Ryan Milejczak CO #3

Date/Time: September 28th 2:00pm
Topic/Skill: Listening
Teacher Presentation: Jen began her class by replaying a listening from last class from Breaking News English, and finishing an activity left over from the previous class. The listening is on "space junk" floating in Earth's orbit. After the listening, students finish the matching activity from last class, while Jen checks in to ask if they're having any difficulty or need help. Worth noting is that, of all the teachers I've observed at CIES, Jen's speech is the most casual colloquial, and she doesn't hold back with her students. Despite this, students seem to have no trouble understanding her. After the matching activity and a true and false activity about the BNE listening, Jen plays a video about the Museum of Florida History, where the class will be taking a field trip the next day. After having difficulty with the projector, she improvises and personally holds the computer monitor up towards the class so they can see. She then conducts an open discussion on Florida history for a few minutes before ending class.
Classroom Management: Jen is very comfortable with her students and has a good rapport; she isn't afraid to give her students a hard time, but she always does so in a fun way, and her students respond well to it. For example, one student put his head down, trying to nap, and Jen faux incredulously remarks "do you have your head down?". The student picked his head back up and smiled, and class moved on.
Materials: White board, computer monitor, BNE audio and MFH video
Student Participation: Students were very engaged, and despite this being a lesson on a receptive skill, had a lot to say. Students were clearly comfortable in this setting and very participatory as a result.
Feedback Provided: Jen is never mean with her feedback, but can have a touch of sarcasm or wit which seems to be her personality.
Lesson(s) on teaching you learned: It's important to be comfortable and build rapport with students; Jen's colloquial speech and attitude at first struck me as odd for this setting, but it quickly proved that this made her a hit with her students. This showed me that, while a teacher should modulate their speech somewhat to ensure students can understand you, one doesn't need to hold back on their personality (too much). 

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