Ceara CO # 2

Today I observed Dr. Angel Rios’s speaking class, however he had another engagement today and Ms. Sana covered for him. She started the class by going reviewing the vocabulary. The theme of their vocabulary was corporal punishment. She had the students give the definition, but still gave them hints about the grammar of the word. For instance she would tell them if it was a noun or verb and tell them the different tenses. After the review, they moved onto class discussion about the topic. the teacher went over the topic beforehand to make sure the questions were clear. During the discussion, the students were given phrases appropriate to the discussion to use when they wanted to get their point across. During the discussion, she had me go around and practice recording mistakes to use at the end of class.
I learned from this how important it is to give linguistic support in this, because of how much easier it was for the students to participate in the discussion with the phrases in front of them. I also thought it was smart to have the students practice their speech with a discussion among themselves, because it gave them a chance to talk comfortable with their peers of the same level.