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By writing a journal, facilitates the reflection that we should have after each class. Sometimes reflection is better through writing because we are able to check all the details and have useful changes for the next time.
ReplyDeleteBy writing a journal let's us to reflect on how I am doing the activities in class and if the students achieve the lessons goals it permits to review the strategies and the materials and think about if they are the most accurate
DeleteMy experience at the begining in the classroom students feel a litle shine because meeting new students and share idea know the problem level at the moment of the speaking but it is important know and learn how the students develop their ideas and environment in class.
DeleteTo organize contents of study and make it more productive and meaningful for learners it is pretty important to record advantages and lackness of activities , keeping tack of our teaching methods will contribute to improve teacher's performance, there are lots of tasks that work on better for students and difficult for other ones so we need to ask ourselves questions to overcome possible issues in the classroom and change the way we expected each lesson.
DeleteThe students develop writing skills, so they are able to write letters as another way of communication using the productive language.
ReplyDeleteJournals help creativity and encourage them to go ahead
Un diario nos posibilita a realizar mejor el trabajo siguiente, mejorando el desarrollo de aprendizaje de los estudiantes.
DeleteAl llevar un diario nos facilita la ardua tarea del docente,ya que llevamos un registro diario de nuestras actividades propuestas
DeleteQue por medio de este diario los estudiantes relatan sus aportes, experiencias y sus vivencias para que de está forma puedan asimilar su conocimiento en su vida diaria
ReplyDeleteBy writing a journal permits the reflection, identifies if the contents were significant also it gives the chance to remember learned vocavulary so increase their creativity and write their own thoughts also develop writing skill.
ReplyDeleteWhen we write a journal, it helps us to reflection about we should do better for the students can reach the desire knowledge.
ReplyDeletefor this reason for me is very important that after each class took account through a writing reflection about the details and techniques useful for the next class.
What happened?
ReplyDeleteStudents did poorly on a written exam even though they obviously understood and could respond to the activity when spoken to.
So what?
This was very significant because parents often look at tests to determine their child's progress.
Now what?
Plan speaking activities that integrate written skills as well.
I agree with you, some students can speak English but they can not write it, they do not have their parents help, because their parents have not learnt English.
DeleteAt first, I did a letter for each student in the class about the God´´ s supporting in his/her lives.
ReplyDelete5 years later, I met one student and showed me it, She said me. You were my favourite teacher in the higschool because this letter was the most beautiful things in my life when I needed some advise.
Third, That was the most memorable stage for me.
Throughout of the writing they can to express their feelings and this help them to develop the writing skill .
ReplyDeleteCuando los estudiantes escriben su diario ejercitan su mente recordando las cosas positivas y negativas reflecionan sobre el mismo
ReplyDeleteWriting a journal is necessary for reflecting ourselves. Journals help us to remember what did we do in class, and what happened at the end of this.
ReplyDeleteWas it significant? How can I improve my knowledges the next class?
Hi,
ReplyDeleteFirst at all, writing a journal allows teacher to think about all the aspects. I mean possitive, negative and unexpected situations that coul occur during their classes. Also, it helps teacher to redo their plans to improve students' skills. Because the most important objective to be aimed is student's development.
By journaling I could reflect on the possitive and negative points of my teaching routine, I would be able to foresee possible troubles thus prepare a "Plan B" just in case, and I would also identify the reaction of my students when trying a different activity.
ReplyDeleteis very significant to write a journal, it makes remember what we did in the past to think in the future.
ReplyDeleteStudents are able to develop productive skills by writing.
ReplyDeleteWriting a Journal is a good way of express feelings, ideas and thoughts improving their level of English.
What? My students were engaged in a pair activity about making promises to their partners' problems, and they wanted to continue talking.
ReplyDeleteSo what? Real life topics encourage oral participations.
Now what? I have to give more time to the flluent use, and make group work
What’s a new idea that you got by journaling?
Topics for speaking lessons should be related to students' lives.
Writing a journal can express their feeling. It heps to use vocabulary and new words so it makes easy to develop the writing skill
ReplyDeleteBy writing a journal I feel more commitment of what I did, if this went wrong or right,
ReplyDeleteit serves me to evaluate myself, ask for suggestions to improve my teaching techniques and not make the same mistake again.
I thought the alphabet: I write it on the board and after I encourage students to practice the pronunciation after me, then I sing the alphabet song and ask them to do the same, the result was wonderful, students were really motivated and memorized the song and in the next class we worked a "spelling game", and they really have learnt. In future classes I woul'd try to improve my class using flash cards with the letters of the alphabet instead write them on the board.
ReplyDeleteA journal let us analyze our job during the lesson, it means the possitive and negative aspects that we should keep or change next time. It lets us to think beyond in our class, to know our students' strengths and next time we will carry activities based on that strengths.
ReplyDeleteExcellent activity. By writing a journal permits the reflection, identifies if the contents were significant also it gives the chance to remember learned vocavulary so increase their creativity and write their own thoughts also develop writing skill.
ReplyDeleteFrom my own point of view, I consider that writing a journal allows the teacher to become more reflective and at the same time value the effort that put in practice through the teaching process. This kind of strategy will keep the teacher improving the activities that perform in each class, at the same time the teacher will be aware of what things are going wrong and how he/she can change them to help the students within the process.
ReplyDeleteIt allows to have a clear idea about positive and negative aspects during the class and
ReplyDeletewhat alternatives can be used to obtain the desired results.
un diario, es una muy buena estrategia para estimular la escritura, y plasmar los pensamientos críticos sobre sucesos de las clases.
ReplyDeleteEl escribir en el diario es útil para reconocer nuestras debilidades en ciertos temas para mejorar la próxima vez
ReplyDeleteA teacher should always use a journal. It help me to keep in mind thing a that I need to elaborate, meetings to attend to. Indeed, new ideas to implement in my class. And of course reflect on my teaching practice.
