Peter CO #3

On Monday 27 March, I returned to Andrew’s listening class. The lecture topic was religion, and as before, the TA began the class with the “word of the day.” That day’s word was amalgam: a mixture or blend of things. She asked the students to pronounce the word as a class, before offering a definition. During the active lesson, students listened to a lecture on religion, which discussed religion in America, the recent evangelical resurgence, and minority religions. While listening, students took down notes, and used them to answer vocab/concept questions in a packet. The lecture was replayed, giving students time to complete their assignment. After this activity, students completed a vocabulary quiz on the past week’s words of the day. After the quiz, a comprehension activity, relevant to the lecture on religion, was given to students. I learned how to properly organize a listening class using Andrew’s great example.