Photographic evidence

 

Methods

 

First of all I believe in, and I like, the direct method. I think that the learning of a second language should be similar to the acquisition process with which the mother tongue was achieved, where the situations are concrete and as close to reality as possible and that is how we should learn them.

 Secondly, I am still convinced that learning in a natural way is effective, especially in children, and this has been proven by practice. That is why the second method I like is The Natural Approach. It is a method based on a natural way of learning, it focuses more on communication than on grammar, which I find more boring but important. It is closely related to the direct method.

And as a third method, the Computer Assisted Language or CALL, is a very current method, where this generation feels at ease, because the use of TIC, is to be used and simplify learning, never to replace it, but it is a great possibility in these times.

Conclusions

 

First of all, the pedagogical practice carried out as it should be, complying with the hours and parameters, is a great learning experience.

Second, to be able to put into practice the theory about the ways of learning the language and to be able to demonstrate it in a classroom is a great advance in the theoretical-practical relationship of the teaching components.

Third, there are many weaknesses in the practice process as such, which end up affecting the student. 

It is recommended to consider the strategy for courses nowadays, since the pandemic has changed the way of teaching classes, therefore these must continue to be motivating and satisfying even in a virtual way.

The most remarkable moments

 

I can mention 2 very nice moments of the practice. The first one was the welcome. They asked me if I was also going to be a teacher like their teacher, and I felt very satisfied with their expectations.

The second moment was, when the teacher did one of the activities in which I supported her, as they stated that they had not done any similar before. That was a great satisfaction, I felt that I was achieving something very good with my practice.

On the contrary, at the moment when, due to management issues, the activities were suspended. I found myself at the crossroads between my responsibility to my internship, in terms of hours, and my opportunities to share with the teacher and the children.

The process of your observation practice

 

The internship process can be described in two parts, the first being the process to get the internship, or rather, the site for the internship. A letter of introduction was sent to an institution with an agreement with the university and the institution never responded. Based on that and the time that was running, the acceptance in another institution was achieved.

On March 25, I started the internship as such, I was received by the teacher via WhatsApp. The classes were completely virtual, and the development of these was very profitable. I contributed with 3 activities, which she found adequate and different, being to her liking.

The support from my methodology tutor was excellent, always willing to guide me and correct my mistakes, regarding the conventional forms of documents.

The synthesis of the Diarios de campo

The three field diaries collected information on the development of the English classes, and even of other classes to which we accompanied the teacher. In them, we describe the way in which the contents were approached as well as the activities that complemented the learning or rather that put into practice what was learned.

The 3 field diaries carried out in the practice to observe the methodology for teaching the language, in addition to considering this point, allowed us to visualize the children's attitudes towards the different strategies used by the teacher.

 

Plan de Trabajo

 

LICENCIATURA		TIPO DE PRÁCTICA	CURSO DE PRÁCTICA
Licenciatura en Lenguas Extranjeras con énfasis en Inglés		De observación	Methodology in Foreign Language Teaching
DOCENTE EN FORMACIÓN		DOCENTE ACOMPAÑAMIENTO UNAD	DOCENTE I. E.
Cesar Quevedo		Oscar Hernández	Luz Carrero
INSTITUCIÓN EDUCATIVA		POBLACIÓN	No. HORAS TRABAJO IN SITU
Colegio Espíritu Santo - Villavicencio		Students:  4to grado	48
PROPÓSITOS DE FORMACIÓN DEL CURSO
To introduce students to the main characteristics of foreign language teaching methodology in virtual and face-to-face environments through the development of different types of tasks and observation protocols.
OBJETIVOS DEL CURSO
Learning Outcome 1: reflect on the role of methodologies and strategies for foreign language teaching, through the recognition of their own educational experiences. Learning Outcome 2: interpret the information obtained from different data collection instruments through participatory observation for the application and adaptation of activities in virtual and face-to-face contexts. Learning Outcome 3: propose methodologies, strategies, and activities, according to the characteristics and pedagogical needs of their students, based on the information obtained from their observation practices. Learning Outcome 4: recognize the factors that influence the choice of approaches and methodologies in foreign language teaching through participant observation.
CRONOGRAMA DE ACTIVIDADES
FECHA	ACTIVIDAD
25/03/2021	Expand their lexicon with vocabulary that will be useful in their daily life when shopping and so on. Understand basic language about fruits, foods, how many, how much, geometric figures, animals. Make fictitious purchases among classmates, taking into account expressions such as "How many" and "How Much". Recognize and draw basic geometric shapes in English.
26/03/2021	Expand their lexicon with vocabulary that will be useful in their daily life when shopping and so on. Understand basic language about fruits, foods, how many, how much, geometric figures, animals. Make fictitious purchases among classmates, taking into account expressions such as "How many" and "How Much". Recognize and draw basic geometric shapes in English.
6/04/2021	Participate in short conversations using predictable sentence structures. Identify familiar objects, people, and actions known to them in a short descriptive text read by the teacher. Activities to be developed by the practitioner in support of the teacher.
8/04/2021	Participate in short conversations using predictable sentence structures. Identify familiar objects, people, and actions known to them in a short descriptive text read by the teacher. Activities to be developed by the practitioner in support of the teacher.
10/04/2021	Observation of virtual mathematics and statistics classes.
13/04/2021	Observation of virtual mathematics and statistics classes.
15/04/2021	Properly name each of the parts that make up the human body.  Recognize the importance and influence of the different professions that people practice today. Build a calendar with the days and months of the year. Activities to be developed by the intern in support of the teacher.
17/04/2021	Properly name each of the parts that make up the human body.  Recognize the importance and influence of the different professions that people practice today. Build a calendar with the days and months of the year. Activities to be developed by the intern in support of the teacher.
20/04/2021	Establish conversations about themselves, their classmates and their daily activities with simple sentences, logically linked. Activities related to family or school routine. Activities to be developed by the intern in support of the teacher.
22/04/2021	Establish conversations about themselves, their classmates and their daily activities with simple sentences, logically linked. Activities related to family or school routine. Activities to be developed by the intern in support of the teacher.

The description of the course

 

The institution where the internships take place is Ciudad Educativa Espiritu Santo in Villavicencio. It is urban, private and works with children for elementary and high school. At present, the meetings are virtual, through platforms such as Meet and Zoom, supported by online guides and activities. Regarding the students, they are from high strata, who have all the technological resources. The grade that is observed is the fourth, with 12 students on average, and a high level of English, it could be said from B1 to B2; all their courses are in English.

With respect to their opinions about learning English, it can be said that they like the use of games, they understand why they study in English, but they do not like to be corrected. In general terms, it is a language that should be learned because of its advantages.

Since these students learn through the communicative method, with a natural and task-based approach to learning a second language, it could be said that the course has allowed us to see in reality what the theories have pointed out to us.

Link of your official drive folder

 

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ChSiCAdtvfuGALUfZUl_-rx3PbkFabfI?usp=sharing