551025 PEDAGOGICAL EXPERIENCE II

TEACHING JOURNAL FORMAT

Student Teachers Name: Blanca Juliana Gmez
Language Course: Intermediate English.
Journal entry dates from Sept 28th to

The following chart gives account of my performance along my pedagogical experience as a training teacher in online environments with date
entries, link of the recorded videos in YouTube through Google Hangouts, and my reflections in regards of my strengths, weaknesses, aspects to
improve, feelings, observations, comments, etc.

# of Length Reflections about the lesson and

Nr. Date Group Topic Link of YouTube video
students of lesson observations
Lets get to
It was impossible to establish a connection via Google It was very difficult to establish a connection,
know Google
Sept hangouts. but at the end we could get to know each
1 A 9 hangouts and 1:30:00
28 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCLwR7g27dM other via Skype, we will try to have a better
Introduce your
communication next class.
selves.
(PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE)
We tried to make the connection through
Google hangouts, but after 45 minutes of bad
connection, and seen my students despair, we
started the class via Skype. I took some
Oct https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tfZi7Z1P_0&t=1874s
2 A 7 Too and Enough 2:00:00 pictures of my screen as evidence.
3rd
The students had the chance to use their
English but the topic was a little difficult for
them, even though they had a good attitude
and I think they learnt a little bit more about
the use of too and enough.
We had a great class, some the students knew
Oct Comparatives https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axMhjW7Vfc0 a little bit about the topic, but the best thing
3 A 3 1:35
5th and superlatives was that they all had the chance to participate
and get better at their speaking.
(PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE)
Oct https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP24V95n0oU
4 th A 6 Relative clauses 2:00 There were not so many students at the
10
beginning of the class, but finally we could
 # of Length Reflections about the lesson and
Nr. Date Group Topic Link of YouTube video
students of lesson observations
have a successful class, students could
understand and practice a little bit of the use
of relative clauses.
The connection was bad at some points but
with patience and the students willingness
we could finally have a good learning
experience.
We had a great class, students knew a lot
about the use of the simple past and they
Oct https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDhBCpGLlt8
5 A 6 Simple past 1:20 were willing to speak and liked the exercises,
17th
doing the best they could to use their English
and communicate ideas.
At the beginning we had a little problem with
the connection, but we started the class again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5nmnfIOUKg and everything worked out with more fluency.
Oct Simple past.
6 A 6 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNOPf7FqKo4 1:30 The students are very patient and always
19th (Irregular verbs)
willing to learn. They made great efforts to
participate and make the best of this
opportunity.
This was a very productive class, students told
stories using the past progressive and the aim
of the class was achieved. They practice and
Oct https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt7UmoUhrKI communicate with each other with more
7 A 7 Past progressive 1:43
24th fluency and I feel really proud, because I think
that I have learnt to create exercises for them
to use their English and improve their
speaking.
This was a very nice class, the topic was a
Oct https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiIfY23Sdsw Little complicated but students were able to
8 A 7 Past perfect 1:30
26th produce correct sentences and communicate
with their mates.
It was a very nice class, there were only three
Perfect Past
students and that gave them the chance to
Oct progressive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX5AV_sQ3Us
9 A 3 1:00 participate with more regularity, the students
31st
were very good at producing sentences,
questions and answers using the past perfect
 # of Length Reflections about the lesson and
Nr. Date Group Topic Link of YouTube video
students of lesson observations
progressive and even dough it is not an easy
topic they were very confident.

