Mary Phillips CO #1

Date and Time: October 26, 2015 1:00-1:50
Topic/Skill: Speaking
Teacher Presentation: The teacher had written down examples of mistakes from last week's discussion and the class corrected them together.  Then the teacher had students read aloud from the textbook.  The teacher asked students to brainstorm ideas about the positive and negative aspects of advertising.  Lastly, the teacher used a chart to explain the difference between discussions and debates.
Classroom management: Before class started, the teacher was playing music from the computer.  The teacher commented several times and the students looked tired.  Eventually, she had them stand in a circle and play the name game wherein each student would call on another student, who would then say the name of another student, and so on and so forth.  When students argued with her, the teacher reminded them "this is not a democracy".
Materials: The teacher had a vocabulary quiz printed out to hand out to students.  The teacher used the projector and the whiteboard together to correct example sentences.  Finally, the teacher had students read aloud from the textbook.
Student participation:  Most of the students were very willing to participate.  The teacher often called on students who looked like they might not be listening.  However, most students volunteered to answer questions.
Feedback provided: The teacher did not correct every mistake as the student made it.  However she had gathered mistakes from the previous session and written them down in a Word document.
Lessons on teaching you learned:  The teacher was very good at involving all the students and making sure everyone participated.  Furthermore, she didn't ignore the mood of the room and instead made an effort to energize the class which was educational for me.