Milcia CO #3

On September 13, I also observed Angel Rios’s Listening class. He first introduced me and then went over the class agenda. He didn’t have anything written on the board, but talked to the students about their assignments. He first emphasized the importance of note taking to improve listening. He noted that when students listen to something and start taking notes, that they forget to pay attention to the rest of what’s being said.

During the class, they went over many things. At the beginning he introduced abbreviations and asked students to explain or give examples. One students said “OK” and Mr. Angel Rios used text lingo as other examples. He noted that text lingo and abbreviations were not to be used in academic writing but should be used when note taking.

Then they do an Agree/Disagree activity in their textbook. He asks students to raise their hands if they agree or disagree if verbal and nonverbal communication are the same or different and asks students to give examples. The rest of the activity has to do with verbal and nonverbal communication and being able to identify and interpret meaning from both.

Following that, they worked on a vocabulary activity where they had to define bolded words in a phrase based on context. Students weren’t allowed to use phones or dictionaries but could talk to each other to try to define the words or get a different “feel” for meaning. At the end of class, they went over their definitions of the words and he wrote new words on the board. To wrap class up, he reminded students of their homework and dismissed them.