Nicole CO 1

Today I observed Andrew's beginner class.  It was very interesting and I certainly enjoyed being a part of the class.  Andrew started the class by using a Word of the Day.  Throughout this activity when Andrew asked the class questions and we was met with silence or asked for clarification he would share the question again using the same verbiage.  He had no problem repeating himself but he stood his ground and didn't lower the language level he was using.  And it worked!  After a few times the students understood and participated.  A fun little quirk that his classroom uses is a bell.  He or his TA would ring the bell if there was an incorrect pronunciation or if there were missing words in the students sentence.  So a student said "my favorite place to shop Publix".  The bell was rang and the correction was made by Andrew.  Another piece of the class I found to be a great tactic was a the anonymous correction of mistakes through a Beautiful Mistakes worksheet. While the class took place Andrew would keep track of mistakes heard throughout the lesson.  At the end of the lesson he would pick a few and go over them on the board and the class would write it all on their own Beautiful Mistakes worksheet.  I think this was a great way to correct students without them feeling embarrassed and also help everyone learn something.