Yesterday I observed a Level 2 listening class instructed by Ryan. I found that he followed the Lesson Plan Template that we have been given very closely, as I over reported previously. Terribly sorry about that, didn't mean to bore you all, NB alert!
There was one teaching technique that stood out for me in Ryan's presentation. He had an activity that actually covered three classes. In the first class students were exposed to a visual and audio clip. They had to take notes concerning content in the video. In the second class they had to answer T or F questions about the content or message of the video. The third class was this morning and they would have had a quiz about the contents of the video. This is an example of a 'top down' comprehension processing. In this activity the students were listening for the main ideas, using the lecture topic to make predictions and using the Lecturer's organization of material to assist comprehension. Nice class overall!
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