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developmental. We used small group
There are always great rewards that sharing and regular short conversation to
come with teaching. Having the experience brainstorm and to create activities that will
to teach diverse learners is self-gratifying. I best meet our objectives. I learned that it is
was presented with a great opportunity of really important to think of every activity
teaching English in seventh grade during my and how that activity is going to serve the
first year of teaching. The practice students and meet with my objectives. I
undeniably opened up my eyes to the learned how to write lesson plans more
challenges as well as the benefits of teaching efficaciously by upholding a wider
high school students. With every experience, viewpoint and bearing in mind the students’
I was able to become stronger as a needs first and foremost. Ultimately,
correspondent, team player and teacher. The teaching English beginning high school
experience eventually echoed my passion for learners taught me how to write an
teaching and gave me the confidence to educational plan of action.
continue on my career path.
In conjunction with lesson planning,
Teaching English for grade seven collaboration was exceptionally
students was my first time teaching advantageous in my teaching experience. I
neophytes in high school. After teaching remembered my professor before pointed
English for adult learners in College for out how important group configuration is
several years. This experience transformed when it comes to planning. Group
my perspective on teaching English in a configuration is influential in changing the
more simplest way, specifics and detailed as dynamics and overall attitude of the class.
well. Working directly with these neophytes Prior to this experience, I never thought
proved to be a wonderful experience. During about the impact of group configuration has
teaching episode, I was able to really hone on the attitude of the class.
and develop my lesson planning skills. I
now approach this task with greater vision It is also important for me to realize
and ability to think about my lessons that group configuration becomes even more
contextually, and to shape them in a manner significant when teaching a class where
that will be of the greatest benefit to my students come from different backgrounds
students. and learn differently. After all, it can be
much more difficult to speak or talk with
In developing more interesting learners using the English language in their
lessons, this process taught me much about daily conversations, different from my own.
the importance of team work and the For instance, we observed that teachers as
development of ideas and plans that would lecturer in seventh grade class had
best serve my diverse learners. Lesson plans difficulties understanding the English
were created out of planning sometimes with language. This posed challenges, but
seasoned teachers or mentor in school. involving myself in this process allows me
Having small sharing prior to creating our to work on overcoming these kind of
lesson plans really assisted me in terms of challenges. I saw that groups tended to be
organizing my ideas and gaining a better less productive and less hard working when
understanding of what concepts could fit allowed to remain in comfort zones per se,
with what classroom activity. The dialogues
versus enabling themselves to speak with efficient feedback and clear instructions. I
other diverse student groups. was able to learn how to cut activities and
move on with smooth transitions. After
Additionally, I have learned that it is every activity that I presented, my school
crucial to accommodate different learning head used the opportunity to provide me
styles and preferences in the context of with very helpful feedback and guided me to
classroom activities. I surmised this through be a better teacher. She was very supportive
observation. Students with a visual and understanding. She explained every
preference, for example, will work better in single step in learning the fundamentals of
activities such as creating a personal life being an effective teacher. The process of
timeline. By contrast, a student with an learning included grading, inserting grades,
auditory preference will likely be more grouping students and implanting activity
productive in a story retelling or a rewriting transitions. I appreciate the great feedback
activity as well as more of visual that my colleagues and school principal was
presentations. able to provide. It was well-received, and I
plan to use it in my voyage in teaching.
Moreover, a tactile-oriented student,
may work better in activities such as survey Generally, these insights were
and report writing, while a kinesthetic beneficial to my learning experience and
student will probably be more responsive to added to my passion of becoming a more
a role playing assignment. Research has effective and efficient educator. Teaching
demonstrated that high school students who high school students with diverse learning
were taught via a preferred learning style styles is challenging but rewarding. Being
received higher scores overall than those
able to create lesson plans, work in groups
who were taught in styles that differed from
and provide proper feedback to my students,
their own preferred learning style. Different
learning styles and creating activities that solidified the reasons why I chose this
will meet all different learning styles is profession.
challenging Knowing that I am making a
difference in someone’s life gives me utter
Accordingly, the most difficult task I
joy. I look forward to the rest of my voyage
encountered was providing feedback to the
learners. It was my first time giving as teacher.
feedback to high school learners, so I was
working on a trial and error basis. The most
crucial aspect of teaching is ensuring that
students receive proper feedback. When
students receive proper guidance and
feedback, then they are more apt to making
progress. While this proved to be a difficult
task for me, I now know moving forward in
my career the kind of feedback that is
conducive to high school students.

Besides her other feedback, my

fellow teachers were all instrumental in
helping me improve on my weaknesses. My
school principal was able to provide me with