Name: Savannah Glaves Date of observation: 06/03 Observation venue: HS Class: 2-4

Lesson objective(s): Tongue twisters – pronunciation, alliteration

LESSON QUALITY (achievement of objectives, organization, sequencing, use of AV aids,

etc.)

The sequence of the activity for the day was very clear and organized well. They started out

slowly with both an English and Korean example then proceeded to warm up before delving into

some of the harder tongue twisters There were a few visual aids used in the lesson with pictures

beside the tongue twisters on the paper that was distributed out to them. The lesson did achieve

its goal of helping the students because the students were able to pronounce the words better and

faster than they could before. They were also able to come up with their own tongue twisters at

the end.

TEACHER PRESENTATION (clarity of presentation, knowledge of material, classroom

management, speech clarity, etc.)

Since they had done tongue twisters the year before as well, Greg asked what the point of the

lesson was at the beginning of class and the students were able to answer easily. He was also

very clear in explaining how the student would first read all of the tongue twisters as a warm up

before they focused on one for the group activity. Greg said everything with clarity and

emphasized syllables, so they would be able to understand. He also did some engaging activities

such as making large gestures to help them understand or singing the tongue twisters instead of

just saying them in a monotone voice.

STUDENT PARTICIPATION (interest level, interaction with instructor, balance of

student/teacher speech, opportunity to practice learning points, etc.)

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Whenever he asked them to interact with them, they were very willing. Greg was making fun of

himself while teaching the class, so they would be able to answer without feeling embarrassed.

The students seemed to speak more than the teacher, since he mainly only spoke while he was

teaching. The students were able to get a large amount of practice in to help their speaking skills.

Greg also said that the students did not like tongue twisters that much, but they were still actively

participating in the class because Greg had made the class fun.

MAJOR STRENGTHS

1. Greg helped everyone pronounce the words before letting them try to do it on their own.

2. He allowed the students to have time to correct themselves in between rounds, so that

they would be able to see the improvement in themselves in just a short time period.

3. The competition between the students also kept them motivated to learn and willing to

work together as a team so they could win.

QUESTIONS OF UNCERTAINTIES ABOUT THE LESSON

1. The students seemed a little confused about making their own tongue twisters. There

should have been more time for explaining it.

SUGGESTIONS

1. There should have been more explaining for their students on how to make their own

tongue twisters.

2. I feel like there also should have been a little bit of time to share the tongue twisters, but

with all of that information at once, it may be a little hard to do.

CHRONOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF CLASS ACTIVITIES

Time Activity

8:30 Class begins, Ask how the students are and what they did over the weekend

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8:32 “I thought a thought” example and repeat a few times

8:35 Show some Korean tongue twisters

8:40 Show some more English tongue twisters, help with the pronunciation then have

them repeat

8:45 Each person in the group reads through all of the tongue twisters and everyone in

the group listens to them

8:48 Go through one more time to help everyone with pronunciation

8:50 Rock-paper-scissors  shoot to let group members choose which tongue twister

they will read

8:53 Students practice for game between the teams

8:58 Round 1; students say tongue twisters as quickly as possible, but they have to be

clear

9:04 Give students 2 minutes to correct the parts they messed up on

9:07 Round 2; Say as fast possible, winner gets reward

9:11 KU students try the tongue twisters against winning team

9:13 Have students come up with one tongue twisters

9:20 Class ends