My teaching journal
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Nr.
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Date
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Group
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# of students
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Topic
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Link of YouTube video
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Length of lesson
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Reflections about the lesson and observations
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1
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03/13
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B
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0
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Personal information/hobbies
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14:01 first part
05:38 second part
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It was the first session and no one was there. I did an explanation of
the objectives, topic and activities in two videos because the signal failed.
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2
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03/14
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A
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3
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Personal information/hobbies
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1:40:59
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We had some technical problems. We couldn’t find the microphone. I
recorded directly in youtube and not with hang outs and the students couldn’t
speak. But they participated in all the activities in the chat and share
opinions. They wrote about their personal information and hobbies; the only
mistake was in the audio of the platform.
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3
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03/15
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B
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1
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Special occasions
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9:48 hang outs. And 1:20:00 in skype
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Only assisted one student. She couldn’t work very well in hang outs so
we changed to skype but the video in skype didn’t record. I explained the
topic and share the word and PPP files. She participated very well in the
activities and exercises.
We choose Skype to work in this group because is better for the
students and the signal is a little better than hang outs related to their places.
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4
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03/19
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A
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2
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Special occasions
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1:25:25
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One student could talk and participate speaking in the activities. He
understood the explanations, topics and exercises. Martha participated in the
chat in all the activities very well but she couldn’t speak because technical
issues.
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5
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03/20
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B
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1
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Personalities and relationships
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41:57 first part
35:07 second part
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Tania did a great work. She participated in a good way. She speaks
very well. I shared correctly the materials in skype. She understood and
share opinions in the activities. She speaks fluently and very well
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6
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03/21
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A
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2
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Personalities and relationships
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47:10
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We had technological problems. The students couldn’t hear me and I
waited about 18 minutes and begin the class. I began to talk, share and
explain the materials. I talked during 47 minutes explaining the topics and
activities. I didn’t check the chat because I was explaining the word and PPP
files, so I was looking these materials and at the end I realized that in the
minute 20 one student connected and in the 35 minute another but I couldn’t
hear them so I didn’t notice until I ended the record.
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7
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03/22
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B
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2
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House and home
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1:31:19
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The two students participated in a good way. They share opinions about
their places of living. Towns, etc. They described houses, apartments and etc
in a correct way giving adjectives and descriptions.
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8
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03/26
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A
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2
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House and home
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33:36
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This was a really good class. Lina and Martha could speak very well.
They shared their opinions about the topics and activities. They spoke a lot.
They have a good level of English. The hang outs only record 33:36 minutes
but it records last 1:30:00 more or less, I attach the screenshots of the
problem.
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9
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03/27
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B
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1
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Clothing and weather
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1:0616 first part
15:23 second part
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Tania participated very well. She explained and talked about the
weather, clothing. She described very well the weather and talked in a good
and correct way. There was a blackout in their town so the video stopped but
we recorded again a second video in skype.
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10
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03/28
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A
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2
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Clothing and weather
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1:32:45
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Martha and Lina participated very good. They talked in a fluent way.
They used the vocabulary related to weather. They gave examples and
descriptions of their weather and clothing for different seasons. They
interacted with each other.
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11
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03/29
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B
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2
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Shopping
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1:38:44
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Marinela and Tania participated very well. They talked and shared
about shopping and stores of their towns or cities Tania talked very well the
majority of the time in English. Marinela participated and she is attentive
to the activities but she needs to talk more in English because she speaks
sometimes in Spanish.
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12
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04/02
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A
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3
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Shopping
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1:30:34
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The three students participated very well. They explained about their
preferences of shopping and stores. They use vocabulary and good expressions
to describe this topic. They interact with each other. They have a good level
of English. Oscar has good vocabulary and he is fluent in speaking but He has
some problems with the connections sometimes, He miss some classes but in
general the students of these group have a good level of English related to
the basic English II.
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13
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04/03
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B
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0
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Public life
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38:10
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No one was in the session. Tania told me that she had a health problem
but I don’t know what happened with Marinela. I explained the topics and
activities and send the link to the quiz to their e-mails in order to
practice the topic of this session.
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14
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04/04
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A
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2
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Public life
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1:31:54
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Lina participated very well. She shared their favorites famous people.
She used the vocabulary and expressions related to the topic. Martha
connected later but she had problems with the signal.
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Nr.
