"I have hated the words and I have loved them, and hope I have been on a par with them"

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[The Book Thief, Markus Zusak]

What do I think about the Practice and Observations weeks?

I would like to talk about the results of my experience in the past weeks.
In first place I think that the constructivist method is pretty good, however the conditions of the Mexican schools are not the best for its development, because, I think there is not enough time for the students could reach the level of understanding that is expected; a clear example of this is that at the end of the year students should be able to use some structures of the language for communicate themselves in specific situations, but most of the times they have forgotten those structures or parts of them.
Also, speaking personally, the communicative approach is very useful too, but for obtain the expected results groups should be reduced, because at least in my personal experience is very difficult to evaluate the development of each one of the students and their correct use of the language during the class.
And finally, I have referred repeatedly to the fact that is necessary to change the observation and practice dates, because if we go to the schools when they are in evaluating process or close to holidays, we can´t observe the regular classes of the teachers, and those classes are the ones that will be more useful for the correct developing of our careers.