It was a very nice class. Many students came

and they knew a lot about the topic, there
was a little problem because my instruction
Nov https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOkIo4P3v-0
10 nd A 7 Modal verbs 1:45 was not so clear and they didnt understand
2 .
some of the exercises, but at the end they
could produce some sentences and practice
the use of modals.
This was a very nice class; students
understand and know how to use the simple
present, so this was a very productive class.
Nov Present tenses https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRracf4O9xw
11 th A 7 1:36 The assessment was particularly good because
7 Simple present
students could personalize the class and
therefore say sentences with a lot of sense
and good grammar.
Today I felt that students enjoyed the class. It
was fun because they could interact in a real
Present tenses conversation. It is difficult to answer questions
Nov https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NthcxJlVq7M
12 th A 6 Present 1:01 and ask a partner simulating a real situation,
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continuous but this difficulty is a good way to find
strengths and weaknesses to improve thir
speaking kills.
It was a good class, all my students were
there, but we were having problems with the
platform and the audio was not very good.
Fortunately they are very patient and tried
Nov Future tenses https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uoi7CJxynK0
13 th A 7 1:50 make the best out of the class. There were
14 (going to)
exercises that promoted interaction among
them and they enjoyed them , it helped them
practice conversation skills and made the class
interesting and fun.
The class was excellent students understood
Nov Future tenses https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNOyRop2gk0
14 th A 6 1:30 the topic and participated with joy, There was
16 (will)
a particular exercise in which they had to
 # of Length Reflections about the lesson and
Nr. Date Group Topic Link of YouTube video
students of lesson observations
finish each other sentences and they really
enjoyed it. There was a lot of participation and
it was a great speaking practice.
The class was a little crowded and the topic
too complex for the students to develop, but
they were still very participative. It was
Nov https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKuOwqVhJ2U
15 st A 8 Conditionals 1:33 difficult for me to find activities that were fun
21
and enjoyable with this topic, but I think that
they could practice it a little bit more and
have a good learning experience.
It was an excellent exercise, the students were
great at their final exam and used everything
we had practice, I felt really proud of them
Nov https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lOAXcYcduM and I think they really had the chance to
16 A 8 Final Exam 2:00
23 improve their speaking. Some of them
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tber3F904ik
evidence bigger improvements but in general
it was a good course and my students finished
it with joy and thankfulness.
# of Length Reflections about the lesson and
Date Group Topic Link of you tube Video
students of lesson observations
It took us a lot of time to learn how to do the
Lets get to
connection and finally start the class, but, at
know Google
Sept https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mc2_UPwVDX4 the end it was a great experience, everyone
1 B 6 hangouts and 1:45
30th got to try it and introduce him or herself to
Introduce your
their classmates.
selves.
(PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE) We had a great
class, There were only four people there and it
gave them time to speak and get a chance to
practice. We develop all the activities
Oct https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhV30paYkKU proposed but, at the end the video was not
2 B 4 Too and Enough 1:45
1st recorded.
I dont know what happened, but I received an
invitation to join the video conference again,
so I joined in, when I went to see the video all
that was there was my scared face with a
 # of Length Reflections about the lesson and
Nr. Date Group Topic Link of YouTube video
students of lesson observations
loud: What that I pronounced when I
realized the video was not there.
We have learnt how to use the tool: Google
hangouts and the class went along more
fluently. Students had the chance to
Oct Comparatives https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WemGkk4NLQ
3 B 5 1:50 participate and use their English to build
7th and superlatives
sentences using the comparative and
superlative forms. Some students have more
experience but it was a nice experience.
We could have the class using Google
hangouts, some students are not attending
class, but those who assisted were willing to
Oct https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMLpQVsH5YM participate and did a great effort to use
4 B 5 Relative clauses 1:30
8th relative clauses, it is not easy to create
speaking exercises for this topic but the
students got the idea and gain experience in
this sentence formation.
We had a great class, students knew a lot
Oct Simple Past https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJku7lyyhcY about the use of the simple past and they had
5 B 5 1:30
14th (Regular verbs) the opportunity to use what they know and
practice their speaking.
I do not know what happened with the video,
it wasnt recorded, but we could have the
class and 6 students entered the video
Oct Simple past. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM5Yh7pBUlk conference. This class was a success, the
6 B 6
15th (Irregular verbs) students have already learnt how to use the
tool and we could communicate with fluency,
the exercises were appealing and they could
practice speaking and past tense formation.
It was an excellent class students told stories
about dreams they have had and other known
Oct https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIO-W7968nE
7 B 6 Past progressive 1:30 stories using the past progressive. Everyone
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was attentive and they are working hard to
produce quality speaking.
Oct https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGTB1x7XQ3I It was a great class, as time goes by the
8 B 7 Past perfect 1:30
22nd students handle the tool with more
 # of Length Reflections about the lesson and
Nr. Date Group Topic Link of YouTube video
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confidence and it helps to a good class
development. This time the students were
able to build not only sentences but stories
and I think that this experience has thought
me how to help them use their English in a
more complex way.
It was a good class, it is a little difficult to find
ways to help students build sentences and
Oct Perfect Past https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDeHcCEPztY produce quality materials with such an
9 B 6 1:15
28th progressive specific time as the past perfect progressive,
but they were very productive and get to
practice their speaking effectively.
It was an excellent class, students understood
the exercises and participated with accuracy
producing good material and practicing
Nov https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBFgtK9hzSA
10 B 6 Modal verbs 1:00 modals.
4th
I learnt form the class with the other group
that I had to give them examples first so tat
they could understand what to do.
This was a great class, the topic was very
Nov Present tenses https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns2JIGdcYbM familiar for the students, so everyone was
11 B 6 1:00
4th Simple present able to use their English and practice their
speaking skills.
This was a good class, the topic was very
simple and students knew how to build the
sentences, for that reason the exercises didnt
Present tenses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt_PpzeN25A take too long and we could finish the class
12 Nov 5 B 6 Present 1:00
early, I really liked the class in which they
continuous
pretended to have a phone conversation it
was very real and they could really show what
they can do with the language.
Students today were very productive. There
were only 5 people in class and that made
Nov Future tenses https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7Wv-haHbb0
13 th B 5 1:04 their interventions dynamic and creative. They
11 (going to)
were working with partners and were very
spontaneous improving their conversation
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skills.

This was a great class. Students were a little

precautious at the beginning because they
Nov Future tenses https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dnm5khmKbu4 tend to get a little confused with conditionals,
14 th B 6 1:19
12 (will) but at the end it was fun to create
superstitions and work with a partner to finish
their own ideas.
This was a great class, Today students worked
with discipline and they took the exercises
Nov https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOjKzNvm4_w very seriously. The conditionals formation is
15 th B 6 Conditionals
18 very difficult and they were really committed
participating in class to understand the topic.
It was challenging but rewarding at the end.
It was an excellent exercise, the students were
great at their final exam and used everything
we had practice, I felt really proud of them
and I think they really had the chance to
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Nov
A 8 Final Exam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLsq0Egxh5E 0:35
improve their speaking. Some of them
23 evidence bigger improvements but in general
it was a good course and my students finished
it with joy and thankfulness.
(Note: Two students took their final exam
with the other group)
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GROUP A CLASS 2
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