Yesterday I observed the class Listening, Group 4A with Andrew Wilson. I was very surprised at how advanced the English knowledge of the students was. They were able to understand English at the level that I understand, and even more! The subjects they were learning were applicable to a typical college course load. They would study English through subjects such as Psychology, Environmental Science, History, Literature, and Economics. The advanced language of the words was at the level of an American college student. For example, the words loquacious and aesthetic were used in the materials the students were studying.
Mr. Wilson started the class out with writing a 'word of the day' and showed videos of various academic topics. He started out with a history video about a factory fire in the industrial era. He had the students write down the main ideas, and how it was a major event in history. He also showed a video on the art museum, the Guggenheim. He made the students write down notes and answer questions about the video.
These exercises helped the students to speak quickly and write quickly in English, as well as be able to think about difficult academic topics only in English. Overall, he was a good teacher and the lesson was definitely beneficial to the student's success in CIES.
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