Ceara CO #3

I had my class observation today with Dr. Ryan Flemming's listening class. He started the class with a vocab quiz. He gave two minutes before the quiz started to answer any questions regarding the quiz. The quiz itself consisted of two parts and had the vocab words at the top. The first was 10 blank lines that they would have to listen to him say the definition and then write the word. The second was fill in the blank based on sentence context. After the quiz, he explained and had them practice paraphrasing. His explanation consisted of showing them a meme with an overly formal sentence referencing something in American pop culture "May I inquire about the identity of the individual who has released the canines who were being held in captivity" "who let the dogs out." Then gave them sentences with the vocab words they just had the quiz on and had them paraphrase it. What I found interesting when I was practicing this with them, I realized that it was difficult for me to change words that I thought had the most accurate meaning for the situation, and had to replace accuracy with simplicity. This, I think, will help me when talking to lower level EFL/ESL students, to make myself easier for them to understand.

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