Reflection for first lesson

I felt that the first lesson for the K1 class did not go very well in terms of the children’s response to the lesson. They did not want to answer our questions, or even tell us their names. It could be because they are shy, or maybe we are not that skilled at communicating with them yet. The K2 class received a much more enthusiastic response. Maybe it is because K1 students are still young, and not as outspoken as K2 students. I hope we will be able to get a better response in the future lessons, as the children start to know us better and feel more comfortable around us.

-Benjamin Wong

Reflections for First Lesson

The reaction we received from the K2s was positive in some ways while negative in others. Although they were active and participative in our activities, they got rather too zealous in their actions at times and misbehaved. My partner Yishu and I were at a loss as to how to deal with this well as we had just built a relationship with the students as friends and thus we did not want to spoil this by becoming stern and scolding them. In future lessons, we will have to be able to keep the class in check while minimizing authority.

Another concern was the understanding of the students to our lessons. According to a teacher from the kindergarten, some of the K2s had just transferred into the kindergarten and did not have as good a grasp of English as the others. This resulted in a decrease in quality of communication between the students and ourselves as they were unable to understand us with their limited vocabulary.

In all, I feel that this first lesson was a good realization that we would have to put more research into how to be able to effectively control and teach a kindergarten class.

Brent Tan

Reflection K1 Class

The first lesson for the K1 class was quite surprising. We did not expect to receive such a passive response from the children. However, I'm sure that the situation will improve once they are more comfortable with us and we learn their names and understand them. We need to change our approach and try to get them more involved in the lesson, not just listening to us talk.

-Timothy Shong