ReplyDeleteI am agree with that as professors during our teaching practice we can see different events in the classroom with our students at the beginning, during and at the end of the class. After each class as educators need to make a deeply analysis about our teaching and improve our teaching every single day.
DeleteA journal is a good strategy to recognize our negative or positive things that we need to change in order to get better next time. At the same time, students can apply this activity to better their wrting and learn new vocabulary as well they can become more crtical thinkers.
ReplyDeleteThe guys develop writing skills, so they are able to write essays or letter as another way of communication using the productive language.
ReplyDeleteBy writing a journal we can start with gratitude and appreciation for everything happening in our life. A journal help us reflect what we did in the past and think in the future.
ReplyDeleteWriting a journal makes us reflect on how we prepare our class, what we use in that class, the mistakes we made in that class. And we think about the future so that my mistakes do not happen to us and the class is better
ReplyDeleteTHE BEST EXPERIENCE IS TO REALIZE THAT MOTIVATION IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THE TEACHING PROCESS AND ALLOWS ME THAT MY STUDENTS UNDERSTAND ME IN A BETTER WAY.
ReplyDeleteWE SHOULD WRITE A JOURNAL IN ORDER TO REMEMBER HOW TO ARRIVE WITH THE MESSAGE IN A MORE PRACTICAL WAY.
When we write a journal, it helps us to reflection about we should do better for the students can reach the desire knowledge.
ReplyDeletefor this reason is very important that after each class we write about the details and techniques useful for the next class.
Every teacher should write a journal at the end of the lesson because it will allow us to realize in the progress of our students. Most of the time we can't reach the objectives of our planning for different reasons, so we have to reflect in what we did or what we did not do, and try to apply other methodolody or other techniques that facilitate us to motivate our students learn and produce in English.
ReplyDeleteWriting a journal helps us to think on what and how we did it. It also is important for reflecting on how we can improve aour work.
ReplyDeleteWriting a journal is very useful because this way we can reflect about the activities that work and do not work in our classes, also of this way we can think about a better way to aplly the strategies we decide to use
ReplyDeletewriting a journal this is a good way.
ReplyDeleteI liked a class when I organize a game with flash cards of food. They draw and cut them. It was fantastic.
ReplyDeleteIn my point of view, we can use journals at the beginning of class. Students like to write about their vacations or beautiful moments. When they feel tired or bored we can read again journals.
I think a journal is a very good strategy to stimulate writing, and to know critical thoughts about class events. for this reason for me is very important that our students can develop writing skills, so they are able to write essays, letters or paragraphs as other way of communication.
ReplyDeletein the other hand for me by journaling I could reflect about the possitive and negative points of my teaching routine, and maybe remember my mistakes to improve every day
The significant moment of my class was that my students surprised me when they spoke in English a topic about the food pyramid, it was incredible because they developed the skill of speech, good preparation was evident.
ReplyDeletePlan activities that allow them to develop writing, speaking, and reading skills to improve learning
By journaling I can achieve many things. First of all, I can make a self evaluation of my class, through this journal I can analize what really happened in my class, I can see if my students really achieved my goal, then I can see what were the reasons students did not achieved the goal and finally I can see what can I do to improve my class and reach the objective with my students. A journal really helps me to know what things I have to improve.
ReplyDeleteWrite a type of teacher diary of each class and make a clonclusions to the end.
ReplyDeleteA new idea that I got by journaling it is I can keep my memories to improve my teaching. I can be a better teacher for my students.
ReplyDeleteJournals let students engage in the learning process because they will develop and improve the quality of their writing skills. Also when students write journals they allow them to use a high order thinking it means that pupils are able to think about past activities or events and write about them by using their own words , and in this way they develop their critical thinking skills in an analytical form.
ReplyDeleteWhen we write a journal as an enriching experience, I can say that the student develops the ability to write, their thoughts and how to improve their skill to communicate with each other. so that this becomes a motivating situation and the student wants to continue experimenting in the next class process. On the other hand, the student can express his ideas, his feelings, being thoughtful, critical, it is a good technique.
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What happened?
Students had to work collaboratively to practice some grammar exercises . They finished their "individual" work saying "I'm done" "I finish it". I had told them that the evaluation would be for the group. They had to make sure that everyone understood how to use the grammar. At the end I chose one student for each group ramdomly and his/her score was the oficial mark for the entire group.
So what?
This was very significant for them, because they understood team work. If one fails the team will fail. If one knows the champions will be each member of the group.
Now what?
I chose a coordinator to make sure everyone understands the exercises. The corrdinator must register in a piece of paper if each student is able to be evaluated representing the group.
Writing a jornal is a good idea to propose solutions, new creative ideas in the way.
I consider students develop writing skills. Journals help them to create something new in different and creatively ways and encourage them to go ahead. , so they are able to write different activities as another way of communication.
ReplyDeleteI consider journal writing a good Teaching Technique to promote reflection; you can write down your thoughts, and feelings, for the purpose of self-analysis and self-discovery.
ReplyDeleteAfter reflected why my students do not speak English. I just want to cry. I want to be a good teacher for them. But, I need to speak all the time in English. I will forget spanish. I won't understand spanish. I will give a lot of activities for producing language during the class.
ReplyDeleteWriting a journal allow to notice mistakes and find the best way to correct them
ReplyDeleteWell, in one of my classes(7th) about a supermaket:
ReplyDeleteWhat? I assumed that all my students had visited the supermarket but it turns out that only 2 out of 14 had been there before.
So what? I had to quickly find a couple of videos about how a supermarket is ...
Now what? I ask the previous class or I have some supporting material or I register it as possible problems.
* A journal is a memory aid and self-reflection tool that allows us to capture moments, significant situations to analyze from our perspective or share them to receive feedback from our colleagues. It is an excellent exercise, not only for our classes but at any time in our lives.
