551025 PEDAGOGICAL EXPERIENCE II

TEACHING JOURNAL FORMAT

Student Teachers Name: Nancy Bibiana Snchez Jaramillo
Language Course: Basic English II
Journal entry dates from March 15/2017 to May 12/2017

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.

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I think these meetings are significant in our
teaching, because as a teacher is trying to
understand what our students feel when they
ALL ABOUT ME
do not understand something. I consider that it
(Personal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFzOctKd1qY
1 March/15 B 1 1:05 is necessary as a teacher to make the reading of
interests, likes and
the text so that the students have an idea about
dislikes)
the pronunciation of some words, besides it is
necessary to indicate to the students the correct
pronunciation of some words.
During this session the students were very
active. The activities could be developed in a
pleasant way. The connectivity of the different
ALL ABOUT ME
towns was very bad, reason for which we had
March/ (Personal
2 A 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_lSsBxHtyE 1:30 several interferences but was able to arrive at
16 interests, likes and
happy end with the encounter. The students
dislikes)
stated that they liked the activities, about
working with the shadowing, as this strategy
helps to improve the speaking even more.
PHYSICAL I think it was a very nice class, the students
March/
3 B 3 DESCRIPTION 2:06 participated very active and they expressed that
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the activities were very varied and dynamic. The
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1. activity that caught their attention was the
https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=c6ZES0 Karaoke, because they had never sung this way.
P8SnA The strategies were very playful.
2.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ9Nb1paFes

I am happy with my work, the students express

that they like the activities developed, and they
participate with much enthusiasm. It is very
PHYSICAL
March/ important to think about the students, their
4 A 3 DESCRIPTION https://youtu.be/KAIoksE3COU 2:00
21 tastes and possible interests, as the class with
them starts after a tiring day, Then, this class
should be nice for them to be interested in
attending.
Only two students were present today, the
other students were not able to attend the class
for their work. One of the students requires a
COLOMBIA IS little more help in listening and speaking, he
5 March/22 B 2 https://youtu.be/_M3Qh99SgdI 2:00
PARADISE shows a desire to learn and improve his
weaknesses. For this reason, I use varied
strategies such as tongue twisters and music to
improve these skills in first semester students.
Cristian is a very active person, he shows
interest in every activity he performs. The class
COLOMBIA IS was very interesting because we talked about a
6 March/23 A 3 https://youtu.be/mQ3dGHRMZzA 1:50
PARADISE topic very close to the students, our country.
Cristian said that he liked the activities by the
varied and by the subject.
This evening Juliana felt more confident to
interact, she says that classes have helped her to
practice and so she can practice speaking a little.
COLOMBIA IS Estefania says she likes activities because they
7 March/28 A 3 https://youtu.be/nZx0yzugEzU 2:00
PARADISE are very varied, and these classes are an
opportunity to learn and interact with other
classmates. They did not attend the previous
class, so I started lesson plan 3 with them.
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I think it has also been an excellent experience

