L'Estrella Cid, tutora dels LA de l'institut el Castell d'Esparreguera, vol compartir amb tots nosaltres les reflexions de l'alumnat una vegada finalitzat el seu pas pel projecte.
JOSEP SERRANO, LA a l’ESCOLA
MONTSERRAT
In his FINAL
SELF-ASSESSMENT, Josep expresses emotive feelings in his personal reflections.
One of the main ideas, which he had already mentioned throughout the year, is
that he realised the fact that teachers have a lot of patience! And this made
him understand that it is sometimes hard to be in class with some students.
At first, he was
very worried, because it was often hard to deal with some children, but after
studying the different situations, he was able to cope with any group or
different situations and activities.
Since he was a
Language Assistant who was very concerned with good behaviour and discipline, what
he found the most difficult to achieve was controlling the class, because they
were not always quiet.
He is much more
confident now in this kind of situations and enjoys speaking English with
students.
He was surprised at
the fact that students had a higher level of English than he expected. They
only had to learn to communicate and express ideas.
He thinks this
experience will be very useful for his future career and he hopes to continue
with the project the following year. He is enthusiastic about it and eager to
start!
PAULA ALCÁZAR, LA a l’ESCOLA
ESTEL
In her FINAL
SELF-ASSESSMENT, Paula affirms that she has learnt to empathise with teachers,
to know how they feel when they ask students to be quiet or when they try to
explain the lesson.
Personally, she has
improved her vocabulary and she enjoyed being with children. That was a time
when she forgot about everything!
The most difficult
thing was keeping the children’s attention. It was frustrating when they didn’t
listen to her. Sometimes, she got angry and she didn’t exactly know how to
scold them, because she didn’t want to shout at them.
In the beginning,
she was shy and got embarrassed. Later, she began to feel more confident and
then it was ok and it made her feel like a real teacher!
She enjoyed doing
different activities, more if they were older, since she was surprised at their
good level of English. They understood everything and were able to talk without
any effort.
She wants to repeat
the experience. She thinks it will be important for her curriculum and will
help her with her future studies.
DAVID BALLESTERO, LA a l’ESCOLA PAU VILA
In his FINAL
SELF-ASSESSMENT, David thinks that he is now a more responsible person than he
was when he started the project. He has been in charge of some younger students
and this fact made him realise the important role of a teacher.
He hadn’t much
experience with children and the project Sharing to Learn gave him the
opportunity of working with younger students, which was really positive.
The most difficult
aspect was dealing with some students’ behaviour, since he had no experience in
this kind of situations.
He really liked the
fact that the students’ ages were very similar to his own age. It was really
challenging! Students saw him as a teacher and a colleague (also a student) at
the same time.
What he liked the
most was talking to students and sharing ideas with them. He was very happy to
see that students really improved their communicative skills and he was very
proud of this fact.
He is sure this
experience will help him with his future career and his CV, since it is
possible that he becomes a teacher or educator in the future.
CLARA LÓPEZ, LA a l’ESCOLA LES ROQUES BLAVES
In her FINAL
SELF-ASSESSMENT, Clara is surprised because she didn’t think she could speak
English all the time! She has learnt to enjoy herself with children at the same
time they were all learning English!
She learnt to speak
slowly and emphasize to allow children to understand her better and to be very
patient. Sometimes, it was difficult to understand what children meant.
She feels much more
confident now, with English and any project she will embark in the future and
she considers this experience to be very useful for her future studies and CV.
Moltes gràcies, Estrella!