In the journal we can reflection, and identify if the contents were significant and the students develop writing skill.
ReplyDeleteWriting a journal is useful because it helps to reflect on teaching in order to improve teaching practices.
ReplyDeleteEscribir un diario de ko q sucede en una clase, es una gran udea ya q este permitirá refeccionar y corregir los errores, de aquello que pasó.
ReplyDeleteHi again, having a journal is a powerful strategy for teaching practices and improvement. It also allows to be aware of the process, and how or whether this is affecting Ss. And thus would be remarkable for further lessons planning.
ReplyDeleteReflection has to be a permanent process for teachers because allow us a continuous progress identifying mistakes and looking for solutions for the sake of our students. Personally, I had never taken into consideration to write my professional experiences and reflections, but now I consider this will be a wonderful strategy for enhancing my teaching practice.
ReplyDeleteWhat? It offers a variety of benefits, from enhancing your writing skills and helping you retain information to allowing you to express your thoughts on new ideas.
ReplyDeleteSo what? Students learn and communicate best in different ways.
Now what? It should apply other methodolody or other techniques that facilitate us to motivate our students learn and produce in English. It could will allow to continue to move forward with a positive outlook for the future.
Writing a journal allows us to have a clear idea about the positive and negative aspects during class and
ReplyDeletewhat alternatives can be used to obtain the desired results with our students.
A new idea is when before the class or some topic you came understood learning in class So, students can practice skills like writing, listening, reading and speaking and eeach student can recognize streght or weaknesses. Definitely is a good idea where students can do and improve each day for theirs life.
ReplyDeleteHello, having a journal is a way to improve my way of teaching because so I can know my progress
ReplyDeleteControlling our effective learning activities applied in classess must be through a jornal. Good recommendation. Be sure I wil appy it.
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DeleteWriting a journal is really useful .Last time I was thinking about how to teach to read in english. So I started to teach phoninc about short and long vowels and consonants ,reading words with the different sound phonics and diferents diagraphs ,my little children are doing better their reading now .It makes me very happy.
ReplyDeleteBy writing a journal I could realize that the success of my classes are when I start with a dynamic and me as a teacher, I am in a good mood, I engage my students easily in the topic of the class. I believe, it has been the most important part, to keep connection with my students.
ReplyDeleteIf I don't have good relationship with my students the class does not work on like I hope.
Furthermore, when I present the new topic of the class in an interesting way, with examples according their environment, students solve the activities, and me as a teacher monitor them, and help them, I get excellent resoults.
From me , The most important aspect of reflective journal writing is to encourage student to begin to think about their own thinking. it also transfers the responsibilities of self-appraisal and understanding the elements of quality work from the teacher to the student
ReplyDeleteFor me, writing a journal is a very important task because you develop critical thinking with your students. Students need to learn to develop critical thinking and not only memory. Besides making reflection thought writing let them to check grammar structures and punctuation,and they correct themselves to do a better task the next time.
ReplyDeleteWriting a jounal can help us how the students are with their knowledge because they must use gramatical structures to show some activities that they doing in the past, then students can remember different detail about their own lives. This is an Amazon activities for the students.
ReplyDeleteHi everyone, regarding to What, So What, and Now What, I have an experience that I will share you.
ReplyDeleteIt happened 2 weeks ago when we started to work on line due to the health emergency. so I posted by whatsapp the activities, I di not write any word in Spanish I mean the instructions. Then student refused to write in Spanish, they are first year students. So I decided to give instruction in English and simultaneous in Spanish, they understood so clear the instructions. I did the same with IB students, I directed the activities explaining in English and Spanish, they refused me, they told me why you write in Spanish if we are learning English? I got surprised and I decided to select students of which year need English and Spanish instructions and who only English.
WHAT: English instructions to everybody
SO WHAT: Students from first year were not able to understand the instructions.
NOW WHAT: I have to be selective and give instructions according to the students level.
To have a reflecting helps teacher to give an essential class and if we try with students it's easier for them to recognize that went well and what did not go well.
ReplyDeleteJournaling, I consider that it is very important to reflect on our activities. Also it is useful to take notes some important facts and then speak good or bad moments.
ReplyDeleteWell, I have learnt that journaling is an excellent technique to write notes about our daily work at school; it is a kind of reflection, which is very important, necessary and essential to improve day to day in class.
ReplyDeleteStudents were paying attention to the class and participating activately too. Some students seemed confused but when they worked in the activities they could do exercises as well. It is necessary to encourage students each moment in the class, because they don't like speak English.
ReplyDeleteFor me it is an excellent technique to write a journal because it helps to practice the new vocabulary throught some strategies that are necessary to communicate between the students and learn more and have knowledge.
ReplyDeleteWriting a journalist can express their emotions and feelings and It helps to use new words to that the students can develop writing skill so I can reach the objective with the students.
ReplyDeleteLaura Tapia. Write a journal is a good activity, it helps us to identify the good and bad things that happened in the class and encourage students to work in a team and share this opinions.
ReplyDeleteWriting a journalist is a good technique because it helps me to express my worries and try to use new strategies , new methods for communicating in a real way so the students can learn more.
ReplyDeleteBy writing a journal can help me to really reflect on my teaching experience especially when something goes wrong, and what can I do is write down the ideas to improve the situation.
ReplyDeleteI consider that it allows to know what happened at the beginning , middle and final classm in order to reflect and replan strategies, methods and activities to come by our objective.
ReplyDeleteIt's necessary yo write a journal after a class if I want to improve in my classes. Because this will allow me to realize where I should improve ir my class wasn't productive
ReplyDeleteWriting a journal is a good strategy to analyze and reflect on our mistakes, which will guide us to find new methods, methodological strategies that we may not be using correctly.
