CO #2 - Brad Charlassier

My second Class Observation was with Angel Rios' Level 4 Listening class. The class is of the highest level in the program and it showed. At the start of the class, Professor Rios told the class of a Pokemon GO bar crawl that was going on later that evening at the start of his class. It really set the mood for the class that it was really relaxed. He had me introduce myself and I actually got to meet a student in his class who is from Japan (the country I plan on going to to teach). Mr. Rios started the class with a vocab review and then moves to an audio book next. Afterwards, he goes over the new vocab words that were introduced in the listening. he demonstrates and is very interactive when he is trying to explain to his class these new words. For example, one of his vocab words was OCD. He went over to the light switch by the door and said if he were "to flip the switch 1, 2, 3, times before finally putting the light on, that's what somebody with OCD would do." I also noticed that as he was speaking to the class he really explored the entire room. I think this exploration of the room helps keep the class engaged. The students are at an advanced level so they are not given the questions before the listening, rather, they must take notes during the listening and then answer whatever questions are given using those notes.