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Introduction

The journey of teaching-learning has not been easy; however, it has been fun, interesting, and innovative. The teaching-learning process always requires efforts, patient, passion, and optimism, but the results are gratifying. Through this adventure we called teaching, we have got many good experiences and we have experimented a growing in our professional skills.

Adventurers are constantly being challeged by circumstances. They find a life test that might scare them, but they always face them, getting the resources they have, going inside and devise a plan, and presenting themselves to what they encounter. You have everything to be an adventurer. Are you ready to take the first step?

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Formative Feedback about the Subject: Madelyn Morales

Although it was my first time taking classes with T. Frank, I felt welcomed and comfortable during the whole semester. That is why, I suggest him to continue doing group activities in classes since I think it is a good way for students to understand and manage new topics. Also, I suggest him to continue giving educational sites to get ideas for making activities since they are useful when doing the teaching practices and continue making varied activities. Besides that, I think it is a good idea to continue making discussions or giving opinions toward a topic since, in my opinion, it made me feel engaged to pay attention to the presentations and with the content of classes. In addition, it was a great learning time, and it also helps me to improve my responsibility, punctuality, and dedication.

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Self-assesment: Madelyn Morales

During the development of this subject, I have learned from the mistakes I have made, for example, my attitude and energy in class, lesson plan every class, the control of students' attention, the use of bad use of feedback, etc. Besides, I have grown as a person, for when working with others, I learned how to solve problems and deal with differences. Also, I learned many strategies for teaching either basic or complex topics; for example, to use the body to learn new vocabulary as mimics, to group students to learn from others, to use the L1 of students to make the difference between languages, among others. Furthermore, I have learned from my classmates: their creativity, enthusiasm, techniques when teaching, the management of the class, and activities. I have put into practice their pieces of advice as to prepare classes with anticipation or to use activities during explanations. I am sure I have learned a lot from my surroundings; although, I still have many things to improve since I have had good and bad experiences.

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Professional Development

César Larrazabal

Although the pronunciation included in the videos might be slightly different from the ones we are used to, I have two favorite British websites that are completely useful. They have podcasts, programs, grammar exercises, resources, and articles about English teaching.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/.

https://www.youtube.com/user/bbclearningenglish

It also has a YouTube channel, which is mainly focused on learning, but they can help you get ideas to teach with their outstandingly creative ideas, such as talk shows explaining grammar and a pronunciation workshop.

https://www.britishcouncil.org/

Here the main focus is on podcasts. It has many videos and lectures in the downloadable app, too. They are crucial for teaching to study for standardized tests as TOEFL, TOEIC and others.

In order to avoid the preference over British sites, I also suggest you revise these two YouTube channels to learn American pronunciation.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-MSYk9R94F3TMuKAnQ7dDg

In their app-based videos, all the phonemes of American English are taught in context, with their corresponding examples and phonemic transcriptions.

Madelyn Morales

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9SpbqR8-Kc

Motivation is an important factor for people to continue learning since a person without motivation does not allow him/herself to learn more. That is why, I think this video can help people who want to continue acquiring knowledge.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roVi9l3MKt0

https://betterlesson.com/

https://www.commonsense.org/education/top-picks/best-professional-development-websites-and-plns-for-teachers

I also think this material could help a teacher who wants to enrich his/her knowledge, for there are some programs that allow teachers to learn online and help them to improve their skills.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCve1_r0O9nxyYYBh36apfww

This Guatemalan English teacher shares what she does in her experiences. Ranging from her decision to become a teacher up to warm-up activities and videos of whole classes, Lucie enthusiastically includes all what an EFL teacher wants to know. The best part is that her videos are in Spanish, as she teaches English for Spanish speakers.

Cristhian Tacón

https://worksheets.theteacherscorner.net

This is a very useful website in which we can create worksheets for our practices; for example, we can create crosswords.

https://www.englishgrammar.org

This site lists the grammar rules of the English alphabetically, and they are easily accessible. Not only that, they provide PDF files of lessons on these rules that you can use with your students.

https://www.youtube.com/user/rachelsenglish

For me, this site is the ultimate resource to understand phonology of English. Rachel explains the pronunciation of actual words in daily speech. She deconstructs conversations into the sounds and explains phonological variations, such as the flat T, assimilation, vowel reductions, etc. Rachel has a series of videos of many often-mispronounced words for free.

