Teaching Pronunciation
Service Learning Project Reflection Johanna G贸mez
2015
“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.� Mahatma Gandhi Starting with this quote I want to express that every time I have a teaching experience, I realize that I did the right choice when I decided to be a teacher. The feeling is even more rewarding when I think about those kids that do not have the opportunity to have a good English education- especially in the pronouncing parttherefore they really appreciate what you are doing for them. The lesson we share with this fourth graders was a very nice experience, the kids were very excited and collaborative. They payed attention and participate in every activity we plan for them however we had a little problem managing the time, because the lesson ended and they still playing with the domino activity, the one we used to assess the lesson. Besides that little inconvenient the experience was awesome and I think we all really enjoyed it. I believe we did our best and planed this lesson with all our heart and expecting the best for this kids and the institution. In this service learning we tried to accomplish the main objective of a service learning which is to combine learning goals and community service in ways that can enhance both, student growth and the common good. I believe it is our responsibility as future teachers to take part of anything that will improve our community and our society. We accomplish both parts, we gave them a little bit of our knowledge and they gave us the opportunity to know them and to share this lesson with them. I hope our work influenced them in a positive way and made them realize English is not a hard subject, learning English can be super fun! To finish, I would like to point out the great work of this university incorporating service learning practices in our university experience. Learning trough service learning will give you a lot of benefits, it will not only let you put into practice all the knowledge acquire in the classroom, it will also let you improve your critical thinking, it will create awareness and a time for reflection. It will also give you the opportunity to learn from real life experience.