Student practice: self-evaluation

 

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This is not my first teaching practice, but it has been very different from those from the past. However, after five years, I still found some areas of improvement and ways where I feel like I can improve in. 

I experienced being an EAL teacher, which is some ways, is very different than an ESL teacher. As an ESL teacher, my main focus was on language and ways to develop necessary skills in learners. Students with English as an additional language(EAL) already had those language skills and require something more. At first, it was challenging for me to introduce CLIL lessons and move on to more complicated topics such as maths in English. I think that this experienced tested my abilities as a teacher. Additionally, I do think I grew a lot by going out of my comfort zone and trying new things. I really enjoyed the collaboration of the head teacher. It was extremely nice that she included me in an abundance of activities at the school, as well as always informed me of what going on in the classroom (as the days I wasn't there). This really helped me to know what to expect the following day as well as gave me time to brainstorm ideas or tasks for the students. After the lessons that  I conducted, she really gave me detailed feedback such as things to watch-out for and areas to slightly improve. I found this extremely helpful to develop my skills and to improve for the next time. 

I am glad to had the opportunity to work with this particular teacher as I learnt a lot from her. 

Sara