Sabrina Debrard CO#1

I went to observe Mr. Flemming's Listening class (level 3A) on Thursday, and it was quite an interesting class because they were reviewing and practicing slang terms. Mr. Flemming brought a lot of energy to the class which was important to note, I was curious as to how a listening class would be handled because often times students (in language classes that I have been in and discussed with friends) find listening the least interesting. Mr. Flemming made sure that each student was focused on the audio recording and following along in their notes, then he reviewed the recording and replayed it. The students then discussed the words and concepts presented in the listening track, matching them in their workbooks. Mr. Flemming then added his own slang words (the book and audio was from 2004, which had pretty dated slang) and asked me for extra help in explaining the usage for some of these new words (such as 'goals' and 'lit'). It was evident how much Mr. Flemming tried to make the class interactive with both the listening portion and the discussion portion, and I'm glad I got to see a model of how a listening class could work.