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Date
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Group
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# of students
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Topic
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Link of YouTube video
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Length of lesson
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Reflections about the lesson and observations
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1
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04/05
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B
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1
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Running errands
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12:40 First part
59:22 second part
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Tania assisted to the class punctually. She participated in all the
activities with good pronunciation, fluency. She gave examples about the
activities and exercises correctly.
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2
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04/09
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A
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2
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Running errands
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1:33:00
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Martha and Lina assisted on time. They both participated in all the
activities. They talked about their daily errands in a correct way and using
the vocabulary. Some new vocabulary was difficult in the pronunciation. Some
phrasal verbs were new for them.
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3
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04/10
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B
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1
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Health and illness
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1:29:01
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Tania assisted half hour later but we did a 1:30:00 hour class more or
less. She participated in all the activities. She tried to pronounce all the
vocabulary in the correct way, some problems with some words. New words and
expressions for her, so I have to explain a little bit in Spanish. She was
active in the activities and exercises.
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4
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04/11
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A
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2
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Health and illness
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1:41:06
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Martha and Lina assisted. They participated in all the activities and
exercises. New vocabulary and words for them, so I had to explain some of
them in Spanish to contextualize them. They talked about their health and
illnesses. They did a good conversation at the doctor’s office with some
mistakes in some words pronunciation. They were very active and participative
in all the exercises. They had and showed good mood and enthusiasm.
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5
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04/12
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B
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1
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Feelings and emotions
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1:28:17
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Tania assisted on time. She participated in all the activities and
exercises. She pronounced very good the new vocabulary about feelings. She
participated and talked actively. She had problem when she has to describe
the adjective in the last exercise. She needs to expand her vocabulary and
give descriptions about concepts and vocabulary.
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6
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04/16
Part I
04/22
Part II and III
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A
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1 IN PART I
1 IN PART II
1 IN PART III
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Feelings and emotions
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PART I
PART II
PART III
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1:30:25 PART I
17:12 PART II
40:13
PART III
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We have to do two sessions about the 10th session because
the day off of Oscar is on Tuesdays only, he assisted on Tuesday and Lina
assisted the week after holy week.
PART I: Oscar assisted and
participated in all the activities and exercises correctly. He has good
vocabulary and grammar. He could describe the vocabulary and adjectives by
giving examples in a good way. I could understand his descriptions and
examples of the words in the game.
Part II: Lina assisted on
time. She did well in the pronunciation. The pronunciation was new for her
but she tried to pronounce in the correct way. The call failed, so, we needed
to make another call to record.
Part III: Lina gave good
examples and explanations. She needs more vocabulary to expand her ideas. We
had to mix Spanish and English because she doesn’t know some words or
expressions yet.
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7
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04/17
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B
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1
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Superstitions
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PART I
PART II
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51:19 PART I
52:29 PART II
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PART I: Tania assisted on time. We have to mix Spanish and English
because she doesn’t know all the vocabulary about the topic. She gave good
explanations and participated good. She needs to read, to learn more
vocabulary.
Part II: She explained about superstitions in a good way mixing
Spanish and English in their explanations and descriptions. She gave a very
good description in the activity about superstitions in some celebrations but
she needs to work more in the grammar in order to talk in the correct way.
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8
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04/24
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A
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2
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Superstitions
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1:27:20
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Lina and Martha assisted on time. They talked about their lucky days
and superstitions in a good way. Martha has more vocabulary and speaking that
Lina but they participated in an active way. They confused sometimes the time
of the speaking (present and past). I have to explain sometimes in Spanish
because they didn’t know the meanings of some words and vocabulary. They have
a good mood and attitude during all the session.
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9
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04/19
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B
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1
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Sports
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1:48:56
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Tania went in the session. She tried to explain in English the much as
she could. She explained some sports mixing English and Spanish. There was
new vocabulary about sports and sport equipment so we need to explain some
vocabulary in Spanish in order she gets the idea.
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10
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04/23
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A
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3
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Sports
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1:39:24
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Oscar, Lina and Martha participated all the session. They spoke the
majority all the time in English. They gave good and correct explanations
about the different sports. Oscar has a lot of vocabulary and he explain in a
correct and very good way all the descriptions and explanations. Lina needs
more vocabulary but she tried and spoke the best she could. Martha dis a
great job but sometimes confused the times in the explanations. It was a
really good class with the majority all the students in this group.
