Journal entry III

On May 17^th, the fifth class was taught. For this class I was expected to work on possessive pronouns. To introduce the topic I started playing a song absolutely popular that they knew, Just the Way You Are by Bruno Mars. They had to complete the gaps, and then identify some words that were not part of the lyrics. I always want my class to be very meaningful, and that they enjoy it as much as possible that is why I try to take them activities they like.

After the song was played they had completed most of the gaps. We answered all together, and the topic was guessed from this exercise. As they did not have many concerns around the topic, it was easy to cover it. Later I just ask them about their likes in terms of music. Their musical genres likes were very diverse. As a result I decided to use the information provided from them and do a brainstorming.

Once they knew the vocabulary, they had to work in pairs in order to know their general opinions about music. I really liked that activity because they were really attentive, and they were led towards the L2 usage. Minutes later the activity was discussed in general.

As a final activity they had to make a presentation about a musical genre the want. They had to work in groups of 4 people. The aimed at concluding all the activities with their reactions and a simple report about how they feel about a determined music style, and to improvise. They were only given 5 minutes to plan what they were going to say. Surprisingly they did it very well. They talked about many aspects and everyone helped to look for information.

In brief, I think the class was good, but I would like to continue improving specially the communicative part. I want them to use different structures without realizing it, and just that they can speak with no fear. I would change some aspects related to time, because some activities took so much time that arranged.