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CELTA Course, City
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Assignment 4 Lessons from the classroom

Part A: Peer and Teacher Observations
I have never learnt so much about teaching than during my CELTA course
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One of the most rewarding aspects of learning
teaching is the observation of experienced teachers and our peers
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I will always remember how this teacher from the International House of
London taught writing by using visualisation as a lead-in (which was new to me)
and how she successfully managed to engage and make her students write
through meticulous guidance and her step-by-step activities
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I was amazed by how she
managed time and students she has never seen before
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Her silences, patience and
attentiveness are incredible facets that I will take into deep consideration in my
own teaching
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The teacher’s enterprise in taking charge of the listening and phonology skills
was quite fascinating and full of astute operations to say the least
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His use of the
shadowing technique was new to me and I will certainly try to incorporate it in
my teaching since it helps to work on natural speech and stress within the
sentence
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Observing other trainees coming from
different countries (Mauritania and Algeria) and who studied in the U
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I was impressed by how Bayna gripped his
learners on the first day when he used a real-life experience to introduce himself
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Zyneb’s enthusiasm and creativity in every single teaching practice set high
standards and I strived to push my boundaries and actively create challenges for
myself
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Her rapport with students as well as her professional
attitude were also remarkable
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Also, being over-authoritarian, e
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hitting the table several times with a pen to
quiet a noisy class, is not a successful pedagogy and may affect the classroom
atmosphere as well as students’ involvement
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It helped me keeping a
structured lesson and knowing where the students and I were going
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It is the beating
heart of a successful lesson
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My enthusiasm and my
sense of humour intensely engage my students
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During this intensive course, I have progressed in different areas
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during my teaching practices
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Why use three words when two
will do? It helped me improve on a different aspect of teaching: my lessons have
become within a month much more student-centred and this could be seen
through my numerous pair and groups works
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This is something I was not used to do
when teaching grammar (or else) and I became really aware of its significance
during the input sessions
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Nonetheless, there are still areas I need to develop
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I am convinced that I can make a
better use of it if I remind myself to show stress and parts of speech
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Also, I could be a bit more careful with my own English
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The best way for me to work
on these areas is to articulate and speak slower
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When the course will end, I will make endeavours to
improve on these weaknesses
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I will then need to be observed again to be given a
fresh perspective on my teaching
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It will be an easy and effective way to borrow ideas
and develop my ELT skills and knowledge
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