Today I observed Ms. Jerry's Group 2 Listening class. One of my conversation partners was in the class, Fahad and we spoke briefly before class. Priya had a much different approach to teaching that either Ms. Kim or Leslie. Priya let a lot more slide than either of the two other teachers.
The main topic of priya's class was driving. To introduce the lesson she show a public service announcement about the death of a teenage boy who was killed by a driver who was distracted. She showed the video and asked some follow up comprehension questions( how old was he when he died, what was the other driver doing, etc.)
Then Priya shifted the lesson to a discussion based activity where students were placed in small groups of 3-4 and asked if men are better than women in relation to driving. Each student was allowed to speak their mind and follow up questions were asked to students who needed to develop and articulate their opinion very.
Thoughts: All in all, I liked Mrs. kim's class the best and this class the least. It could be related to the level of the students, or possible the activities involved. I didn't particularly care for the way Priya managed students speaking out of turn. This is a very difficult area because students need to learn how to handle themselves and practice speaking, but, at the same time, the class needs to be structured and there needs to be some sort of instructing going on.
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