Taylar CO #2

Date/Time: March 21, 2017; 2:00PM
Topic/Skill: Listening
Teacher Presentation: The instructor reviewed the previous days vocabulary. Then, the students were instructed to review the previous day's work that consisted of identifying sentences that were wrong and correcting them.  These sentences were part of a dictation audio file that the instructor then played so the students could see if their work was correct.  The audio lasted around 5-7 minutes and talked about soccer (sports was the topic of the current module).  
Classroom Management: The instructor was very hands-off and simply silently walked around the room, only stopping if an individual student had a question. The instructor just laid out the lesson and let the students discuss it with each other. 
Materials: Textbook, Computer, Audio Dictation file.
Student Participation: High; The students were interacting with each other and were virtually autonomous when it came to actually carrying out the lesson.  The instructor only stepped in to bring the class back together or provide general feedback for the lesson. 
Feedback Provided: Feedback was provided on an individual, one-on-one level.  The instructor also encouraged the students to assess each other and discuss the lesson/homework with other students.
Lesson(s) on teaching you learned: The biggest takeaway I got from Angel's class was the benefit of autonomy when it comes to students participation.  By taking a more hands-off approach, the students were able to solve problems themselves without relying on the instructor to answer every question they had.  A highly controlled teaching environment in which the instructor is constantly lecturing or breaking up the students activity can disrupt the students' flow in learning the material.  It also provides for less of a crutch on the instructor themselves when the students are able to problem solve on their own.  This makes it easier for them to cultivate their language learning abilities.