Lillie CO #3

Date/time: January 24, 2024. 1:00-1:50pm

Topic/skill: Dr. Angel Rios, speaking class, group 4 level. Oral presentation day.

Teacher presentation: N/A. Students were giving research presentations on the American Gov.

Classroom management: Prof told me that at the start of the session, the students were very stiff and quiet. Now in week 3, they're all very close and laugh the period. This intimacy and friendship is crucial in building confidence and community to support their self-confidence and being comfortable presenting in front of people in a second language. This cozy practice atmosphere will give them practice and confidence before they give presentations in front of native speakers.

Student participation: The students were engaged in each other's presentations, asking genuine questions. They were nervous about presenting in front of me, a stranger.

Feedback provided: 

  • The rubric criteria include: grammar and structure (sentence structure, verb agreement, prepositions)(write their errors in feedback), vocab variety (no crazy difficult vocab, using level appropriate), pronunciation and delivery (volume, speed, pace, and fillers like uh um like) (positive and neg feedback here), topic development and organization (are they following the outline: hook, self-introduction, topic introduction, meat of the presentation, inclusion of clean transitions), and then completion of overall presentation (time limit, visual aids, were they prepared). 

  • After some presentations, he asked genuine questions, not quizzing them, but curiously inquiring about his own knowledge gaps.

Lessons learned about teaching: 

  • Prof strongly encouraged them to record themselves.

  • Prof grades presentations in real-time, so that he hits 'submit grade' as soon as they say “thank you.” He sits in the back with Canvas opened with his own rubric, and types into his rubric to assign 1-5 for each criterion, leaving notes and feedback as to why he gave whichever number they received. 

Materials: student’s PowerPoint presentations on the projector

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