Today the students have been working pronunciation
through tongue twisters. During the lessons, each student had a plasticized
card with a tongue twister, and after some practice, the students were asked to
say the tongue twister aloud for their partners to hear. The teacher corrected
them when necessary, making them repeat the correct sounds in the language.
Sometimes, she used phonetic symbols the children were already familiarized with
in order to convey meanings. I helped the children with their pronunciation, answering
questions about how to pronounce certain sounds the children had more
difficulties with.
In the second hour, the teacher was going to
repeat the same class with another group, but had to leave for some minutes. I
gave the students the tongue twisters, gave them some minutes and began to ask
these to them, the way the teacher did on last class. When she came back I
helped the children with doubts and difficulties with certain sounds. I also
helped a child with special needs, one who had a lower level than the rest of
the classroom for being a newcomer. I helped him with some flashcard games he
was doing.
During the break I stayed at the playground and
talked to some children. They told me they liked to play with spinning tops,
and also football and with the elastic rubbers you can make bracelets with.
After the break, the children had to prepare
the song for next week’s music festival, so we all went to the gym and saw them
dance. I gave some suggestions about how to end the song and helped the
teachers with classroom management when I was asked. The song was funny and,
despite some small errors I know it will be all right.
In the afternoon I helped the teacher making a
sign for the science fair, an event the school was organizing for the same day,
in which participants were given the chance to win a band for the most
original, the most demanding and the most interesting projects. It was an
interesting idea. In the second hour I helped the children with another song
they were preparing for the music festival.
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