Maria CO #1

Date: September 4, 2018

Time: 14:00-14:50 

Topic/Skill: Listening, Group 2A

Students were presented with video and audio files of which they were to take notes. The teacher also explained the students how to write notes in the most efficient way. 

Teacher Presentation: The teacher showed a video and played an audio file. The speech in the video/audio was clear and well-articulated but not too slow-paced so the students listening skills were adequately challenged. Both files included information with relation to campus and student life. So not only would the students practice listening skills but also receive relevant information about campus. The teacher 

Classroom Management:  The class was very student-centered and the classroom environment was incredibly friendly. Created a comfortable and calm atmosphere by playing background music in the classroom. When someone made a mistake he wouldn't point it out. Instead he let the student or the other students notice and discuss the mistake. The teacher initiated a lot of interactive exercises between the students while he would silently walk around the classroom and listen to the students conversations.

Student Participation: A lot of the students seemed very engaged in the exercises and some even slightly competitive. While this can be a good thing, some of the other students would rarely say much. 

Feedback Provided: The teacher praised the students through the whole class. I did not notice him giving individual feedback to the students but it might not have been an appropriate class for that. He ended the class by quizzing the whole class on the audio files. The whole class was able to answer all questions correctly and that gave the students a feeling of accomplishment from those 50 minutes.

Lesson(s) on teaching you learned: I really liked the way the teacher handled the beautiful mistakes. He completely ignored the mistake and pretended there were none and at least one student would always point out the mistake. If no one noticed the mistake only then would he point it out. I was also very impressed with the way visual and auditory media really caught the students' attention. The students seemed very keen on performing well in class.