VIII. Assessment about how useful the TVYL practice is in our way to become an ELT teacher

VIII. Assessment about how useful the TVYL practice is in our way to become an ELT teacher

By Helen García

Most of the time I feel confident about my language skills as I can understand the meaning of a speech or share my ideas, but when I face a stressful situation, for example a presentation, I get anxious. Even though I know this feeling is something commom among students or people that have to be in front of an audience, I still feel afraid of having a bad time because of it.

In spite of this treacherous feeling, I have improved so much my English proficiency by losing the fear of speaking in class even though I continue making some mistakes which I need to overcome in order to succed as an English language student. Besides reading some teaching books was a task so entertaining for me that I did not notice I was learning new vacabulary in the process. I feel satisfied with my improvement as I know so many things I used to ignore. I will keep learning everyday, for there is so much knowledge I do not know yet.

It takes time and needs dedication to develop English proficiency, but it is very important since I will be a teacher, and students will trust my words. I enjoyed teaching so much; I learned from my students so many priceless things that have changed my life positively and encouraged me to do my best.

               by Susana Martínez

One of the things that I know that I am good at it is to speak in front of people, but the problem is that I get too excited and speak so fast that I make basic grammar mistakes sometimes, but this course helped me a lot with this because we had to do many presentations in front of our classmates.

Though sometimes I felt frustrated because I did not feel ready, I had the opportunity to learn from my mistakes, improve my weakest points and overcome some mistakes too, but I know that I still have many things to learn and improve, things in which I will continue working to become a better student and teacher.

What I enjoyed the most during this process was to work with kids because though I was the teacher, they taught me many things that I will carry with me till the end, things that have helped me to be better, and that have encouraged me to do and give my best every day.