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"After watching and closely examining Carolina’s instruction during her teaching slice, I could not help but notice the simplification she implemented throughout her lesson. Carolina did an excellent job at executing the Spanish language in a…"

"Reflection is deliberate and structured thinking about choices. It is an integral step to improving our practice. Through reflection, we as educators can look clearly at our successes and struggles and consider options for change. This kind of…"

"The instructional methods utilized in Melinda’s lesson plan were meticulously reasoned considering the Spanish level she intended to teach as well as the content of reading comprehension. Melinda made great use of binding, every vocabulary…"

"For my teaching slice, I presented a Production activity based on the reading comprehension delivered earlier while also touching base on the students’ personal interests with hopes of maintaining student enthusiasm. As Tomlinson (2001) utter,…"

"For the second teaching slide, I chose to do a lesson on reading comprehension. To do so, I presented students with a pre-reading activity. According to Lee and VanPatten (2003) the structure that must be followed while teaching the receptive skills…"

"Hello Karolina, I really enjoyed the topic of lesson, as it kept me engaged the entire time. I really enjoyed the amount of culture you implemented in the lesson as well, mainly in the video. I feel like it is a great way for students to interact…"

"Hello Geomyra, I believe starting your micro-teaching activity with a video is a great way to catch the attention of the students. But it may have been more beneficial to include some new vocabulary in the pre-reading phase. As Lee and VanPatten…"

"For my group’s micro-teaching activity, we were assigned to create a lesson plan based on learning profile. Learning profile is defined by Tomlinson (2001) as “Learning profile refers to ways in which we learn best as individuals.”…"

"Hello Melinda,  I appreciate how you emphasized the importance of pronunciation of certain letters. During my beginner Spanish level classes, it was very rare to come across a teacher that dedicated time to explaining the sounds of certain…"

"Hello Selena,  I really enjoyed your presentation especially considering the fact that you included lots of visuals. This is an example of binding as emphasized by Lee and VanPatten (2003) that "visuals such as pictures and drawings…"

"My partner, Dennis, and I were assigned to construct a lesson based on listening comprehension, an important skill for all language learners. We chose to present the vocabulary of food and drinks with the help of visuals later accompanied with a…"