Afraid of Being A JEC English Teacher

Title:
Afraid of being a JEC English teacher
Given names and surnames:
Elmer Eliseo Briceo Rodrguez
Job center:
Universidad Privada del Norte
Region:
Cajamarca
Submission date:
July 16th - 2017
E-mail:
[email protected]
Telephone Number:
958656096
By way of introduction, I would like to mention my background as a
Cajamarquino English teacher; I studied at the National University of Cajamarca,
English and French major and after obtained my bachelors degree, I had the
opportunity to work in different educational institutions such as Language Center of
the National University of Cajamarca, in this place I enjoyed working with teens and
undergraduate male and female learners, teaching elementary and Intermediate level
of English, additionally at Universidad Privada del Norte teaching undergraduate
learners from different careers too and working learners, I mean professional learners
that were studying a second career, on top of that at The National University of
Cajamarca teaching general English course in Education, conversation and technical
English in Tourism and Nursing Faculty.
With this in mind, I used to prepare my lessons considering different aspects such
as motivation, necessity of learning English and job opportunities and including
technological tools, I mean internet, projector, speakers and so on. Furthermore all the
enthusiasm of the majority of my learners pushed me every day working in a
satisfactory way because they wanted to learn and practice English all the time.
One day, I felt something was wrong in my professional life and development
because I had no worked yet in any secondary school in my city, sometimes I felt
motivated and wished being a teacher in my secondary school however for fear of the
comments of some friends mentioned about teaching English in government schools I
did not take the government exam to work as a recruited teacher.
All happened in a familiar Marry Christmas dinner in 2015, when some relatives
visited my parents home and asked me if I was an English teacher in a public school, I
told to my cousins, I wanted to have that opportunity however I was afraid of that
experience because there were some colleagues who had unsatisfactory results.
After, dinner finished and my grandmother told me never give up your dreams
before try them, I looked her and said I have never worked, in a secondary school and
the comments are not good of public schools, She said that are experiences of other
not yours go ahead and take the challenges analyze the circumstances, elaborate your
opinions considering and evaluating your own coexistence.
With this in mind, I went to make my registration to take the government exam
to be a recruited teacher, days came and went after two months of my registration, I
took the exam and according to my obtained score, I could choose a Jornada Escolar
Completa (JEC) school, its name is Dos de Mayo.
The first day of Classes arrived, and the yard of the school was full of teens in red
jumpers and grey pants running, playing and laughing here and there some parents
shaking hands with the head master of the school. I was sitting next to one parent, he
asked me, are you a teacher? Yes, I said welcome he told me, I had experience working
in other places however I felt a bit nervous, imaging all the terrible things I have heard
about learners, bullying to new teachers, indiscipline etc.
The school doorbell rang and students make columns, there was a speech in
charge of the head master and a representative of the parents, when this event
finished I went to my classes on Monday, I had Laboratory classes with third grade. I
introduced myself in a serious way observing them and explaining the rules in the class
then I required them to ask some questions, they introduced themselves and we
started the class.

I was in charge of 5 classrooms in third grade, I could found learners who were no
motivated, because they told me that they only wanted to study at SENATI and in that
place, English was not necessary, on the other hand there were other students who
wanted translation all the time, in other words problems started. I went home and I
talked to my grandmother again, she told me a good teacher is someone who solve
problems, if you consider yourself a good teacher solve your problems face your
challenges now. The next day, I went to face to face classes and learners were no
motivated and told that they were afraid of English and they could not express their
ideas in English.
For this reasons, I decided to elaborate my annual program including other
strategies I mean in terms of oral expression and show them that communication in
English is not a big monster. Added to that I looked for my old speakers that I used
when I was an undergraduate learner during my professional practices in order to
develop a way of motivation using English songs and I investigated about the
advantages of using music in your classes, I considered other aspect such as
collaborative learning involving work in groups and foster learners knowledge
according to our national and local context.
First, I decided to develop oral expression using some strategies including them in
my lesson and activities; I used social-affective strategies which involve learners
affective factors in social contexts, Nonverbal strategies applied while you are talking
using eye contact, gestures, or facial expressions to give hints and to help the listener
guess the intended meaning and Nonverbal strategies while listening which are related
to making use of nonverbal information, such as speakers eye contact, facial
expression, and gestures.
Second, I used to play songs of the favorite artists so in order to have knowledge
of their preferences, I elaborated a short survey related to music, using questions
about their favorite artists, their favorite song, their favorite type of music and what
was their favorite radio station; consequently, this strategy helped me to maintain
discipline because I explained leaners that at the end of a song they must be in a silent
way to start classes or it could be a time for relaxation using its lyrics . Many times we
sang Bruno Mars, Bob Marley and Ed Sheeran songs.
Third, I tried to connect all the content of lesson that JEC provide in our country
with our national context talking about our famous artists and writers, our tourist
places and our delicious food. I remember one day one we talked about a famous Chef
Carlos Camino, all the students reacted in a satisfactory way reading about them and
discovering that this Chef had dishes with names of our cities such as Nazca and Cusco.
On the other hand, there were some parents who visited me and said that this
year their sons felt comfortable learning English, they could notice this because
learners sometimes worked at home elaborating short dialogues in groups or looking
for information to talk about important and famous people in group saying to them, my
group has to be the best one tomorrow at English class.
Finally, I would like to say that being a JEC English teacher, was for me a great
and an unforgettable experience, I could obtain satisfaction in my classes observing my
learners communicating some things in English, enjoying their jokes and friendship,
however I could not finish all this year classes because I had some time inconvenient. I
needed time to end my masters degree and support it, for this reason; I would like to
come back next year and continue working with JEC students. I would like to invite
English teachers to evaluate our teaching role in public schools teaching learners that
learning English is an enjoyable adventure that help you to reinforce friendship and
break the monotonous way of teaching English with translation and boring attitudes.

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Title:

Afraid of being a JEC English teacher

Given names and surnames:

Elmer Eliseo Briceo Rodrguez

Universidad Privada del Norte

July 16th - 2017

Cajamarquino English teacher; I studied at the National University of Cajamarca,

opportunity to work in different educational institutions such as Language Center of

of English, additionally at Universidad Privada del Norte teaching undergraduate

Cajamarca teaching general English course in Education, conversation and technical

English in Tourism and Nursing Faculty.

as motivation, necessity of learning English and job opportunities and including

enthusiasm of the majority of my learners pushed me every day working in a

comments of some friends mentioned about teaching English in government schools I

did not take the government exam to work as a recruited teacher.

opinions considering and evaluating your own coexistence.

Completa (JEC) school, its name is Dos de Mayo.

about learners, bullying to new teachers, indiscipline etc.

started the class.

For this reasons, I decided to elaborate my annual program including other

when I was an undergraduate learner during my professional practices in order to

advantages of using music in your classes, I considered other aspect such as

collaborative learning involving work in groups and foster learners knowledge

according to our national and local context.

my lesson and activities; I used social-affective strategies which involve learners

expression, and gestures.

of their preferences, I elaborated a short survey related to music, using questions

sang Bruno Mars, Bob Marley and Ed Sheeran songs.

learners sometimes worked at home elaborating short dialogues in groups or looking

group has to be the best one tomorrow at English class.

and an unforgettable experience, I could obtain satisfaction in my classes observing my

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