Andrew Cheong, Foundations of TESOL Sara Brathwaite November 28, 2016 Reflection Did I give enough time for activities? 1 felt like I did give enough time for activities, but perhaps I could have spent a little more time. The in-class activity that | used was a long video in my opinion, Maybe if T had cut the video in half and focused more on the activity, it would have been more beneficial, learning wise. At the end of the video I did state that it was probably too fast for a lot of students. Although the narrator was talking slowly, I felt like there was too much focus on too many things. When I asked the class to give answers according to the video, it seemed like only the most obvious answers came through, Also I feel like T should have explained the target expression a littlé | ‘more. In this case I should have mentioned about comparative and superlative usages and its C yeenaly so’ relations with emphasis. eR ae ‘Was my lesson student-centered? . rns a ‘My part was mainly teacher-centered and | meant for it to be that way. However, I could have integrated student-centered learning in there as well. Perhaps it would have lowered the students’ / affective filter more, making them more responsive. If I had to place a student centered activity, ope 5 if Would be before the video. ( ‘Was I culturally sensitive? The lesson had nothing much involving cultural sensitivity. That said, T believe that I was culturally sensitive in that I didn’t involve or offend cultural aspects. The lesson was designed specifically to teach the target expression exclusively without offending anyone while making sure people learned efficiently