Using the core practices: gestures, body language, cueing, translation and signaling to promote interaction among secondary school children. My internship experience

This internship report highlights the main insights I have gained from my experience as a student intern in a public school, teaching English to children and performing some administrative activities. I also report the results of this experience in three main fields of improvement: students' academic achievements, my personal and professional growth. This report also addresses the results I obtained by using some basic practices to promote my students' opportunities to interact in the EFL classroom. Finally, some of the difficulties I experienced will be carefully explained. 1. Introduction………………………………………………………………………………8 2. Pedagogies……………………………………………………………………………….10 2.1. Creating a context for comprehension and creating comprehensible interactions ………………………………………………………………………….10 2.2. Task Based Learning ……………………………………………………………….14 3. Methodology……………………………………………………………………..............17 4. Findings and gains……………………………………………………………………….20 4.1. Students’ Growth……………………………………………………………………20 4.2. Professional Growth………………………………………………………………...26 4.2.1. Classroom management……………………………………………………...29 4.3. Personal Growth……………………………………………………………….........31 5. Conclusions, recommendations, and limitations………………………………………...34 6. References…………………………………………………………………………….…36 7. Appendix………………………………………………………………………………...38 Pregrado Licenciado(a) en Lenguas Extranjeras con Énfasis en Inglés Pasantías