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Professional
Development
Assignment
Reflection and
Action: Stage 3

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Word Count:
665

Key Developments since PDA Stage 2:

There are several weaknesses that were evidently developed since stage 2 of this
PDA. These issues are:
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Elicitation techniques developed and that was clearly expressed by my tutors

Steve and Richard in their feedback. This is an area that requires continuous
development and reflection, as it is essential to learners involvement in the
learning content.
Carefully developing the lesson plan and rehearsing the sequence of tasks
have greatly contributed to my issue of timing in class. Anticipating issues in
class was also a contributing factor to overcome such an issue.
Setting purpose for tasks is now relatively developed than it previously was.
More instruction checking questions were devised and it is further advised by
my tutor to repeat the instructions several times as some students might not
understand from the first time and require reconfirmation on statements and
instructions.
Reflecting back on the materials that were mentioned in stage 2 for further
reading, I can say that they had a great impact on improving my teaching,
especially with properly staging and naming the lesson plan. These materials
have also helped improve my elicitation and feedback techniques.

Most Significant Current Weaknesses:

It is worth noting that there are still some weaknesses that are not fully developed
into strengths, and some others emerged during my LSAs 1 and 2. These
weaknesses are:
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Proofreading issues that emerge frequently in my written assignments that I

try to overcome by proofreading, but I think it would prove to be more useful
if a native speaker can proofread it for me, in order to help out with issues
such as phrasing, punctuation and word ordering.
I need to work further on decentralizing and having a more student-centered
classroom. Delayed feedback was an issue highlighted by my tutor Richard,
which needs to be addressed carefully.
I included a class profile but failed to provide detailed learners profile in both
LSA 1 and 2.
My aims tend to vague and need to be clearly stated.
I do not fully understand the suggestions section in the essay. It is either too
general (in LSA 1), or failed to provide one completely (in LSA 2) as a result of
misunderstanding.

Stage 3 Action Plan:

Reflecting back on the feedback received from my tutors and working on developing
my current weaknesses, this is the newly set action plan for the following phase of
this module:
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With concern to the issues I have with writing and format, I need to have a
native speaker proofread my work before finally submitting it to my tutors, to
deal with my language and editing slips.
As for the issues I have with structuring my background essays and lesson
plan, I need to look at sample work from my peers who met the criteria that I
failed to meet. It would also prove useful to revisit the DELTA handbook and
try to better understand the requirements of writing before the coming
attempts.
I will remember in my coming lesson plan to include better language analysis
and learners profile. I would also seek the support of my peers who were
able to provide the aforementioned up to the required standards.
Additionally, my aims need to be stated clearly and down to the required set
up of the lesson.
I need to consult my reference books again with concern to decentralization
and delayed feedback in my classroom, as it seems to be an issue that is
underdeveloped in my teaching.
The assumptions in the lesson plan is another issue, since this is the first time
I am teaching learners with a Spanish background, and working around their
anticipated problems is not easy. I would ask my peers and tutors, who had a
larger exposure to Spanish learners, to help me with designing my
anticipated problems.