Tessa CO #3

 

Date/Time: Tuesday, October 29 1:00-1:50pm 

Topic/Skill: Speaking, Dr. Felicia Ciappetta, level 3

Teacher Presentation: The teacher had students read the instructions for a project independently. Students will be working in pairs to create a survey. They had to come up with a topic about American culture to base a survey off of, and they will be asking Americans on campus. 

Classroom Management: The teacher had to keep students on task and use a timer when students were working in groups. The teacher also made sure to consistently remind students to write down their ideas and stay on task when creating their questions. 

Materials: Students had their own laptops to work on. 

Student Participation: Students worked in pairs to come up with a topic for a survey. They were given prompts to make questions about what they want to learn about American culture. 

Feedback Provided: The lesson was very focused on students working in their groups to create survey questions, so the teacher would only jump in if there were corrections to be made or if the students needed any sort of clarifications. By using a google doc, the teacher could watch as students typed in the document, and she was able to catch and correct their mistakes in real time. The teacher also asked the students to elaborate on the questions they created, which helped facilitate more conversation and students to express their thought processes. 

Lesson(s) on teaching you learned: Letting students work together can be really beneficial in sharing ideas and correcting each other. The students are all on the same level, however working together helped them really think through their ideas and what they want to say. 

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