ReplyDeleteWriting a journal makes us reflect and analize on how we prepare our class, what we use in that class, the mistakes we made in that class, and we think about the future so that my mistakes do not happen to us and the class is better.
ReplyDeleteIt is very important that you write your diary as this will demonstrate the emotional feelings that each of our students feel
ReplyDeleteThe new idea I get after write a journal is to put approximate time for each activity. Also, thinking in dynamic active which can participate the most of the students
ReplyDeleteWhat...play with my students
ReplyDeleteSo what....any students are shy and dont like partipate...
Now what....partipate with a classmate. This classmate help me to they practice the lesson or game
The good thing about journaling is that we can keep a record about how classess are going, so after a certain period of time we can check it and reflect about what has happened since then. Therefore, it will help to analyze if the situation has changed or not, if students have improved or not and based on this analysis we as teachers can look for strategies to make learning significant.
ReplyDeleteThe advantage about journaling is that we learn from our mistakes since we can take in count some difficulties that we have had in the development of the lesson. Thus, based on the analysis and reflection from this journal we can look for better methods to improve the teaching process.
ReplyDeletewriting a newspaper helps us keep a record of what we have done in class and what were our shortcomings, how we can improve and what to do to understand and reach the student.
ReplyDeleteWrite a journal is a good way to practice writing, grammar, vocabulary, help us to obtain more information about our students.
ReplyDeleteWriting the journal I remembered the students' faces and the positive and negative moments of the class that I will need to improve next time, specially my weakness.
ReplyDeleteWriting a journal let us to see the strengh and the weakness we have in every class and the behaviour of our students to our methodology included in every planning. In that way is is going to be easier for us reflecting on what do we have to include in every class and what do we have to improve. Getting better results in the preforms of the next lessons. It is essencial to use this technique as teachers at the end of every performing. The benefits in the process of teaching -learning English Language will be enormous gettin in that way induct to our students use the English language on their productive skills.
ReplyDeleteIt is a good idea to write a journal in this way we can reflect and change the things that are not working as we expect in each class. It give us the chance to evaluate ourselves on what we can do in a better way to help our students.
ReplyDeleteFor me Writing a journal is for reflecting indispensable. Journals help us to remember what did we do in class, how did it, and what happened at the end of the class.
ReplyDeleteWas it significant? How can I improve my class by the next time?
I prefer to summarize my new idea according my last taught class like this: By writing a journal help us to reflect in what we as teachers are making a mistake in our classrooms. When we are conscious of the way how we getting to the students, perceiving when the class was significant for them so, it is known by everybody that our main challenge is improving every days
ReplyDeleteHi. I think that a journal is a good strategy to use in class. I remember the last class. I taught action verbs.
ReplyDeleteI gave them a list of verbs with pictures in orden that they can identify them quicly.
We act each verb and they notice that we do the actions eberyday.
The students use this information to describe their daily routine.
It's very important that students reflecting, I always work with this.
ReplyDeleteI think that is a good tool to make better the comprehension because in some cases the students have questions about the topic.
ReplyDeleteGood strategy will keep the teacher improving the activities that perform in each class, at the same time the teacher will be aware of what things are going wrong and how he/she can change them to help the students within the process.
ReplyDeleteI consider that writing a journal allows the teacher to become more reflective and at the same time value the effort that put in practice through the teaching process and improve the vocabulary.
Writing the journal I discover a lot of new ideas that I could have used in the class! It was good but it could have been much better with a better planning
ReplyDeleteas many teachers these days, I had mu 1st experience teaching by zoom, I have to say I am still in the process. What? what I did was to prepare material in PPT, listenings, some videos, etc. It was all the time a participative class, students seemed to be shy, or just they pretended they lost connection or so. Yet, a few students were really motivated. Now what? I guess I can use the experience to do better with more strategies , such us, working in small groups, and create conversations or tell each other examples. Trial and error,,,, that´s it.
ReplyDeleteIt's a good strategy to use a journal in class because students are motivated. By wtiting a journal students are able to develop their skills, they can write their feelings using
ReplyDeletenew Vocabulary.
Mediante un diario la tarea del docente facilita el proceso de enseñanza aprendizaje
DeleteStudents are able to develop Productive Skills by Writing.
ReplyDeleteWriing a Journal is a good way to express ideas, through to improving their level in this Area, practicing into small group conversations telling each other.
My experience in class is fun, because my students posted diferents videos in an aplication named tik tok , they sing in english , dance, say jokes , act etc etc , this experience was really awesome.
ReplyDeleteWell, on my experience taking notes about the bad, the good and the ugly things for applying or not in a class year after year, help us to improve a lot. If we talk with our colleagues or share information about the highlighted strategies they apply into the classroom they could be useful and meaningful, too. We are not tied to work only with the public book. We have to be creative at the moment of planning our class.
ReplyDeleteA journal helps us reflect on what we should do better so that students can achieve the desired knowledge.
ReplyDeleteSo it is very important that after each class the details are written to improve techniques to use in class.
Every students needs apply this strategy to learn english, because, when they analyse something, they can retain more known in their brains. when they answer questions how: why?, when?, who?, or now what?, what can i do? how a can solve it?. their minds work 100%.
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ReplyDeleteBy journaling I reflected about the strategies and methodoloty I'm using and that I have to change a couple of them.
ReplyDeleteThe journal let to remember the activities made in class in order to know the positive and negative aspects of its, after through the reflection we can help our students and improve or classes.
ReplyDeleteWriting a journal is important to let the students think and write the ideas with a correct sequency and coherence and avoid writing illogical things.
ReplyDeleteA journal can be an excellent tool for our selfevaluation. We can understand how our classes have been. If we can find some things that didn't go well we can plan in a different way. We can reflect carefully in our teaching and according to this do a feedback on it.
