JOURNAL 4

The class started introducing the topic “SPORTS”. This topic was chosen because of the students preferences. When the teacher said the topic and said: “Tell me, please, the name of some sports” the majority of the students wanted to participate even answering in L1. One aspect here is that when this situation appeared, the teacher repeated the word in English.  After that, the teacher selected some students randomly (those students were selected because they almost never participate in the class) and asked them: What is your favorite sport? Where do you play? Who with? Some questions were answered in Spanish but once again the teacher gave the word in English. In many cases the teacher said “very good” to the student’s responses.

Later, the teacher gave a photocopy with some pictures related to sports and the equipment that is used to practice them. The students matched the words with the corresponding picture and the teacher walked around the classroom to support them during the activity. Then, the students looked for a partner to share and check the previous classwork. At the end the teacher asked for the correct answers.

In the second part of the class, the teacher explained the words exercise 3: PLACE OF ORIGIN, YEAR, EQUIPMENT, PLACE, TEAMS, PLAYERS, RULES and COMMENTS. Each couple received a tablet with a video about a sport called BOSABALL. Students had to watch the video and complete the chart. The students were so enthusiastic using the tablet. What was interesting in this part was the students’ attitude, they were helping each other and solving the activity. When the students finished the exercise, they shared their answers with their partners. Some of the students’ comments were that they enjoyed the video because it was about an unusual and interesting sport. Finally, the students reported their answers.

In the next stage, the teacher showed an invitation for a sporting event. She explained the poster, talked about the game, the rules and some conditions to participate. The teacher tried to use all the vocabulary and the expressions to invite people to participate. After that, the teacher commented that there would be a sporting event at school and they had to prepare the activity. For that reason, the final task was to prepare an oral presentation about a sporting event. The students had to design the poster and invite their classmates to participate.