for me to practice and learn from.
Today I finished the class of Colombia is
paradise, it was a very fun class. We had
connectivity problems, I had to restart the class
COLOMBIA IS on 3 occasions but the students were always
1. https://youtu.be/VFzoCMIZ6nQ
PARADISE willing to help. Students say they are happy with
8 29/March B 4 2. https://youtu.be/AQqIBt6bxaQ 2:00
(Finish this the classes. The strategies I used for classes with
3. https://youtu.be/eY0b1JCzYL4
class Group B) students I try to be dynamic and help us to have
fun learning a bit, using many of the tools
offered by virtual environments found on the
internet.
The students of group A are not as participatory
as the students of group B, group A has more
timid students, although they have been
participating a little more.
SPEAKING OF THE
9 30/March A 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X870mPTW0EU 2:00
PAST In this class, the students had to read and
produce a little more taking into account the
past tense verbs, this class I developed as well,
since Juliana told me that I needed
reinforcement with the past tense verbs.
Tonight there was a lot of interference, internet
connectivity fell frequently but the students
were patient, and we retake the class again, we
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were finally able to conclude.
(Personal 1. https://youtu.be/WXHHuRxt2GU
10 31/March B 3 2:00 Today there were 3 students who had not
interests, likes 2. https://youtu.be/Shigt1jvLC4
attended before, so I will give you a topic from
and dislikes)
previous classes. They participated, but they are
not as active as the other students, perhaps
because they just started classes.
The students in this group are very committed,
SPEAKING OF
11 4/April A 2 https://youtu.be/Q9ktrlzqs50 1:50 they like to practice and interact with each
THE PAST
other. Today they said that they liked the class
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(Finish this because they practice several skills, like reading,
class Group A) listening and speaking. It is very important to
develop different skills to acquire new
vocabulary and improve fluency in each of us.
Today was a very hard day, all members were
very tired for their work day. But they managed
to get there and they could participate during
the class.
Four students started the class, but Andrea and
Hernan were inconvenienced with the
SPEAKING OF
12 5/April B 4 2:00 connection they tried to join the video call and
THE PAST
https://youtu.be/CUBTZFiDxqQ participate. Today we work with past verbs, this
subject is very difficult for Alicia since she does
not remember the verbs in the past, I told her
that the important thing is to practice to be able
to remember the verbs easier in their different
times.
Today the subject was a little complicated for
the students, because they handle very few
adjectives and very little is studied on the
ADJECTIVES
correct order of the adjectives in a sentence. At
(DESCRIBING
the end of the class, I asked the students what
13 6/April A 4 PEOPLE, https://youtu.be/2mp313PqUZc 2:15
was the most difficult of the class and they
PLACES AND
answered that it is difficult for them to
THINGS)
understand the information that audios have, so
it is important to continue working listening and
speaking.
SPEAKING OF I love classes with this group, the group is fun
THE PAST and they like to interact a lot. This topic has been
(Finish this a bit difficult because they say they remember
14 7/April B 3 class Group B) https://youtu.be/HYNQ5S7wgak 2:26 very few adjectives. That is why, I have worked
ADJECTIVES in the description and comparison of images this
(DESCRIBING helps us remember qualities to describe images.
PEOPLE,
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PLACES AND For Alice has been very complicated this topic
THINGS) and the past verbs, I must continue working with
these issues to help her improve.

For me it has been a great experience, because

these practices have helped me improve my
fluency a bit.
ADJECTIVES
Today was attended by 2 students, but it was
PART 2
impossible to keep the communication because
(DESCRIBING
it was raining very hard in the municipality of
18/April A 2 PEOPLE,
15 Caldas, in Aranzazu was the light, during this
PLACES AND
night happened the tragedy of Manizales,
THINGS)
Aranzazu is near Manizales.

Connectivity has been bad because of the

ADJECTIVES
weather, but we managed to finish the class.
PART 2
The students actively participated but the order
(DESCRIBING
of the adjectives in the sentences is difficult.
16 19/ April B 4 PEOPLE, https://youtu.be/fY5arZoQtwU 2: 10
Because of this, today we were unable to finish
PLACES AND
the subject of the class, because I explained the
THINGS)
subject again so that they could better
understand the activities they had to develop.
It was a difficult class because the internet
connection from the different municipalities has
been failing much because of the bad weather.
ADJECTIVES
PART 2 During this class we could not advance much
(DESCRIBING because in general to the learners of a second
17 20/ April A 2 PEOPLE, https://youtu.be/o_G_gRR2m4Y 2:06 language we are difficult the order of the
PLACES AND adjectives in the sentences, then the subject had
THINGS) to be explained again. Juliana is a student who
frequently needs explanations in her mother
tongue because she is difficult to understand
when spoken to in English, but she strives to
understand and participate. Cristhian is given a
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little more, although he also has difficulty with
the order of the adjectives in the sentences.

In this class, I cannot do the workshop in the

order I had planned, because in the
development of the class are proposed some
games, and I ended with a student, so I decided
to continue with the understanding of the song
"Hand in my Pocket ", this song has easy-to-
understand vocabulary.
Today's class was fun, students feel shy about
singing but have fun with these activities that
gets them out of their routines. The
communication was not very clear because in
some places it was raining.

