PORTFOLIO : INTRODUCTION:

The following portfolio contains all the work, details and information about my practicum experience as a teacher during the semester of teaching practicum I, course in which promove me to use my knowledge that I have obtained during my career and how to apply it in real situations in the classroom. This course presented me not just  theory but also practice and that´s why this subject is called Teaching Practicum I, I had never pass for this experience before working as a teacher and the development of working with students.

In this portfolio, It presents a lot important aspects that teachers have to take into consideration as: Teaching Philosophy Statement in which it presents questions like What is the role of teachers in the classroom, the role of  the students, what are my expectations of an EFL class, etc. 

To continue, it presents my lesson plans in which I include all the information about how I was going to develop my classes like warm ups, presentations, grammar explanation,activities (control, semi control and free practice and even homework assignments, etc. as a matter of fact, these activities to practice the 4 macro skills like listening, speaking, reading and writing.

I realized during the whole semester in my teaching practicum and the one that my classmates and I did for the teachers. In addition, the journals that I wrote in my blog in which I relate all the classes that I´ve taught, also, the feedback that I received from my tutors and what I  like and what I have to improve in my teaching. In addition, this portfolio includes a video tape in which it could see a little bit about how I was develop activities with my students in my classes and how was the experiences for them and me. 

Finally, I present my reaction paper about my experience at the end of the course, what I have learned during this time, what were some challenges or problems for me, results, pictures, materials, etc, what I have to improve, what I have already improved, what were some problems or difficulties that happened and so on. In short words, how was my experiences and what I have gain after developing my teaching practicum I.