Sushila CO#3

CO #3

Time: 2:00-2:50

Date: 10/6/12

Location: CIES bldg. #313

Before the class started one of the girls kindly handed out Reese's peanut butter cups and a hot beverage in mini red solo cups. The drink was warm and reminded me the taste of turmeric. I had a sore throat and it made me feel a lot better. Before I got a chance to ask what it was class started. Once class begun Felicia, the teacher, wrote the agenda for the day on the white board. It included:

1.     Bell ringer

2.     Attendance

3.     Listening practice.

The Bell ringer asked the question “What do you usually cook for dinner?” The students had 4 minutes to discuss the topic with their partner. After listening to the various conversations I could tell that the majority of the students were at beginning levels. Words like “food” and “fruit” would be heard and used incorrectly. The girls in this class were focus on this discussion. The boys on the other hand would use their phones to show pictures of what they ate. When 2 of the boys started to speak in their native language, Felicia reminded them to only talk in English.

Felicia spoke very loud and slow in order for her students to understand. I enjoyed the activity of the bell ringer and will most definitely incorporate it into my classes when I start teaching. It is a good way to ease into the lesson and allows for group and class discussions. It’s also a good way to evaluate students’ speech in an informal manner, and have their effective filters lowered.

During the Bell ringer students were required to take notes during their discussion and then they had a quiz afterwards to test their listening and comprehension skills. All the students came from different cultural backgrounds got along extremely well. It was nice to observe how respectful and interested they were towards each other. Following the bell ringer Felicia play a listening clip of 2 guys buying food for a picnic. After the students listened to the clip they had one minute to discuss with their partners about what they heard. Afterwards Felicia motivated her students by applauding them for doing so well.