Today, Carlos is a student with a low level in

English, he has difficulty understanding the
instructions in English, and he had to use his
ADJECTIVES
native language. In the activity where they had
PART 2
to complete the song with adjectives to Carlos it
(DESCRIBING
was very difficult for him.
18 21/April B 4 PEOPLE, https://youtu.be/F9A8bNBAMa0 2:26
PLACES AND
Today I announced to the students the
THINGS)
assessment task for the closing of the meetings:
ASSESSMENT: In three weeks we finish the
meetings, the closing activity of these meetings
is to record a video describing the place that you
like most of your house or work, in the video you
should see his face and the place they describe.
The video should last between 3 to 5 minutes.

The video must be submitted before May 4. You

can send the video link to my skype.
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https://youtu.be/r-dpeBYauYg During this meeting the communication was a
little bad because of the connectivity, in the
municipality of Villavicencio where Cristhian
lives, it was raining and he heard the
communication with a lot of interference. They
liked the class for the variety and because they
could reinforce on the adjectives, because we
usually use the same words.
ADJECTIVES
PART 2 Today I made a mistake, I played a song with
(DESCRIBING high volume so that the students listened to the
19 25/ April A 3 PEOPLE, 2:20 content of the song "Hand in my pocket", then
PLACES AND the ones in charge of you tube blocked the video
THINGS) of this section by rights of author. Attached are
screenshots of evidence of the duration of the
class and that the class was performed but the
video is not allowed to be seen. What happened
today served me to learn that I should not play
songs during classes, it is better that students
enter from their computers to the link that I
send them.
But I impugne the answer because this video is
not for commercial use.
Today I had many inconveniences with
Hangoust, because I was working well with the
internet, connectivity started to fail, I tried again
on several occasions. Even with the data of the
DAILY cell phone but the program of Hangoust again
ROUTINE 1. https://youtu.be/_N7q7Ni7TdY failed. I restarted the computer, I was able to
20 26/ April B 5 USING 2. https://youtu.be/2A3i0EtYIE0 1:30 give the class but I started with 4 students and I
ADVERBS OF 3. https://youtu.be/ub3VELbiijg finished with 2 students because of this
FREQUENCY inconvenience.

Actually today I could not advance much with

the class because of all these inconveniences, I
hope to finish it on Thursday.
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Today we started the class without problems,
the class started very well because we were
interacting with the students exchanging some
DAILY information, but after an hour the Hangoust
ROUTINE program started to fail, the connection was
1. https://youtu.be/4Gdiq_49thk
21 27/April A 3 USING 2:00 falling over and over again. I was trying to restart
2. https://youtu.be/H9hCu3CwgYQ
ADVERBS OF the Hangouts class but it was impossible. So we
FREQUENCY decided to continue the class on Skype. This
topic about frequency adverbs has been easy for
students. Due to the failures of connectivity
today the subject was not reached to finish.
Tonight I did the class on Skype and recorded it
with aTube Catcher was much better, we had no
problems with connectivity. The class was a
success. Diana and Andres responded correctly
to each of the activities, Alicia presented some
errors in the use of the adverbs, Carlos entered
DAILY
the class at 9:00 pm, he presents many errors of
ROUTINE
graphics, each activity was socialized to
22 28/April B 4 USING 2:00
https://youtu.be/yvTwtudmEYg Corrected
ADVERBS OF
FREQUENCY
The students had to read a dialogue, after
reading the dialogue and I advise them to have
more intonation when they read or speak
because not a very monotonous dialogue is
done. Therefore, the task for the next class is to
prepare the dialogue with a good intonation.
Although this internet connection failed again,
DAILY we were able to perform the class without many
ROUTINE problems. Students in group A are participative,
23 2/ may A 3 USING https://youtu.be/IikzEAlkJ70 2: 14 but they are more introverted, and compared to
ADVERBS OF students in the other group they have a harder
FREQUENCY time understanding the exercises, which makes
them take more time to respond to activities.
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Today I have been very sick, I have had

24 3/ may B
tonsillitis. Today the doctor gave me incapacity.

At the beginning of the class was complicated by

internet connectivity, in Villavicencio, Medellin
and here (Aranzazu) is raining a lot. We finished
GOOD AND the class. Today I started with a game (dice
25 4/ may A 3 https://youtu.be/19eACRwle-4 2:00
BAD MANNERS game) and I finished the class with STOP game,
this helps the students relax a little and enjoy
the class. Today the topic was enjoyable,
students said they had learned new vocabulary.
Today's meeting was nothing new, attended by
GOOD AND 5 students. They participated very actively in
26 5/ may B 5 https://youtu.be/6MOJedqAJD0 2:00
BAD MANNERS each of the activities. With the theme: etiquette,
students learned new vocabulary.
Today only one student was present, Cristhian
called me before starting the class to excuse
himself because he is ill.

