CO #3

This last lesson that I was observed was very interesting. It was a Speaking and Listening class, but there was a special event going on on campus that made this lesson particularly engaging. It happened to be the President of FSU's birthday, and he threw an Ice Cream Social for all of the students on campus. Since the Social began halfway through this class, the instructor told the students she would let them out then to enjoy the ice cream. But, they had a task to do while there. The class lesson of the day would prepare them to go to the Social and interview English speakers about what kinds of ice cream they enjoyed. During the first half of the class, a discussion was held on different types of ice cream. Then, the instructor helped the students formulate questions that they could ask people at the Social. I really enjoyed this lesson, especially because the instructor was able to use the current events of the real classroom situation and have the students do an activity where they can apply their English knowledge and skill to the real world. I would definitely like to utilize some kind of variation of this lesson in my future teaching career.