Bruce CO#3

Today I observed Ms. Ciappetta's listening class. They mostly did testing, but I got to see Ms. Ciappetta's techniques in administrating a test. She would play a sample from an audio clip, and have the students look at the questions they are to answer. She'd set a timer for about two minutes, and after it was up, she would play the clip again, and then set the timer for another two minutes. Each time, the students got to listen to the audio clip three times. Sometimes some students didn't understand what a word meant, in which case, Ms. Ciappetta explained. The word didn't give away any answers to the questions, but helped explained the context. For example, a student asked what "wallet" meant. Ms. Ciappetta attempted to explain that women tend to use purses, and men tend to use wallets. I looked at her pointing at my wallet, and she said it was okay for my to show it to the class, so everyone got to see my nebula-themed space wallet.