Date/Time: 29 October @ 1PM with Marilyn (substitute for Kyle)
Topic/Skill: Speaking 2C
Teacher Presentation: Since she was just a substitute, she started to go over what was the day before's homework. The topic was on the pros and cons of working while going to school. She asked people to repeat what they said, read what they came up with aloud, and give examples to words that were in their vocabulary sheet. She enunciated a lot and
Classroom Management: She managed the classroom by making the students who were sitting far away, move the half-circle tables to the center table so everyone would be in the center area. She let students talk, at least in English, but she made sure that they did not speak in their native language. If they did, they had to explain it. She even made a check mark next to student's names in her book on who participated or not.
Materials: White board, timer
Student Participation: She told the students that their grades depended on classroom participation but she did not force any students to participate.
Feedback Provided: She never really said "good job" to students if they said a word correctly. She would just introduce a new word for everyone to understand and learn. After the set timer for talking on a specific topic, she would tell some students what they made mistakes on, and wrote it on the board.
Lesson(s) on teaching you learned: I learned not to always call on people to speak in a classroom setting. She encouraged the students to speak and even introduced some words to ask people for their "opinion" when discussing a topic, but she relatively let the students speak and allow them to talk with each other. I also learned that a controversial topic like should husband and wife have the same educational level can tell a lot about student's cultures. So I think she introduced topics that people have some experience in and can talk about.
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