Class Observation 11/9

After initial difficulties I had the pleasure of observing Ryan Flemings intermediate class. He started off with a review of what had been learned and cleverly related it in terms of the TOFL exam to stress its its importance. I noticed that he takes the time to talk slower than normal and annunciate his words. Throughout the class he continually asked the students to answer both his questions and other questions prompted by other students so that they spoke as much as possible and participated in the class. Later in the class he gave a dialogue crafting assignment, and divided the students into small groups of two or three to work on them. However, he first provided brief examples of how to go about the assignment. When he called time, each small group stood and gave their dialogue in front of the class, and Ryan gave feedback to the individual groups after each presentation.