Anna CO #3

 Date/Time: May 18th, 2026 

Topic/Skill: Speaking ("Free Speaking")

Teacher Presentation: The teacher gave a brief introduction to the daily class activity, "free speaking," and emphasized that students should focus on two areas: accuracy and fluency, with fluency being the most important.

Classroom Management: The teacher divided students into groups of 2-3 and had them discuss in groups while the teacher or a TA sat nearby, observing and interjecting with error correction when necessary. 

Materials: The teacher briefly used the whiteboard to support instruction and error correction. 

Student Participation: All students participated, and their affective filters were lower as they were able to work casually in groups, but productive conversations were encouraged with the teacher or a TA sitting nearby each group. 

Feedback Provided: Error correction during this class was much more informal and frequent, as it was a speaking class. One correction specifically highlighted by the teacher to the students was "It depends on vs depends on the person." The teacher used this error to exemplify the relationship between prepositions and gerunds. 

Lesson(s) on teaching you learned: The biggest lesson I learned from observing this class was that it does not always overshadow students' ability to learn when the teacher (or a TA) is closely observing or even involved in small-group activities. I was able to see during this classroom observation how this structure maintains a balance between a relaxing, stress-free classroom environment and encouraging students to showcase their English-speaking skills to the greatest extent, as they are still being "monitored".

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