ReplyDeleteFor me a journal is new idea because permits express their feeling too this is a good way for increase the vocabulary and learn more and have Knowledge.
ReplyDeleteDear instructor,
ReplyDeleteIt is interesting to write a journal as a new habit. It allows us to realize if our and exercises planned for class did work or did not. In fact, we will be able to keep, improve or change some aspects or all the activities when it is necessary.
Best regards,
Saula A. Ordóñez Avila
Write a journal is a fantastic idea whit this the students going to practice writing. when the students analyze something they can retain more known in their brains.
ReplyDeleteWhen writing the journal allows us to meditate and see errors, to apply new strategies.
ReplyDeleteWriting a journal helps us to reflect about the activities that work and do not work in our clases, aplly the strategies and to achieve proposed goals.
ReplyDeleteWriting lets us to describe our thinkings and feeling and if we make a mistake we can learn to improve the.
ReplyDeleteI remember when students say they understood everything I say. This is graceful.
aki estaran todos los aspectos positivos que debemos reforzar y negativos que debemos superar para lograr una educacion inclusiva
ReplyDeleteReflection is very important in order to obtain real knowledge into students mains, when they interiorized new vocabulary and become it into completed sentences. The process was use flashcards and play a game to guess o describe the new words, listen to and check in pairs the correct pronunciation.
ReplyDeleteThey enjoyed work in pairs or groups.
Reflection stage is one of the best part of our teaching practice. We have to ask questions about our class to notice what were the strenghts and weaknesses to improve and get better outcomes. Using journals to reflect help us to focus on the students needs and reality.
ReplyDeleteWhen the students write down their journal, they expresses their feelings about how did they get the activity and show us if the activity was well done or if we have to reflect it and try to be better in order the students learn
ReplyDeleteA journal is very important in the teacher's work to ask how my classes were with the students, that I missed something that did not go as planned, it would be to self-assess my knowledge and then answer the question.
ReplyDeleteWhat happened?
I am missing something in the planning that I did not comply
And that?
What should I increase or decrease in my planning
Now what?
Plan activities where students' abilities are integrated
When I wrote a Journal I can notice that it facilitate the reflections that I had after class because I was able to check almost all details and it can help me change the things that don't work good and for the next time improve them.
ReplyDeleteIf we apply with the students they can Express their emotions and feelings and Also help them to develop writing skill.
ReplyDeleteThinking about things that happen in the class can be quiet stressful. But I really like the three point process. It keeps everything simple and to the point.
This is a problem that I was facing 2 months ago in my classes (note: I give private classes, so it's a bit different than in a school setting) and my solution was actually to put them into groups!
-WHAT-
The students were being very quite, became obviously bored in class and disengaged halfway through the lesson. Some even attempted to get a quick cat nap.
-SO WHAT-
Maybe it happened because of the topics and activities
Maybe because they were only focused on the teacher and felt like they weren't accomplishing anything in the class.
-NOW WHAT-
Maybe next time I can explain our lesson topic in a quick 15 minute segment.
Maybe I can divide them into groups.
Maybe I can work with each group one at a time as the other groups do activities.
Maybe I can move their desks so they are facing each other instead of the teacher.
When I write a journal, it help me to analyze and reflecting on the work. what am I doing in my english class. It is right or wrong. what should I do to improve and how to better motivate students and challenge them to make oral participations and thus they can achieve the desired knowledge.
ReplyDeleteDear all,
ReplyDeleteIn my personal opinion, I consider that writing a journal allows teachers to reflect and analyze about the activities performed in class. Additionally, it helps teachers to have a wide vision about the results obtained in each lesson; moreover, to assess the whole class, it includes their development, students’ development and the results of the class. Consequently, journal will allow us to modify, when necessary, the way how the class is carried out.
- Miryam V. Ordóñez
As a teacher, journal is a good way to allow us to see our failures and that we need to improve in order to be better for our students .
ReplyDeleteStudents can apply this strategy to better their learning.
Journaling makes me take time to figure out the hits or recognize the unsuccessful activities as a teacher. It gives me the opportunity to correct and improve my lesson plans in benefit of my students.
ReplyDeleteWhat?
ReplyDeleteThe last class I taught was about "How to write a persuasive essay" Because writing is sometimes challenging for students
What happened?
-I started asking them how do they do to persuade their parents to go out.
- Students felt comfortable sharing the personal strategies they use (It was ok).
- I explained that the same happened with persuasive essays, their purpose was to convince an audience. I had to explain what an audience was (students's faces said it was not clear enough).
-I gave some examples and drawa mind map on the board to clarify the concept and what we should include in the essay (It went better that time).
-Students identified the identified the prts of the essay.
-Students created their own mind map before writing.
Now what?
I feel that the next time I should give my students a list of vocabulary or expressions that they can use when writing their essays. I could also use sampling as an strategy for help my students to improve their writing skills.
Journal reflection is a good strategy to help teacher to impreve their teaching practice.
For me, the most important thing was the relationship with the students third BGU. I feel nervous when I started the new school year. I don't feel confident about writing in front of them, In the other hand , I must find it easly to related with them in class, but a little bit they understood a lot more at the end of the term test.
ReplyDeleteJournal is a strategy which allows interactivo the ideas with our students
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ReplyDeleteThe most significant moment in my life was two years ago.
What Happened?
Well, I used to work with third senior high school, in the course there were two women students who do not like the English, they used to say “It does not like, but we will make a great endeavor for achieving the activities” That situation always hit my head for months.
So what?
Then, in a sharp break on November I found the students singing some current songs in English. Immediately, I spoke them about the cultural week which is carried out in the high school every year, and I asked them if they are interested in singing those songs in public. They thoughtlessly say “YES”. When the day take place they song astonishing, their pronunciation was perfect which caught everybody attention. That moment was the most significant moment in my life as English Teacher. Nevertheless, this situation is broadly linked with the theory of multiple intelligences by Howard Gardner focused in musical intelligence. From this experience I learnt that some students own unique abilities and they can give surprises in any moment.
