Sarah - CO #2

 Date: 5/3/22

Topic/Skill: Speaking (group 2 with Angel): Time Speaking 

Teacher Presentation: The instructor had lots of energy. The lesson was a continuation of the day prior. The day prior they had learned the rules of time speaking and during my observation, they put the rules into practice.

Classroom Management: The instructor began the lesson by prompting the students to recite the rules of time speaking from the day prior. The students were unprepared for the lesson and had trouble remembering, so the instructor gave hints to draw the answers out from them. While students were doing the assigned activity, the instructor played background music.

Materials: computer, projector

Student Participation: Students constructed their arguments, reasons, and examples about time speaking, then presented them and practiced speaking. 

Feedback presented: The instructor always gave feedback on how their mini-presentation could be improved.

Lesson(s) on teaching I learned: Always check in on where your students are at either by asking or by walking up to them and checking their work. It's ok to show humor in English (the instructor made the environment so relaxed by doing this. I think this helps lower the students' filters; they were not as shy when speaking). I realized how important it is to be a good listener because students of different levels will have different accents and may not construct sentences correctly or say the right words. It is important to always try and understand what the student is trying to communicate.


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