Leslie Vega

https://www.telc.net/en/about-telc/news/detail/tips-for-teaching-a-foreign-language.html

The link talks by itself. In there, you will find many useful and practical tips that will help any teacher to teach a foreign language. What caught my attention in that article is that it is focused in student-centered instruction. These tips help teachers bring context into the classroom and motivate students.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrU6YJle6Q4

This TED Talk is very interesting since it may help teachers introduce them into the students’ world. What the behaviors mean, and what are the messages that students usually send, consciously or unconsciously.

Marvin Velásquez

https://www.learningpersonalized.com/how-to-encourage-student-interest-in-foreign-language-learning/

I recommend this article because I think that we as teachers EFL need to cultivate the interest in learning languages. This article provides some good suggestions to motivate students.

https://www.readingandwritinghaven.com/best-books-for-english-teachers-professional-development/

Reading and Writing Haven’s BEST BOOKS FOR ENGLISH TEACHERS: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. In this article, a list of book recommended for all the English teachers. It’s a great resource to read when we are on our reflective vacations.

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Analysis of Microteaching Sessions: Madelyn Morales

I think the microteaching section helps me a lot to improve my skills. First, it helps me reflect on my abilities; for example, how fluent I am, how well do I work under pressure, if I have to improve my pronunciation if I have to work on explanations, among others. Second, it helps me to put into practice new methods and techniques when teaching; for instance, make students speak aloud, include every student in classes, provide feedback to students, etc. Finally, it helps me to improve my lesson planning skills; since I have problems when planning classes, I participated in the elaboration of the lessons of demo-classes more than usual. Now, I can say that I have improved a lot in that area; for example, I know how important the focus of the objectives are and what kind of verb I have to use.

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Introduction to Language Teaching: Madelyn Morales

For me, the introduction to language teaching in the classroom is relevant, for it helps teachers to integrate students, to control the class- environment, to be aware of students' skills, and to make students understand complex topics. Thus, I feel confident when teaching since I know every student is involved in the classes. Also, I am sure they learn more when taking them into account, and when they get interested in learning more. Besides that, the elements of language teaching allow me to see every aspect of the learning process; for example, students' attention and participation, skills development, students' interaction, among others. Also, I think it is easier to measure what students learn during a class. Besides, when applying the elements of language teaching, I know the classes are going to have an impact on students' life since students are the centered of the classes, for the activities and the content will also depend on students.

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Macro and Micro Lesson Planning: Madelyn Morales

They are a guide for teachers since everything that is to be given is there; although they are flexible since depending on situations or problems, teachers can change them. To prepare macro lesson plans requires a lot of effort; however, it is useful since it makes preparing micro lesson plans easier. Either macro or micro lesson planning is essential in classes, for it allows teachers to give effective classes with concrete explanations, examples, and appropriate activities to develop a topic. Lesson planning helps teachers to give specific content and not to waste time giving vague content; that is why, students learn more. Personally, I still have problems when lesson planning, but I know that with practice I could do a better job with them.

Lesson plans I created along the semester with my teammates are here.

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High School Teaching Practicum Experience: Madelyn Morales

It was a nice experience to work with teenagers; although it requires more effort to prepare the classes, to keep them paying attention, to control their behavior, etc. During this task, I discovered many things about me; for example, I found out I have problems when explaining a topic spontaneously, so I have to prepare explanations with anticipation. Also, I found out I am good at giving examples, at making students participate, at engaging students in classes, so I have to keep working in that way. Besides that, I noticed I have to work in my pronunciation and fluency and to manage the time when teaching, so I have to look for pronunciations of the words before classes and to practice how to explain a topic before classes.To control the time, I have also to practice before classes and take the time when giving directions. Furthermore, I learned the importance of planning classes with anticipation, for classes have a better flow, students comprehend and participate more, there is confident in classes, explanations are understandable, among others.

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