The third week of the teaching practice allowed me to observe the two classes more carefully and made me confident about beginning to teach my activities.
The B1+ class continued the practice on the conditionals. The teacher gave a specific time to the students in order to complete the exercises in the classroom and she walked around the class to check and help students. When a student finished an exercise, she went to his desk and corrected it. A topic they focused on this week was "phobias". They explained the difference between fear and phobia in a class discussion and then each student spoke about his own phobia. As for homework, they were assigned to find some weird phobias on the internet and then discuss it in the classroom the following week.
The students of the B2 level class had to make an oral presentation of their written essays this week. The topic was: "students who do not do well at the exams should not go to school trips, do you agree?" The students stood up in front of the class and presented their essays orally. The teacher intervened whenever she considered it necessary. She added some useful points and helped the students continue speaking. The students were asked to do many speaking activities this week, such as, describing pictures, discussing about an important matter of today's society and role plays. The teacher intervened when the pupils talked in order to provide helpful advice and some expressions for them to memorize.
All in all, these past three weeks helped me comprehend a lot of things about teaching in a real classroom. I became really excited and I am looking forward to teaching my own activities in the weeks to follow.