mr Petrogiannis, it was decided that it would be more effective for us to continue using Total English 3 instead of switching to Interchange 3. It was confirmed that although nine students are enrolled for the class, usually only 6, or a maximum of 7, actually attend.

We divided unit 2 as the basis for the next three lessons:
Section 2.1 Afroditi, Joanna and Catherine on 3 December
Section 2.2 Kathy, Kristo and Jonida on 10 December
Section 2.3 Natassa and Giota on 17 December.

Each lesson will be a total of 60 minutes, 12 - 1pm. You must be ready at A9 to start promptly at 12.00.

Feedback will then be in A1, 1 - 3 pm.

It was suggested that the next series of lessons will be recorded on video and played back to support the discussion of the feedback.

Third teaching practice

We have a new group of students, six today but normally nine, and we'll be teaching the last hour of their scheduled class 12 - 1pm.

Their level is pre-intermediate, very similar to the previous group. We'll be using the book Interchange 3 with them.

Next week we'll have a group feedback session on the first three lessons, then start planning the next three weeks' lessons.

Second Teaching Practice

We are looking at a number of options to resolve the problem that occurred with student attendance for the teaching practice. This will be finalized by mid-week.

First Teaching Practice

Afroditi, Catherine and Joanna each taught for 30 minutes today.

The level of the students was generally what we expected, and so the materials we have chosen were appropriate and worked well for most of them. We had 12 students at this level, but also two complete beginners who weren't really able to participate, and one who has already passed the proficiency exam who naturally felt that the activities were too easy.

Overall, a successful start to the teaching, and we'll be continuing to use the same materials as planned.

Teaching Practice Preparation

Those of you who missed the class today will need to ensure that you are prepared to teach your allocated section of Total English Pre-Intermediate:

For 5 November
A Aphrodite - your own introductory materials
B Catherine - pages 5 -6
C Joanna - page 7

For 12 November
D Kathy - page 8
E Cristo - page 9
F Jonida - page 10

For 19 November
G Giota - page 11
H Natassa - pages 12 & 14

You must submit a copy of your detailed lesson plan before the lesson.

You are also responsible for ensuring that you have enough copies of all your materials for the 15 students. Remember, the students do not have books, they will only have the materials that you provide for them.

Organisation of Teaching Practice

Teaching practice groups are:

A Aphrodite
B Catherine
C Joanna

D Kathy
E Cristo
F Jonida

G Giota
H Natassa

Student Profile

Based on the registrations so far, we're expecting about 15 students.
Their levels will be Elementary - Intermediate

Materials

For the first lessons, we'll be using Total English Pre-Intermediate
http://www.pearsonlongman.com/totalenglish1e/

See the additional resources available at
http://www.pearsonlongman.com/totalenglish1e/pdfs/resources/pre-intermediate/preint_unit01_warmer.pdf

http://www.pearsonlongman.com/totalenglish1e/pdfs/resources/pre-intermediate/preint_unit01_grammar01.pdf

http://www.pearsonlongman.com/totalenglish1e/pdfs/resources/pre-intermediate/preint_unit01_grammar02.pdf

http://www.pearsonlongman.com/totalenglish1e/pdfs/resources/pre-intermediate/preint_unit01_grammar03.pdf

Week 1 - Introduction to teaching practice

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