Use the template below to write a personal reflection.

Focus on what you did, how it made you

feel, and what you can do next time.
We have provided some prompting questions to get you started, but do not answer them directly.
Refer back to Unit 4 for guidance on how to write personal reflections.

1. Description

Ideas:
What factors did you consider when planning the lesson? For example, learner level, target language, context etc.
First, I took the age and the class level into account and planned my class accordingly. Secondly, I looked at what they expect from me as a teacher and what should
appear in the lesson plan. I saw that the past continuous tense for interrupted actions for the group of students identified in the case study should be used, also that the
lesson plan must be as detailed as possible so that other teachers will be able to understand it. I thought about how I can make the target language, the lesson aims
and lesson objectives interesting enough for the children to ensure that they are achieved. After clearly investigating the factors, I also took the lesson type and time
into consideration and then planned the lesson thoroughly. I needed to consider both the face-to-face scenario and the other activities for the lesson and how this
would translate into an effective online lesson.

2. Feelings

Ideas:
How did you feel during the process of lesson planning? For example, stressed, creative, enthusiastic, so on.

I felt challenged because I challenged myself to come up with the most creative lesson. In the beginning I was stressed because I didn't know much about children and
how to present lessons until I did my research. What scared me the most was switching from a face- to face- lesson to an online lesson. The factors that are taken into
consideration in the two lesson plans are different from each other and expect different approaches.
After completing the task I felt confident.

3. Evaluation
Ideas:
What went well and what didn’t go so well in the lesson plan creation process?

With the planning of activities that I planned in the lessons, things went well. I understood everything I needed to know to produce an effective lesson. It was easy for
me to set up activities because there is already a large variety of information available about lesson plans for the past continuous tense, which I found on some useful
EFL websites.

What wasn’t easy was the lesson plan creation because different factors had to be taken into account with the face-to-face lesson plan and with the online lesson plan,
I had to change my lessons a lot to adapt to the lesson's structures and purposes.
 4. Conclusions

What did you learn about yourself in the process?

That I am able to influence students through the creativity of my lessons.

I was always dependent on others but now I can be very independent. Until now I have always had guidance; while I was in school or university, my teachers and
parents told and advised me what to do, how to do it and when to do things.

5. Ideas

What would you differently next time?

I will try not to overthink everything.

If my lesson plan goes wrong or does not reach the target language, I will have more than one lesson plan prepared.
I will set time goals for myself so that I don't spend too much time researching for a specific section.

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