First Teaching Practice (Intermediate)

As I had already been warned, students tried to test me, fortunately, and thanks to taking into account teacher Alex's wise advices, I was able to respond satisfactorily. It felt easier than the basic group, because I didn't have to take so much time explaining directions.

I haven't gotten the feedback page yet, but I guess I didn't do so bad. Students liked the warmup, despite having decided not to go with either from the lesson plan, as they were all kinesthetic activities.

The group had written, oral and listening practice. Luckily, I mainly had free activities, as the grammar part had been covered. However, as I referred to, in the beginning, I was put on the spot, as a girl started asking "Why?", even though I had already explained verbally (and my tutor too, in prior classes). Thus, I also used the board to give a more detailed explanation on why there are cases in which "used to" & "would" cannot be used.

I was surprised to see that there was an uncommon verb in a sentence from the book: "When I was a child, I used to cycle to school every morning". So, in that particular case, I had never seen that verb used that way before. I inferred that it was related to biking (bicycle). I'm not sure if it's partially informal or just not widely used. 

The whole class worked on all of the activities and participated when checking the answers from the exercises. In conclusion, the first experience went better than expected, and was rather positive. I felt as though the group accepted me faster than the previous one. Hopefully, it'll continue to be that way...