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"Dear Melinda: Overall, the teaching slice was good. However, it is vital to acknowledge the limitations one has while teaching in an unknown class. Subsequently, it is essential to acknowledge that no lesson is perfect. Nonetheless, the lesson was…"

"The teaching demo allowed me to gain more experience in a real-life classroom. Essentially, it allowed me to interact with the students in a real context. Subsequently, it also allowed me to reflect on it with a different set of lenses. Nonetheless,…"

"The teaching demo allowed me to gain more experience in a real-life classroom. Essentially, it allowed me to interact with the students in a real context. Subsequently, it also allowed me to reflect on it with a different set of lenses. Nonetheless,…"

"Dear Maria: Overall, your teaching-demo was well delivered. Overall, the activities seemed to be well-sequenced. Mainly, the fact that you provided sentence starters for the activities was adequate. Which aligns with the discussion by Tomlinson…"

"Dear Melinda: Your lesson was very well delivered. Overall, the sequencing of activities seemed to be spot on. However, based on your reflection, it seems that the students just heard/viewed the vocabulary. I would suggest that you develop a task,…"

"The third micro-teaching activity allowed me to gain more expertise in the sequencing process in a lesson plan. However, after a meticulous analysis of the sequencing of activities, I noticed incongruencies. Mainly during the production portion of…"

"Hello Karolina: Overall, the sequencing of activities from start to finish was spot on. Mainly, the activities were well connected. Essentially, the presentation led to the practice and production. Also, most of the activities were infused with the…"

"This particular teaching demo has allowed me to view lesson planning from a different perspective. It allowed me to notice the smaller details in the sequencing of activities. For example, during the planning of the lesson, I kept asking myself, how…"

"Hello Maria: The micro-teaching delivered by you provided some insight into the sequencing of activities. I agree with you, in the inclusion of visual cues is essential within the communicative language teaching framework proposed by Lee and Van…"

"Hello Selena: I agree with you. The schemata should always be activated during reading comprehension. Primarily because it allows the students to be prepared for the upcoming activities. Another strong point is the fact that you included culture…"

"The second micro-teaching activity allowed me to gain more expertise in the sequencing process. However, after a meticulous analysis of the sequencing of activities, I noticed incongruencies. Mainly, the teaching activity developed aimed to cover…"

"Hello Giomyra: Your teaching slice presented key concept for us. However, the sequencing of your activities was not clear at times. In other words, they were confusing. For instance, after reading your blog. I noticed that your lesson missed the…"

"Hello Maria: Your teaching slice presented key concepts for us. However, the sequencing of your activities was not clear at times. In other words, they were complex at some points. For instance, after reading your blog entry. It seems that the…"

"Our first micro-teaching activity allowed my partner and me to gain more exposure to a different aspect of designing a lesson. Mainly, our focus was to display two different approaches to teach the same Spanish lesson. The first model was the…"

"Hello Melinda: Your teaching slice presented key concept for us. However, the sequencing of your activities was not clear at times. In other words, they were complex at some points. Additionally, some of the material contained too much translation…"

"Hello Maria: Your lesson contained essential concepts for us. However, the sequencing of activities was not very clear. For example, in some instances of the lesson, we were viewing chunks of reading comprehension. Mainly, your focus should be…"