Maya Cobb CO Blog #2

Date/Time: September 19, 10:00 am - 10:50 am

Topic/Skill: The Subjunctive 

Teacher Presentation: The teacher started by asking students to error-correct a sentence from the last quiz. Then, the instructor introduced the topic and asked the students what they knew about the subjunctive. He explained the grammar form from the textbook and then proceeded to show examples of subjunctive sentences. These examples were turned into a classroom activity as the students had to guess whether or not the sentence was in the subjunctive form or not and then share whether the sentence applied to their culture. Finally, the last activity was a dictation activity where the students listened to a clip twice and had to try and write down the transcription word for word. They then shared with the instructor and error-corrected together. 

Classroom Management: The teacher encouraged student participation and kept everyone engaged. 

Materials: Word doc, worksheet, canvas assignment 

Student Participation: Everyone gave answers and participated in the group activity. 

Feedback Provided: The teacher provided detailed feedback on their responses to in-class questions and their dictation. Additionally, the teacher had the students help each other before he helped them so they can better learn the material (teaching and doing).

Lesson(s) on teaching you learned: The way ESL teachers teach upper-level grammar topics that are difficult for ESL students to comprehend.