Demery CO-1

On June 28th 2016, I observed my first classroom lesson. I wanted to view a class that taught listening skills, because my tutee has expressed that his job requires him to have good listening skills. The listening class was very interesting to sit in on. I wasn't really sure what I was getting myself into. It turns out that there is a really great website which provides many TEFL lessons that have different learning levels at learningenglish.voanews.com. The instructor also used a youtube clip for the main lesson. The lesson consisted of an english speaker talking about the history of ceramic art. There were multiple fill in the blank questions on the board about the spoken information. It was up to the students to fill in the blanks. It was interesting to see the student’s dynamics within this setting and the ways in which they interacted with the assignment. Some students were confused, some were engaged, and some seemed disinterested and checked out. I feel as though I learned so much more through observing the students in the classroom, and I was able to identify with the beautiful struggle of learning a new language.