Now what?
In the future I will evaluate better to each student with the objective of discover for what things they can do for being motivate to learn English.
By writing a journal as a teacher allows to reflect in our failures and fix them up and obviously it shows the possibility of not to making again the same mistakes.
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ReplyDeleteThe reflections around our daily activities allow us to carry out an analysis of how the class process developed and to evaluate ourselves, we can ask ourselves: What did I do at that time? What will I do in the next class? Now what strategies should I consider ?, since we are afraid to teach when we do not feel prepared or do not define how to continue, but when we do not know the level of English that the students can maintain.
ReplyDeleteMost of my classes the students come with poor vocabulary levels, specially students from rural schools. This make me sometimes not to reach my goals on my class plan, because I have to go back or take more time on the students who stay behind.
ReplyDeleteNow What?
In the future I start thinking to given them an extra time and points to those students who are using the online english platform for vocabulary learning. How is that? It is very simple. They have to find a least 5 vocabulary word of the last class with the meaning of each word, then, they have to reply in the class with pictures or draws to see if the others students can guess.
What?
ReplyDeleteJournals is an excellent activity in order that students can be engaged and tell for example their problems.
Students in a singular class, worked on an activity about problems inside home , and everyboody were sincere and wanted to talking a lot.
So what?
When students are facing problems at home and feel the empathy and understanding from the teachers and they are bond with students, so they can relate problems by means of journals about family topics are motivated and willing to participate.
Now what?
I have to pay more attention and take out time in order to listen and encourage them to
talk in a fluent way and prepare a speaking plan that take into account written skills as well
new ideas that they got by means journaling?
Journals for speaking and writtent lessons should be related to students' lives.
Journal is one of the best estrategies for using in class, it let you make an own feedback of your class, how it was developed, what was wrong and what was right, or which activity didn't fit in the class.
ReplyDeleteWell, sometimes students feel embarrassed and they do not want to speak when the teacher asks. By writing a journal Students will be able to develop not only writing skill but use of grammar, reading comprehension too.
ReplyDeleteWriting a journal is for students and also teachers a really good way of express feelings, interests, and thoughts while we are improving our English.
by writing a journal, it helps me analyze how my lessons objectives were reached or expected in arespective ways.
ReplyDeleteWriting a journal helped me remember activities in which students participate in an existential way. For them the most important thing is to talk about their own problems. Example: home problems, drugs, unwanted pregnancies. Situation that encourages them to continue treating the subject with due interest.
ReplyDeleteBy writing a journal let's us to reflect on how I am doing the teaching process and if the students are achieving the lessons goals, due to it will permit to review the strategies and the materials and think about if they are working well.
ReplyDeleteWhat? make a video about preparing a meal. so what? the students thought that they were not able to record and to be able to speak for fear of being wrong they learned to use tic's and when seeing their work I saw on their faces that nothing is impossible. Now what? I don't know yet it could be sparking interest in his abilities.
ReplyDeleteWriting a journal is reflecting about What?, How? and For what? teaching
ReplyDeleteWhat? Motivated to my students to participate and understand the new vocabulary
So what? I wasn't enough clear in the explain the theme, probably I didn't use the resources necesaries for this activity
Now what? Planning activities that involucre the participation which developing their skills in a context to the reality
Now what?
By writing a journal allows teachers to identify positive and negative things in the classrooms. It is useful because you as a teacher can improve the activities, estrategies and methods to apply in the lessons. In one of my classes I was teaching Simple Present Tense. Example:
ReplyDeleteWhat? I taught Simple Preent Tense.
So What? The students got bored because I focused just in grammar. The students did not practice in class. They worked alone just writing sentences and applying rules. In my point of view my lesson was not good.
Now What? Now I prepare my classes with a communicative aproach because if I want my students learn a new language they have to practice and communicate. I teach grammar and vocabulary with a communicative purpose.
Journaling is an active and creative tool for teachers because it gives a hand to explore students' thoughts and feelings sorrounding the events of their lives.
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Pupils are sometimes afraid to speak in public. so it is a big opportunity to show their emotions and express most of the time some troubles that are facing and avoid to share us face to face.
So what?
On the othet hand, It is a big chance to unburden since this person doesn't have a support from family or at school and this person feels alone . Nobody who can trust. As teacher needs to take part in everything not only in lesson but in pupils' daily life.
Now what?
From my own experience , I always ask students to write five lines of journal each week in order to know how are their working, their expectation, facing troubles, and try to get involved in students' life more often.
ReplyDeleteThrough these issues, students relate their contributions, their experiences so that in this way they can assimilate their knowledge in their daily life.
I think that write a journal is very hepful because I can take notes about what happen in my class, what happen with my students, Did they learn any thing this day? The class was interesting for them. I can reflect about some aspects I can do in the next classes and aspects I can't do again
ReplyDeleteWriting a journal is a great tool to identify the mistakes that teachers made in the class adn also it helps to reflect what was good or what was bad. Finally, this strategy will help next classes.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with all who were mentining a writing a journal, because journaling can help a lot. Even it can make us to be better teachers by reflectioning we become better at all what we do.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was teaching simple present I got some problems making students understand the grammar and what time refers this tense.
ReplyDeleteWhat.
Some students did not understand the tense even
So what.
They got confused with present continuous.
Now what.
I will have to include imagen referente the tense and other pictures regarding present continuous.
Escribir un diario, me permite identificar cuales son las debilidades de mi clase, esto me ayudará a mejorar las próximas clases.
ReplyDeletewrite a journal teacher for can identify positive and negative things in the class.
