FSU TEFL Certificate Course Summer 2024

  Date/Time: June     3rd 1-1:50 Topic/Skill: speaking Teacher Presentation: environment  Classroom Management: The class was centered around conversation. She introduced new topics and vocabulary as the conversation progressed. Materials: Classroom curriculum book Student Participation: the students spoke about their environments in their home countries and their experiences here in Tallahassee with the recent tornado. Feedback Provided: the teacher had students pronounce words over again when they misspoke and gave them space to think about what they wanted to say. Lesson(s) on teaching you learned: current events help bring relatability between the teachers and students.

  Date/Time: Monday June 3rd, 10-10:50 Topic/Skill: grammar Teacher Presentation: contractions Classroom Management: the teacher timed her presentation so the students had enough time to complete their activities  Materials: projector, PowerPoint  Student Participation: the teacher had the students make contractions by giving them sentences with the longer form. For example, she wrote “we are” and the students responded with “we’re”. Students helped each other with the lesson as well. Feedback Provided: The teacher provided encouragement and corrected mistakes when they just couldn’t get it. Lesson(s) on teaching you learned: Student’s can help teach students.

Date/Time: Monday June 3rd 9 am Topic/Skill:Possessive Pronouns  Teacher Presentation: listening Classroom Management: students listened to audio recordings 3 times and did their worksheets that accompanied  Materials:projector, laptop, image search on google, course curriculum book Student Participation: The classroom was interactive and the students were eager to learn. They had a good rapport with the teacher. Feedback Provided: the teacher explained the students mistakes after their second attempts Lesson(s) on teaching you learned: speak slow, be patient, and listen for understanding 

  CO Blog Date/Time: May 6th 2:24 pm Topic/Skill: Listening skills Teacher Presentation:  the teacher presented an audio description of workbook pages Classroom Management: the teacher used google docs to grade assignments as soon as they were done. Materials: Computer, google docs, WhatsApp  Student Participation: The students asked questions about the material  Feedback Provided: The teacher actively corrected the student assignments  Lesson(s) on teaching you learned: the process is slow and repetition is important with listening material 

Date June 12 4pm  Location Hetch House  Celebrating Milestones: Reflecting on Progress: Pouya’s journey has been impressive. We reflected on his achievements so far, highlighting the areas where he's excelled and outlining future learning goals. To wrap it up I played him a song about endings and goodbyes to close our chapter. We deconstructed the meaning through repetition and detecting word stress and tone. He was able to use context to explain the words he missed. We did a fill in the blank page for his notes.  While reflecting I realized language learning is extremely complex and a proper technique is imperative for success. 

 Date: 06/12/2024 Location Hetch House  Speaking with Confidence: Everyday Scenarios Role-Play This session focused on speaking patterns and common everyday situations. We started with simple greetings and progressed to more complex scenarios like ordering food at a restaurant. The aim was to practice expressing specific needs while building upon existing knowledge. I learned enunciation takes practice and a good example is important to start with.  The wrong pronunciation can change the meaning of a statement in some cases so it is important to be mindful of the way you say a word.