Lora CO#1

On June 23^rd I observed Felicia Ciappetta’s 1a grammar class.  I wanted to see lower level students because I am nervous about teaching people who don’t have great command of the language yet and might still have some barriers to communicating.  I noticed how she slowed her language down and enunciated for them to follow and realized this is something I will have to work on as well as toning down my vocabulary.  In the beginning of the class they had a quiz and I noticed the three boys to the left of me cheating and trying to get the guy across the table to help and he did a little albeit reluctantly.  This was all after Felicia had told them not to cheat in the beginning.  I think it was a good thing for me to observe and to understand that this might happen and think about how I might deal with it.  I talked to Felicia about the incident later on and got some good pointers on how to be culturally sensitive and deal with the issue. 

The rest of the class we spent having conversations about what we did over the weekend and about the place where we come from using the grammar guidelines she gave.  I was partnered with a man from Portugal and I really enjoyed talking with him.  I’m glad I watched this class as I felt a little more comfortable with lower level students.