ReplyDeleteit is very important because you can improve the activities, estrategies and methods to apply in the lessons. In one of my classes I was teaching the verb to be . Example:
What? I speak a lot and only write in the board .....and my students were vey boring . I don't practice with my students and also never organice in group for practice
So What? The students got bored because I focused just in grammar. The students did not practice in class. They worked alone just writing sentences and applying rules.
Now What? Now I think that I preparing my class in form tha involved to all students and They can parctice this lessons because I practice mis class forming in short groups for practice your speaking tour listening and your writing
Writing a journal can help techers to develop better skills. I mean, teachers learn from mistakes. That is the purpose of a journal. You analize and do a reflection on your recent class to find the mistakes commited by yourself so that the method and strategies applied in the previous class will be improve in the next one. The questions WHAT, SO WHAT, NOW WHAT are specific questions that help to get specific asnwers with regard to the mean problem.
ReplyDeleteWhat happened?
ReplyDeleteStudents had problems when the apply for the FCE TEST to get their B2 certificate.
So what?
The FCE tests have a high level of complex so Ss can fail at the end of the sufficiency program, because of their lower performance not many people can get their real certificate.
Now what?
We must plan to work with different FCE MOCK TEST so that Ss can get acquainted with the format, techniques and strategies to solve and aprove this kind of examinations.
Reflective or learning journals are considered to be one of the most common strategies employed because of the practical utilization. They have mainly been utilized in different study fields.
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ReplyDeleteWHAT? I was doing an information gap activity. Student A had information like: name, age, hometown, occupation, etc and student B had to ask information questions. All students were working on the activity, except a pair.
SO WHAT? Maybe the two students did not find the activity interesting.
Maybe it was complicated for them to pronounce information and ask the right question.
Maybe they did not pay attention to the teacher´s instructions.
NOW WHAT? Place the students at the front next time.
Join these students with a strong partner
Ask checking comprehension questions before starting the activity.
What’s a new idea that you got by journaling?
Check if all students understood the instructions.
Do not place Weak students at the back of the classroom
I remember a significant moment of class in ninth.
ReplyDeleteWhat? I taught about countable and uncountable nouns.Some students didn't identify the vocabulary .
So What?For the majority students was easy because recognize the vocabulary related to the food and for others was confused the grammar. I explained with some examples using sentences.
Now What? I will plan activities that motivate to the students and can participate often and so have an excellent communication.
By writing a journal permits the reflection, We should have some methods after of each class find the best alternative so the students understand and enjoy learning about it.
The students dis some activities about passive voice ,but the exercises had mistakes,so it's important know the differents skills from the guys and check their wrongs,now improve new methodology in order to increase their abilities.
ReplyDeleteThe students develop writing skills, so they are able to write with the others in the class as another way of communication using the productive language without taking into account the errors they produce when performing the task
ReplyDeleteJournals help creativity and encourage them to go ahead and then correct his or her errors, and in this case permit the reflection to understand the best way the next time.
For sure the journal helped to me to reflect on the good thing and the cons on the recent activity I had, probably when you realize on the things that happened while you were guideing a lesson, you will see more things you didnt planned and they were worst or better on what you expected. Sincerely, to use a journal for writing the activities is so useful, I didnt know it. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteWriting a journal helps to organize the thought, promote self knowledge and stimulate Ss creativity.
ReplyDeleteA writting exercises can help students to develop some skills like Redding, writting and grammar. They can expresses their fellings and also trying how to said and thinks that have in their mind.
ReplyDeleteMany ideas can get then as a teacher we can clearfly this grammar activities and cheking the teamwok after we ask some cuestión what happened? Or what do yo think about IT? At the end of the class we can take notes and prepare materiales or give the answer in the Next clas
Writing a journal allows teacher to think about the aspects. I mean possitive, negative and unexpected situations that could occur during each class. Also, it helps teacher to think about their accertive and not good things that have done in that plan in order to improve students' skills. Know I understand that it should be a great strategy to be apply for every teacher to get better day after day.
ReplyDeleteFrom my experiences, undoubtely I will write that as teachers it is very important to consider each students as a different world, each one is different, with their weakness and strenghts, hence, our activities should involve and cover all the needs! We need to thing in what they want, need and expect. If we don't achieve to get their expectations they surely will be boring! and that terrible because generally this environment is spread in the classroom.
ReplyDeleteWriting a journal is an useful way to reflect how successful or disappointed was a class. It is so useful to improve as teachers. From my last experience using the app zoom teaching about adjectives and prepositions combinations I can say:
ReplyDeleteWhat?
My class was successful but a little bit boring.
So what?
It happened because it was too early in the morning and the students were sleepy, I couldn't capture their attention.
Now what?
I am going to join students in the meeting later in the morning.
I learned that through journaling I have the opportunity to deeply analyze, reflect and be aware about my lessons in order to identify all of the things that have happened during the lessons, I can create a sense of achievement about my strengths and explore my weaknesses to improve the way that I'm teaching to get the future goals and aims.
ReplyDeleteI consider that as teachers as well as we plan for each class we have to make a feedback of each one of them since it will help us to know the strengths and weaknesses that each of our students possess. Writing a journal will allow us to identify and improve methodologies, strategies or activities in order to help students improve more and more in class.
ReplyDeleteIt is useful to write a journal after classes and mention whats, so what's and now whats about them and try to improve for next lesson.
ReplyDeleteWriting a journal allows students and teachers to reflecte about the significant contents that we learn or teach, also through it the students increase their vocabulary and improve their writing skill.
ReplyDeleteIf they answer the three simple questions: What happened? - so What? - now what? they can express what is they real feelings about the class and if they learned or need something else more to better understanding.
By writing my journal, I could remember the significant moments of my last lesson; so it helped me to make a self-reflection about what and why happened, I mean give some reasons. Finally, what action plans I can do to get a significant lesson in the future.
