Classroom Management MEI14P

Teacher: Magdalena Martinez

Student: Margarita Martínez

April 15th, 2021.

Assignment 2. Self- reflection.

Flander’s Interaction Analysis Category is an observational system designed to test the

effects of social emotional climate of students’ attitudes and learning. Teacher’s verbal
behavior and the quality and quality of teacher – student interaction is crucial to have an
effective teaching and enhanced learning.
Interaction is an important part in our life. People should interact each other to give
information, share their idea, opinion and mind
Interaction can be found in classroom during teaching and learning process which involves
teacher and students. Teacher and students are taking in turn through verbal communication
in classroom interaction. This interaction includes non - verbal expressions like gestures and
body movements from both, teacher and students.
By analyzing the characteristics of classroom interaction during teaching learning process,
it is expected the teachers are able to gain the awareness of the influence of teacher talk
toward the characteristics of classroom interaction. In line with this, the teachers are able to
encourage students to talk and actively participate in teaching learning process.
After reading Flander’s Interaction Analysis Category I checked my video sessions, I have
to say that thanks to this pandemic I have had the opportunity to record my online sessions
with my students which have given me the chance to analyze my practice and my teacher
talk; and I have made a reflection of my time talking and the time my students talk. I t is a
huge difference, I talk almost 65 percent of the class time and my students (just a few) the
40 percent left. So, to improve the effectiveness of the class I believe creating interactive
environment in the classroom is an important point in the learning process and it will affect
the students learning outcome; through active interaction students will do better in the
learning process.
I will create activities such as asking questions, asking the students to repeat teacher’s
words, and asking them to do some exercises and some activities in English. I should reduce
the classroom anxiety by establishing more interactive discussion that encourage questions
and stimulate students’ critical thinking in the classroom without being afraid of making
mistakes.
I could help the students to boost their self-esteem and self-confidence, and create
comfortable and non-threating environment; also I have to give more space for the students
to share their thoughts, so that my role should be changed to be a guide or helper for student
learning because student learning is not a passive process, it is active process.
Therefore, I suggest for the teacher to accustom the students listen to the explanation in
English in order to make the teacher and the students interact in target language. Second,
the students should not hesitate to speak in English and they should increase their talk in
the class especially in making initiation. They might respond to the teacher with confidence
and feeling comfortable enough in class.

References:

References:

Classroom Management. Chapter 1: Classroom Talk (pp3-24) (2020). IEXPRO University.