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11
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04/24
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B
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2
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Traveling
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1:25:40 but Skype recorded only 46:41
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Marinela and Tania assisted on time. They participated in all the
activities. Tania tried to speak the much she could and gave examples and
descriptions about trips and traveling. Marinela has the attitude in the
class, she participated but she needs a lot of vocabulary and expression in
English because she talks sometimes in Spanish. She needs to learn more
vocabulary. During the class there were noise in the house on Tania and
Marinela so we couldn’t hear very well sometimes, too much noise.
Skype failed, the class lasted 2:25:40 more or less but when I
download the video to the desk it only recorded 46:41 that was the video that
I upload to youtube. En las fotos que subo acontinuacion se evidencia que la
llamada duro 1:31:23 pero cuando la descarga al pc le resta minutos y quedo
en 1:25:40. Como se evidencia en la segunda foto en el tiempo de diracion,
subi a youtube y solo me descargo 46:41 minutos.
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12
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04/25
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A
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2
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Traveling
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1:38:01
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Lina and Martha assisted. Lina was on time. Lina talked about one trip
she likes the most. She mixed Spanish and English in some parts. She was
active all the class. She participated in all the activities. Some new
vocabulary for them. Martha assisted a little late. She explained about one
trip she like the most. They mixed Spanish in some explanations because they
don’t know the vocabulary proper of the explanation. They had a good mood and
participated in the exercises.
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13
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04/26
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B
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2
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Food
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1:52:01
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Tania and Marinela assisted on time. We have problems with the signal.
The signal failed for Marinela and in the last part of the session Tania`s
call failed and she had to go out and in three times to the call. Tania
participated in a good way. Some of the vocabulary related to food was new
for her but she tried to ask and explain in English. Marinela knew some words
of the vocabulary. She participated in all the activities. She needs more
vocabulary because she doesn’t know a lot of things and this is why she
speaks in English the majority of the time.
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14
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04/30
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A
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2
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Food
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1:43:49
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Martha and Lina assisted. Lina participated in a good way, some things
or ingredients she had to say or explain in Spanish because she didn’t know
the meaning or translation of them. Martha has more vocabulary and she knew
more ingredients about food but she had to explain some typical foods or
preparations in Spanish because she couldn’t explain very well in English,
so, we mix Spanish and English in the explanations of the preparations of
some typical food.
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15
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05/01
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B
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0
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Family
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22:25
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No one was in the session. Tania had signal problems and Marinela
university issues. So, I did the session video with all the materials and
then I sent them to them.
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16
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05/02
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A
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1
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Family
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1:08:00
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Only Martha assisted. She was on time. She participated in all the
activities giving good examples about family members. She knows the majority
of the vocabulary about the topic. She shared opinions about her family and
she described her family very well. She has good fluency with some mistakes in
the words she doesn’t know the pronunciation but in general she did a good
job.
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17
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05/03
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B
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2
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Final exam and testimonies
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36:47
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Tania: She used the grammar seen in the topics. She talked with
correct grammar, using correct sentences. She used a lot of vocabulary about
the topics. She used synonyms, adjectives, verbs and expressions. In the
pronunciation she has some hesitation. She spoke in some time slow. There was
a little noisy in the background. She spoke sometimes slow,
Marinela: She has some problems with the grammar, the times of the
sentences and expressions. She needs a lot of vocabulary because she doesn’t
know a lot of words in English. She had problems in pronounce some words in
English. She had to talk and explain in Spanish some things. She was so slow
in speaking. She needs to work more.
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18
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05/07
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A
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3
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Final exam and testimonies
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1:05:30
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Oscar: problems with the sound at the beginning. He has good grammar,
perfect. He used all the vocabulary learnt and about the topics. Very good pronunciation
of the majority of the words. Some words not easy to pronounce or to say in
English but in general very good. Good fluency. He speaks with good speed and
stress.
Martha: Good grammar. She talked and used the vocabulary and
expression related to the 3 topics. Difficult in some pronunciation of some
words in English and some words she didn’t know the translation in Spanish.
Good fluency with some problems because she was nervous and stressed.
Lina: Good performance. She used a lot of vocabulary about the topics
and expressions. She used the grammar in the correct way but sometimes with a
little confusion in conjugation of the 3rd person. Good pronunciation and
fluency with little mistakes in some words and pronunciation of them.
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