Observing Centro Universitario Anglo Mexicano in Cancun is always a blast. I love to see how engaging the students are and how eager they are to learn. Observing the teaching methods by the professor is also very insightful. In this observation lesson, the focus was on reading.
The professor provided a PowerPoint slide to outline the lesson objectives. This allowed the students to read over the objectives and ask any questions that they had in regards to the lesson format. This also provided the professor with the opportunity to discuss the necessary materials needed to complete the assignment within the lesson. The professor had a great way of opening up the class making sure to interact with each student and clearly stating the lesson objectives.
For the assessment, students were expected to read a passage then answer true, false or not given based on the questions provided. There were eight questions in total. Before starting the assignment, the professor provided several examples to allow students to understand the activity and to warm-up their brains for reading.
Upon completing each question, students were expected to explain their answer, by doing this, the professor incorporated the student’s understanding of the passage while practicing their speaking skills. Students were actively engaged with the class when answering the questions. The students had strong pronunciation skills, strong listening comprehension and were strong readers.
I have learned a lot from this observation, I have learned that students will appreciate you, will dedicate their full attention to you, they will value your time, as well as they will be eager to learn and come to class when your provide a fun, engaging, learning environment. I felt honoured to be able to observe this class, as the students were so well behaved and were very respectful. The teacher was one of the best teachers I have observed as she was caring and passionate about teaching her students and she provided all the necessary resources to make her students succeed.