Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción

Facultad de Educación

Pedagogía en Educación Media en Inglés

MDD 1

Teacher: Carolina Rojas.

Course: Teaching Practice Experience 1

Students: Rocío Muñoz J.

María Lagos L.

Date: 28/09/14.

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Lesson Title:

Grade Level: Second semester.

UCSC Supervisor: Carolina Rojas

Supervisor Signature: ______________________________________

Mentor Teacher: Paula Morales

Teacher Signature: ______________________________________

I. CONTEXTUAL FACTORS

MDD Standard

The teacher candidate collects data regarding the institutional and classroom

contexts, the characteristics of the pupils as a group and its diversity, using this

information to plan and deliver instruction.

1. Community in which the school is located and/or serves, municipality or

owner and school factors: Below, describe the geographic location, community

and school population, socioeconomic profile, and race/ethnicity.

1 Adapted to the MDD standards and tasks from based the document Level II

Teacher Work Sample. University of Northern Iowa, Level 2 of the UNI Teacher

Education Professional Sequence.

The university is located near a main road between Talcahuano and Concepción.

The University belongs to the CRUCH. This university has 6.100 students and 800

teachers. UCSC is a traditional one that is why there is a wide range of students with

scholarships, in other words most of the students come from middle class families.

The institution works under Christian values. The facilities consist of labs, a library,

wifi access, gym, extra programmatic classes, medical assistance, and a cafeteria,

among other things. As the university has interchange programs there are some

foreign students in the institution and some students from different ethnic groups.

1.1. How These Factors May Impact My Lessons: Explain specific ways that

these factors may impact your lesson topics, teaching strategies, assessment

techniques, etc.

Taking into account the geographic location of students, the lessons topics will be

based upon their daily life and their cultural background. Furthermore, these

factors will have an impact in the lesson in the sense that not all the students

have the same previous knowledge. Another point is that not all of the students

use the target language in their daily lives, so the use of the teaching strategies

are used to explain the contents in an easier manner (miming, visual aids, drilling,

etc).

2. Student Characteristics and Their Instructional Implications: Below, describe

how two student characteristics you observed in your student (e.g., gender,

race/ethnicity, interests, and student skill levels) might impact the way you instruct

those students. For example, your planning, motivation, management, or

assessment. For each example of the student characteristic, give a specific

instructional implication that will influence how you plan and implement your

instruction.

2.1 Description of First Characteristic of Student(s) in this Class:

In terms of student’s skill level, they are not used to use the English language as a

second one. They are not accustomed to some English words, expressions and

grammar structures. Besides, they have some difficulties and misunderstandings

about the phonetic pronunciation of some words.

2.1.1 How This Characteristic Will Impact my Lesson:

According to these characteristics, the teaching of vocabulary explanation is based

on these teaching strategies: realia (objects from real life using in education),

miming, visual aids and drilling (for the correct pronunciation of words). The purpose

of these activities are used in order to make easy the student`s understanding and

class activities.

2.2 Description of Second Characteristic of Students in this Class:

According to the student`s interests, they are studying physical education, so the

teacher has adapted the contents related with their profession. The teacher has

considered that another kind of topics will not be interested for them. So, she gets

them motivated in order to achieve a complete understanding and learning process.

2.2.1 How This Characteristic Will Impact my Lesson:

The topics that will be motivating for them are sports, a healthy life, and sedentary

lifestyle, among others. Students will be engaged with the class and will be easy for

us to get the student`s attention, due to these topics are related to their daily lives.

3. Physical Aspects of the Classroom and Their Instructional Implications:

Below, describe how two physical aspects of the classroom you observed (e.g.,

posters, room arrangement, technology) might impact the way you instruct

students, for example, planning, motivation, management, or assessment. For

each example, give a specific instructional implication that will influence how you

plan and implement your instruction.

3.1 Description of First Physical Aspect:

At the beginning of the lesson the chairs are in lines, but then the chairs are rearrange

with the purpose of practice in the classroom.

3.1.1 How This Aspect Will Impact My Lesson:

With the new position of the chairs it is easier for students to communicate and practice

in groups and to move around. Also, having the chairs positioned in groups is an

advantage for the teacher, because it is also easier for her to move around in the

classroom in order to monitor students’ work and to provide feedback.

3.2 Description of Second Physical Aspect:

The presence of a computer and a projector in the classroom are very useful in order to

engage students’ attention. These implements are situated in the classroom with the

purpose to make the classes more dynamic.

3.2.1How This Aspect Will Impact My Lesson:

The computer has been used by the teacher to show an extract from a movie based on

daily routine. Also she uses it to play some conversations based on activities and daily

routine.

3. Reflects on the importance of knowing about students and the context to

provide quality teaching

As we have observed during this period, students’ background is a very important factor

to have in consideration when we plan. If we know their background we are going to

now their English level, the way that they learn, how many time they need to understand

and practice a new topic. All these factors must be taken into consideration if we want

our students to success.