E-Teacher

  Image taken from: http://miansh.blogspot.com/2018/05/how-to-make-shy-student-more-active.html Throughout the process of my teaching practicum, some aspects such as the students´participation in class, the trust teacher-learner, or attendance are interesting for me to analyze and reflect upon, but there is another one that caught my attention the most, and it is the difference among them in the English proficiency level. From the five (of twenty in total) students that can connect to online classes with me, two of them are above the expected level, the other three are a little below it.  I cannot state objectively what I am going to say because it is my perception I am judging with, but during the last classes, I have felt how the students with less knowledge in the language, are less likely to participate in class compared to the ones who can develop more complex structures when they are asked to do so. My hypothesis is that students with a lower level may feel nervous, anx...

  Photo taken by Josué Bonilla.      When I started my major at English Teaching, I honestly thought that, when the moment of my teaching practicum came, I would be prepared for the challenge, but then the pandemic struck the world. Humanity was not prepared at all, and education was not exception. Here in Costa Rica, the Ministry of Education tried different solutions to satisfy and accomplish the teaching-learning process successfully. The moment for a forced virtuality seemed to be solution, but not all the Costa Rican school, high school, or college students had the resources for a digital learning; teachers were included as well.      I was worried about whether my future pupils would be able to connect to my classes or not, by I was forgetting myself and my computer that might not be able to fulfill the challenge I was about to face. I prepared my classes the best way I could, but sadly, my computer failed in the first two classes and of course, ...