Class 01: English 01.09

Class Observation - Suzy

English for student of environmental English

tabula.tamk.fi

Class Description

First of all, the teacher said hi and checked who was present.

She knew their names and called them by names, all the time, because she had already taught academic English for the class.

She started the class by presenting her partner in class mister Emmanuel Abruquah (Nana). 

She presented the class through a spokesman. This student spoke all the time on behalf of the class, and he said that this is a second year of environmental engineering and that they had already completed the academic English class.

She presented us for them and explained to us that it is the first class and so much explanation could be done.

So she started again and opened the system and said the keyword for the students, and showed them a table with the subject and strategies of a student, she highlight:

it is up to you

...the most important is improve the ability of learning how to improve knowledge and skills in English.

that they would improve the ability to write for nom knowledge people, maybe in next years it would be extremely necessary.

so she start to give information about activities that they will do along semester:

The activities for students one is to know how to behavior in a job interview, they have to visit a blog of workers or something like that. And they make a blog with the research for job and work style and they will discuss in a bolt, and they could contribute in wiki.

again: Teacher say do not matter if we do a great improve in your english by these time but I (teacher) want that you continuem increasing your language skill. 

Teacher speaks on team work that students must find ways to improve write, but no in scientific style, and she sad to make a good title in the post, because these can help others with the same issue. the students have to say what is good or bad in the track found and posted.

Now she gave them the task to write down what they want to learn in this course. 5 min.

She stared each student and asked if task is clear for them 

Students

pay attention

there is a spokesman

many of them are very concentrated in the EAD system, few question teacher or spoke one each other.

the spokesman said that they are form second year engineering they studied and know they are deeper in issue, last year they saw soil engineering, water treatment, whiter fall the courses have connection, with no one issue in your proper ball. 

RS asked

Who do you like the vital system? How is it used?

the spokerman sad thet teachers had differents ways to use it, and sometimes they became lost in what to do. And could help to make a course in how it work.

Avaliation

she showed a table full of differences actives and its grade, there are optional activities amount, and a minimum hold to hit.

Strategies
she used dialogue class, asking student straight