Date: May 10, 2017
Professor: Felicia Ciappetta
Class: Speaking
So I picked an odd day to observe. The class was much more vocal and interacted a lot more with each other. I noticed that in some classes the student generally grouped by culture/ethnic background. In this class, the students were friends with people from all kinds of backgrounds. They talked about lunch, and homework, and all other kinds of things.
The assignment today made the class odd. The students were given handouts and told to go interview Americans. They were given a list of questions which included gender, age, and ethnicity. The students seemed baffled that in America, people still identify by their cultural heritage and not just simply as Americans. Professor Ciappetta told them to leave and go find ten people (five for each partner) and ask them these questions. I was interviewed by a group and they were so friendly and I enjoyed my interviewing experience.
Thankfully, I got to take this time while the students were running around to speak with Professor Ciappetta. She let me ask questions about the previous reading class as well as questions about teaching in general. I asked about lesson plans, vocabulary, motivation, and how to handle difficult classes. It was really fun talking with her.
Before class ended, several students had wandered back (generally missing the partner they ran off with) and I got to talk with some of them as well. One gentleman from Kuwait was super friendly and loved talking in English. His philosophy was he had to speak it either way, so he may as well say as much as he could. He was really nice and I enjoyed talking with the others in the room as well. I find that the students are usually very willing to interact and speak English. Overall, it was another great class to observe.
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