Ryan CO 1

My first Classroom Observation was a Intermediate-High Intermediate speaking class with Ah Young Kim. I tried to focus on how Ah Young managed and ran the class. First of course she took attendance. Then she told the class about what they were going to do for the day which included looking at some common idioms in English, have the students guess their meaning, then watch a movie selection that contained them in context, and had the students guess again after hearing them in context. She went over the phrases, their meanings, and how they are used in actual conversation. Next she had the students get into pairs to make a skit in which they would use at least one of the phrases correctly. They acted these skits out in front of the class and I was chosen to be the judge of which group did the best. One group was even able to incorporate all of them. The phrases used were, "He's got more color," "to get someone through," "a word to the wise," and "to fudge". They were all taken from the movie While You Were Sleeping.