GOOD AND At the beginning of the class we had many

27 9/ may A 1 BAD MANNERS 1. https://youtu.be/8z79F4IMKmg 1:40 inconveniences, in Medelln it was raining. The
PART 2 2. https://youtu.be/UbW-Jeiv_qQ internet signal dropped frequently, then my
computer stopped working correctly. So after
several attempts I had to use another
computer, on the other computer I could not
record the class because the Tube catcher
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application did not work correctly. In spite of all
these inconveniences we managed to finish the
class. With the subject we had no
inconveniences but being only a student the
activities were developing more rapidly. I took
photos to have evidence that the class was
held.

Tonight there were many inconveniences.

Hernan lives in La Guajira, he tried several times
to enter the class but the signal of his internet in
his region was very bad, because it is raining a
lot there tonight. Carlos entered after 9 pm
GOOD AND
because he is late from work. The only student
BAD
28 10/may B 3 https://youtu.be/wc2ATxhmhB4 1:54 who managed to be throughout the class was
MANNERS
Patricia.
PART 2
The class theme was doing well, but finishing the
class my internet generated troubles, the
computer was blocked. I think that during this
practice the greatest achievement has been
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patience with technological resources as these
can fail when one least expects it.
Today we started the class by skype without any
problem but it arrived at a point where skype
was blocked, I went back to try the
communication and it was not possible. So we
decided to hold the meeting for Hangoust and
everything worked perfectly.

Today the class was very interesting, because we

TECHNOLOGY
1. https://youtu.be/zhbJBSRI4Pg talked about technology, we started with a
29 11/ may A 2 AND 2:00
2. https://youtu.be/mWAaTAYQS7s tongue twister and ended with a song, these
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strategies help the verbal fluency, as well as
being fun for the challenge that implies for us as
students. Today was the last class with these
students, they expressed their sadness but also
joy to finish these meetings, although the
classes were held in a tiring schedule they stated
that the diversity of activities made classes
interesting and fun.
Today the class was fun but a little stressful
with the students, because they were stressed
because this weekend we have to deliver many
https://youtu.be/fxOrSMYZiy4 jobs, so they had the same joy as always, but
we were able to perform the class without
major inconveniences.
TECHNOLOGY
30 12/may B 3 AND 2:08 It was a wonderful experience, but with a lot of
INVENTIONS sacrifice. The truth, I always ask myself: how do
I respond to everything ?, I do not understand, I
made of time the most valuable during this
practice. Today I have a happiness because I
finished the practice with many inconveniences
during the process, because of the weather and
the connectivity, but I was able to finish, but also
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sad because these practices were joyful and I
enjoyed every encounter.

The problem of guiding online classes is that as

a teacher you limit the use of some audios, for
example, I used the song "thinking out loud" and
you tube blocked the video, I do not try to make
money with those resources, I used the Music
because it is a good strategy to improve fluency.

SPEAKING
FINAL
EXAM: Cristhian:
Describing a https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAg9evMK8-U
31 6/ may A 3 place using Betsy Estefana: https://youtu.be/C25cSKlvZc4 In general, pronunciation was slightly unclear at
adjectives in Juliana: https://youtu.be/Q7eTGz81mbM times, but overall was understandable. Speech
the correct Nidia: was slow; often hesitant and irregular. They had
order a few grammar mistakes when speaking.

The video was presented in mp3 format but was

Speaking Carmen: https://youtu.be/iv6hLJLJ1zI
only 3 to 4 minutes long. The background had
final exam: Diana Patricia: https://youtu.be/tyhnUuNHOTA
some of the specifications asked in the
Jorge Andres: https://vimeo.com/216916700
Describing a guideline.
Herbert:
32 8/may B 5 place using Carlos:
adjectives in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0h4JMq_GPkE
the correct Andrea: https://youtu.be/wrNqOl-G2Rk
order Hernan: mp4