ReplyDeleteWhen we think and remember about our experiences, we can journal a lot of things that happen or will happen. Fortunately or unfortunately we can realize what things are good or bad now. So it´ s useful to remember by journaling the important moments, especially about our job, we can improve our strategies and methods for our students.
ReplyDeleteMy significante moment in my class.
ReplyDeleteIs when the students understan the class.
you can make questions. using new ideas.
'So what
'What happened
'New What
Students answer the questions
Congratulation.
Hello please I would loved to know when the certificate are going to be ready? Thanks
ReplyDeleteWhat’s a new idea that you got by journaling? In my opinión, it is very important because I am evaluating my procesos of teaching, I sually write about a class with students NEE, because in this case I have to make a speciall treatment in the class considering individual profile with this perspective I would have a sustainable learning with all students. I try to improve in this kind of classes and i know I should make this exercise with all classes but my time is short so that i try to auto evaluarte in this speciall classes. Thanks for every one i have learnt so much. Blessings.... Dont forget us.
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ReplyDeleteAccording to my experience as an English teacher writing a journal is a creative way to get ideas that most all the time students don't wanna share even with their classmates.
So we need to give to our students a lot of confidence for the sake of overcome fears and frustration feelings in order to gain access to teach in a different direction.
Writing a journal is an important tool where most of the teachers have the opportunity to get a summary of each class. For instance, when I start the class I ask some questions. What kind of topic or material did I use in class? How did the students learn it? Finally, what will I do in the future? First is important to choose the correct topic and give the opportunity to the students to learn new things with great strategies where they feel motivated and creative and finally as a teacher, I consider use the best method, technique and dynamic resources where students improve their knowledge.
ReplyDeleteI only have three years of experience as a Teacher, but I consider it is very important write about this questions, what, so what and now what? It would help so much to improve our classes as a teacher. In some cases I do it, but when you are teacher of 10 courses it is tired and you pass out, and began again.
ReplyDeleteWhat??
ReplyDeleteStudents gain their new knowledge and do their writing exercise, speaking at class time all well.
So What?
It was very significant because seventy percent at the time of the evaluation turned out well but thirty percent were confused.
Now what?
That in the future reinforce the class at the end of the period to discard the doubt of the students who did not appreciate well at the time of the development of the class plan.
The new idea when writing the newspaper was that the teacher should give a reinforcement of each previous class to continue with a new topic so that the students can see the sequence of the subject.
I am aware to work taking into account the results from each given class. To look for the best strategies to reinforce our students in productive skills, for example making contests to let Ss speak and speak
ReplyDeleteWhat. I taught the comparatives form with a Lot of motivation, also pictures were usted to teach the comparatives
ReplyDeleteSo what. I did it in class on ningh grade but my students were bored in the class, becuase the pictures were not significant for them . I realized that the resources must be created according the students interest and age.
Now What .. after this sad experience now I really now create interesting materials to teach to each age.
A refletion Is an exelent tool to improve my way of teaching.
Writing a Journal let us to reflect in our job, detect posible "fails" that made some students to fail, determine activities and strategies to improve the learning teaching experience. Apply in classrooms
ReplyDeleteJournal, a strategy very good.
ReplyDeleteWhat? An experience in a class with my students, we talk about customs of other cultures.
So what? They wore clothing according to a country, the music was elemental in these expositions, the greetings and food. After the expositions, each group answered the questions with How often ?
Now what? I think that the students have creativity and emotion to carry out their own ideas.
Promote the knowledge and recognize their abilities.
I have to say my students were really comfortable with this new method and they enjoyed the class.
ReplyDeleteIt's very important teachers reflecting the class because help us to better the next class.
ReplyDelete*in an exposition class in groups about health and unhealthy food
*each group presented posters, flashcards, etc
*They show your skills and recognize their weakness.
Journal is an excellent strategy to develop the writing skill. It allow the student make remember what we did in the past to think in the future.
ReplyDeleteWhat? Students were engaged in a pair activity about movies and the genders they like to see that drive them to continue talking.
ReplyDeleteSo what? Topics which they like a lot encourage students to oral participation and interact among them.
Now what? I have to find real life topics according to the students context to they feel motivated to interact.
What’s a new idea that you got by journaling?
Topics for speaking lessons should be related to students' real life context.
By writing a journal permits the reflection. For example, when I taught about active and passive voice into simple present to answered WHAT students remand simple grammar and identify. However, some of them were confused and mix the tenses (so what) because they have received too much grammar before. Now what provide more practice activities to clarify their mistakes.
ReplyDeleteJOURNAL, is a very important strategy because, encourage teachers reflecting the class and help us to better the next class.
ReplyDeleteREFLECTING IS VERY INTERESTING TO DO IN CLASS
ReplyDeleteThis task really helped to me because I noticed that it shows to reflect on my teaching process what is essential to do instead of waste time in some unnecesary activities.I consider after this a journal is a good strategy to improve and encourage teachers to implement new activities, methods and soon to benefit our job.
ReplyDeleteJournal develops writing skill. It permits the reflection , remember what did we do every day ,also learn a new vocabulary
ReplyDeleteIt helps us because the most of the students are shy and they don`t like to speak in Englsh and is essential to use activities that the students enjoy learning and they are going to learn good and English won't be boring for them
ReplyDeleteBy journaling I could reflect and think carefully about how was the class, if the students understand and work in a successful way or maybe if the students have to develop another task to help them to clarify their ideas. This procedure help us to improve our way of teaching.
ReplyDeleteAfter analyzing one of my classes, I realized what the new idea of writting in a journal is that this form helps us to see what our mistakes have been, the positive and negative way we have in teaching a class, and that in the end I can achieve in the future to be a better teacher and reach all the students with all the strategies, I was able to realize that it I sponsor students who have less interest or less academic performance they will be able to achieve my proposed teaching goals and improve their knowledge.
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