Reflection #1

Learning is a mental process in which learners can acquire and produce knowledge to solve problems and face life. Moreover, this knowledge improves their skills and the learners also can put it in practice.
Teaching is a process that is constituted by a variety of methods the trainer use, and the objective is to make learners acquire and construct knowledge.

Language is not only a communicative system which can be used just for human beings but it also is an art to express the power of our minds.

Students’ role: they should have a personal interest for the topics that are learning. Besides, they should be researchers and interactive with the teachers.

Teachers´ role: in my case, I feel I should have a strong character. However, I am very friendly, easy going and sympathetic. What I want to be is an example for them so I am very responsible. It also implies that I have to be a guide for them and give them the tools to make easy their process of learning.

Qualities of a good teacher:
- Teachers should loves his job
- Teachers should be honest
- Teachers should work smart and not hard
- Teachers should listen to learn
- Teachers should use a variety of methods to teach
- Teachers should be creative
- Teachers should be patient
- Teachers should lift learners up
- Teachers should equilibrate their emotions
- Teachers should be a tool for learning

Interactions: we have a good relationship. Although sometimes students argue, I try to make them be polite. When they have a doubt I also try to make them feel comfortable and self-confident to ask.

Rewarding aspect of teaching: when you realize that students who did not know anything about English, at the end of the course they learn something. Moreover, some experiences that make you grow up as a person.
For my good students have to work a lot, they have to do the homework, and be autonomous learners. Furthermore, they have to be active, respectful and have a positive attitude.

Training for teachers: I think we should have a variety of tools and know how to use them in the process of teaching. Furthermore, we should know about psychology and how to manage big groups, and we also know how to evaluate them.

Probably the support you have is your students who like your classes.

The best way to learn a language is to love what you are learning, to have a good attitude and to be able to work enough for that. In addition, learners should be young, and work in all the skills learning requires.

Different Dialects of English should be thought. It’s better to know how these dialects function and make you understand better their cultures.

So far I know I have to change some aspects when I am teaching; one of them is to have a stronger character. Another one is to know more about methods and applied them.