Karen Hand CO#3

Karen Hand CO#3

Date/Time: November 18, 2 – 2:50 p.m.

Topic/Skill: 2A Listening Class w/ Candace

Teacher Presentation: Candace was helping students review for a vocabulary quiz. The current unit they are working on is TV. She started by going over worksheets that had been assigned as homework. First, she went over answers to a multiple choice “vocabulary preview.” Each student took a turn answering a question. Next students took turns giving answers to a “fill in the blank” vocabulary worksheet. Then she had students pair up and she gave each pair a couple of vocabulary words and asked them to make sentences. Then she had everyone write their sentences on the board. Then she had each pair read their sentences to the class. She helped them make corrections to their sentences. Finally, the intern got up to lead the last part of the lesson. She provided background knowledge about American television and then had the class listen to a lecture about TV. They took notes while listening, and tomorrow they will discuss it together.

Classroom Management: When students were taking turns reading a question and answer from a worksheet they had been assigned for homework, Candace noticed a student take his neighbor’s worksheet to read a question from when it was his turn (since he had apparently forgotten to bring his worksheet to class). Candace told him to give the worksheet back to the student and politely ask if he could borrow the worksheet. He apologized and said he had gotten nervous. So he gave the worksheet back to his neighbor and then politely asked to borrow it.

Materials: computer/projector, white board/markers, worksheets

Student Participation: When reviewing homework, Candace allowed each student to take a turn answering a question. Then she had students do pair work together and then share their answers with the whole class. In the listening exercise at the end, students had to remain engaged in listening to the lecture and take notes. That kept them engaged and actively participating.

Feedback Provided: When correcting a student and asking him to politely ask his neighbor if he could borrow his worksheet (as described above), Candace explained that sometimes professors think that ESL students are very rude, so you really need to learn how to ask for things politely. She also provided on-the-spot corrections when she heard students make grammar errors in their speaking. During the whole class exercise where the pairs read the sentences they had written on the white board, she helped each student make corrections to their sentences.

Lesson(s) on teaching you learned: Candace was very knowledgeable about all aspects of English and she included helpful tips on pronunciation (a speaking skill) along with grammar (in speaking and writing) and spelling corrections (a writing skill), while teaching a listening lesson. I really like how she integrated all of these aspects of English into the lesson with a very natural flow!