On Monday, January 14th
from 2:00 to 2:50 p.m., I went to Felicia Ciappetta’s Listening class. The
classroom was originally supposed to be in Room 312 but we went down to the
computer lab. Before class started, the
instructor posted a lecture on Canvas as well as three six-minute timed quizzes
for the students to take after listening to the lecture. She told students to
log on to the computers and then log on to Canvas where they would find a
lecture and quizzes. She told them to first
listen to the lecture, then listen to the lecture again and write notes on what
they hear, and then finish notes the third time they’re listening to the
lecture. After listening three times,
students were allowed to take their quizzes on Canvas. The professor wrote what the quizzes and
lecture were going to be about at the beginning of the class on the white board,
which I think can be helpful for students since it can be used to make sure
that they are taking the correct quiz. She told them that they are allowed to
listen to the lecture as many times as they needed to but that they could only
take each quiz one time. The instructor
went around the room to make sure that the students were doing what they needed
to and then sat at a desk to answer any questions the students may have. Throughout
the class, I remained silent so that I would not distract the students but I tried
to peak at the notes the students next to me were taking. I did not want them
to see that I was looking because I did not want to confuse the students or
cause any unnecessary mistakes. From
this class, I learned that it’s important for the teacher to prepare before the
class starts and make sure that everything that the students need are already
on Canvas so that it is easy to access.
It is also necessary for the teacher to give clear instructions at the
beginning of class so that students know exactly what they need to do and to
also avoid errors or confusion.
My third conversation partner meeting was with Josue, my conversation partner from Paris, France. He suggested that we go to a restaurant for this meeting, and recommended the Colombian restaurant on Tennessee St. called "Super Perros". I had never been to this restaurant before, so it was interesting to not only converse with someone from outside of my culture but also at a cultural restaurant with an atmosphere and menu different than what I am used to. Most of the menu was in Spanish, so we were able to bond over trying to figure out what the menu was saying, and ended up sharing a lot of laughs over it. During our meeting, we caught up on how he was doing at CIES, what he's involved in in Tallahasee, and discussed deeper topics such as the current political affairs going on in France. This led to a grander discussion about American politics, and it turned out we had similar views. It was interesting to connect our ideas across border lines, realizing we all want the ...
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