In-service Teacher (UN):

Jesus Stiven Ospina

REALIS TO AN ELDERLY PEOPLE CLASS

To start with. I reckon that elderly people are also concerned about socializing and
making friends. They presumably find in the English classes a way to be actively
sociable. Therefore, we, Lucas and Stiven, had a class using real food to learn food
items and expressions used at the restaurant. Throughout all of the class, the students
were incredibly relaxed with good disposition to learn. The teachers created a friendly
environment with the students and promoted students’ participation by making many
questions related to food and expressions about food. It was evident that everyone
enjoyed the class since they were active in the class. For the second class of the week,
teacher Stiven asked the students to cut three things from a magazine and glue them
in a piece of paper. After that, students had to create sentences using comparatives. I
think this activity was also great for students since they created everything with their
own hands.
In conclusion, to have meaningful classes the teacher has to be able to deliver
classes with realis in which students learn through experimenting in real situations.
Teachers, in my opinion, created these entire situations successfully. They knew what
to do in every part of the class with the students. I guess that students can make better
connections when they are learning how to prepare a sandwich and they actually are
preparing a sandwich. I consider that because of their ages, I can just write down
vocabulary on the board and pretend they learn it. It is better if I teach them English
through real experience.