Yesterday after lunch I had my second classroom observation. I sat in on Isaiah's Level 2 Speaking class.
This was a fairly large class, about 12 students. Everyone was talkative and making jokes before class, I could tell this would be a lively bunch. Isaiah began the class a bit stern because many people had missed last Thursday's class and not e-mailed him about it. This was important because it was presentation day, so they missed their classmate's project. He seemed genuinely disappointed in those who missed class. After the talking-to, he moved on by playing a recording of one student's presentation. The dictation was typed out on the board so they could listen and read. He called on students to point out and correct any mistakes in grammar.
Next, he called on people to come up and continue the presentations. Their project was to interview someone in this class and then speak about them to the class. The 3 who ended up getting called to present did a good job even though they seemed nervous to speak in front of the class. These took up most of the class time, so before I knew it, we were finished.
I really enjoyed the Speaking class. It was nice to spend a whole class period speaking and listening without the use of a textbook. I also was impressed at how much the students would self-correct themselves and each other.
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