Christian Guillen Clinic Practice

Highlighting the positive aspects of the class, the teacher used different resources related to the topic of fruits that kept the children entertained. Personally I considered that the topic was very simple not to be taught in English, but she decided to take the instructions and almost all the lesson in polish language, their L1. In reality it seemed more like a Polish class than an English class.  I must point out that they used their senses and worked on the vocabulary they already knew, however it became very repetitive at the end. I trust that the teacher felt intimidated by the camera, that she had a structure and planning to carry out all the activities. On the other hand, I would have handled the situation from a different perspective. Through modeling and repeating the English words she would have given them the instructions for the exercises and she would not have asked them what color the fruit was if they were not seeing it.  At first, I would have introduced fruit...

  Lekcja języka angielskiego - Tarnowo  What is your general reflection on the lesson? In general the lesson is good, there are a lots of things that I would do differently. To begin with, you can see that the teacher prepared for this event, she seems safe and confident, but everything seems very forced, from the way the class is structured, the use of flashcards and techniques makes me think that she uses all the techniques that I knew work or that I had already practiced before, but the dynamics seem boring and somewhat simplistic. No dialogue or creativity is allowed, only memorization and repetition. I think the class was a mix of everything but I couldn't get the aim of it.  What do you think about the warmup used by the teacher? Warm up,  It seems like a good way to use motor skills to relate concepts and learn them, but at the same time it makes it difficult to practice the language. For the first few minutes she presented flashcards and did activities that di...

  Lekcja języka angielskiego - Dąbrówka In general the lesson was dynamic and most of the time the children were interested, a few questions comes to my mind, what ages the students are, their grades and English level,  I think the subjects were basics. I liked that it kept the children's attention with different activities, but I would do them very differently. I think the teacher was stressed or nervous, but she still managed to maintain the discipline of the class. In general they did well, but they had to reinforce the participation in a positive way and look for activities that complemented the knowledge, not just giving vocabulary that they already have and master; The way she told the story was a little slow and the way she spoke to the children was a little bit rude, perhaps cold and in terms of empathizing with them seemed very distant.  Personally, I would not have had competitions in winning or losing, nor would I have mixed what is good or bad in an ...

  Lekcja Angielskiego w Szkole Żagle English lesson in Żagle School And this is how I see! What is your general reflection on the lesson? The teacher was doing good strategies to motivate  the students, it keeps the attention from most of the children. What do you think are the strong sides of the lesson?  I think, how the teacher is naturally asking  the children to ask or say the things with structure. What could have been done better? perhaps, the way the teacher is keeping the discipline in terms of asking the children to be quiet. He could may wait until everyone is in silence instead of using a big shhhh and attending everyones needs, not just the participating ones. How does the teacher use visual aids?  he does it in a good way, but I think, very fast, he could make it slower, I like the way he use the question, what's missing?, perhaps at the first part he could let them just talk instead of making them repeat everything, especially because it seams to ...

My name is Christian Guillen from México,  but living in Warsaw for the past 5 years. Im a psychologist with a Master degree in Psychological research. I have a few years experiences in the field of teaching different subjects, including English and Spanish a foreign language, besides as a therapist, from toddles to elders. My experience in research is developing programs related with comprehensive care in college students, designing psychometric tests and mix methods. At the moment, I would like to study something related with Socio Emotional Skills in young learners and how is related in the acquisition of another language. For the past 3 years I've been working in Poland as a full time English-Spanish teacher in preschool and primary School, besides I have private consulting, I like to keep myself busy but at the same time I am a very friendly person, I like going out, I love dancing and listening to music. My favorite company is my cat Harry, I brought him from México. I work h...