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FACULTAD DE HUMANIDADESEARLY ENGLISH TEACHING PRACTICEVise II2009TEAM TEACHING STAGE

Name of student teacher:

Nicol Smith Estay

Name of School:

Colegio Parroquial Santa María Goretti

Number of students:

around 750

Date:

Class:

3º Medio B

Task 1:

For the following questions describe as accurately as you can the type of workperformed as the guide teacher assistant:

1. What kind of activity did you perform the first time your guide teacher asked for your help? How long did it take?

The first activity my guide teacher asked me to help him with was to create 10sentences in Spanish so the students could translate them into English. He toldme to do 5 and he would do 5 as well. It took about 30 minutes to do the activityand correct it.

2. What were the students doing before you started helping out? Whogave the instructions, you or your guide teacher?

It was the beginning of the class so they were doing nothing. In terms of contents they were checking some of the last class exercises to remember whatthey had to do next. The instructions were given collaboratively; we both gavethe instructions and helped every student that needed assist.

3. How did the students react? Describe the atmosphere of the room andthe levels of engagement in the room.

They were really noisy sometimes, but they reacted well, and agreed to do theexercises. Whenever they had doubts they called my guide teacher or me. Theclass atmosphere was nice; everyone was working and helping each other.Though there were some that starting talking or doing some other things but wecalled their attention once and then they continued. I am really glad of the classI was assigned to do my VISE.

What other assignments were asked you to do? How often?

There was a time when my guide teacher was absent for 2 to 3 days becausehis wife had a baby, so the school hired a substitute teacher, who was a Historyteacher with a mention in English. Those days I had to do practically everything.My guide teacher left some activities to carry out, so in terms of material we had