Shani CO #1
Wednesday, January 17th
1:00pm-1:50pm
I observed a Group 3A Speaking class. I was very impressed with the level of English the students knew, as well as the effective teaching style of Professor Wilson. He started off the class by going over a "word of the day," which was the idiom "off the top of my head." Since this was a more advanced class, I thought it was very appropriate and useful for the students to learn phrases that aren't intended to convey the literal meaning of the words. Professor Wilson used an inductive approach by asking students what they thought the idiom meant, and then giving them the definition with example sentences. Then, he started teaching the students about hooks. He explained both what a physical hook is, and how it can be used to describe an "attention grabber" at the beginning of a presentation. He gave them a specific example of a hook, and then allowed them to work in pairs and come up with a hook of their own to a prompt which he provided. The students shared what they came up with, and in addition to giving his own feedback, Professor Wilson allowed the rest of the class to give their peers feedback. I think that this was very helpful in keeping the class engaged and allowing them to learn from each other's mistakes. Next on the agenda, Professor Wilson went over words which had similar pronunciations. He asked students questions, to which they had to respond with one of the sentences on their worksheet with the correct pronunciation. After that activity, Professor Wilson went over the guidelines for a presentation the students were assigned. He showed them the outline they were supposed to fill out, and then gave a five minute example presentation so the students would know exactly what is expected of them. Overall, I think that Professor Wilson was very successful in using a student-centered approach through allowing the students to work in teams and asking them questions.This class was not only engaging for the students, but for me as well because Professor Wilson found ways to have me participate in the lesson. I really enjoyed observing this class and would love to sit in on another one of Professor Wilson's classes!
1:00pm-1:50pm
I observed a Group 3A Speaking class. I was very impressed with the level of English the students knew, as well as the effective teaching style of Professor Wilson. He started off the class by going over a "word of the day," which was the idiom "off the top of my head." Since this was a more advanced class, I thought it was very appropriate and useful for the students to learn phrases that aren't intended to convey the literal meaning of the words. Professor Wilson used an inductive approach by asking students what they thought the idiom meant, and then giving them the definition with example sentences. Then, he started teaching the students about hooks. He explained both what a physical hook is, and how it can be used to describe an "attention grabber" at the beginning of a presentation. He gave them a specific example of a hook, and then allowed them to work in pairs and come up with a hook of their own to a prompt which he provided. The students shared what they came up with, and in addition to giving his own feedback, Professor Wilson allowed the rest of the class to give their peers feedback. I think that this was very helpful in keeping the class engaged and allowing them to learn from each other's mistakes. Next on the agenda, Professor Wilson went over words which had similar pronunciations. He asked students questions, to which they had to respond with one of the sentences on their worksheet with the correct pronunciation. After that activity, Professor Wilson went over the guidelines for a presentation the students were assigned. He showed them the outline they were supposed to fill out, and then gave a five minute example presentation so the students would know exactly what is expected of them. Overall, I think that Professor Wilson was very successful in using a student-centered approach through allowing the students to work in teams and asking them questions.This class was not only engaging for the students, but for me as well because Professor Wilson found ways to have me participate in the lesson. I really enjoyed observing this class and would love to sit in on another one of Professor Wilson's classes!
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