TLE 2 Material Review

Amber Au EDUC 540a

Class Background
University of Houston Language Learning
Center( LCC)
Reading, Listening, and Speaking class
Host Teacher: Cory Stewart
Learner Level: Advanced Adult ESL Level 6
Number of Students: 14
Student Diversity: Saudi Arabia, France,
West Africa, China, Colombia, and Spain
Date: 2/25/2015
Duration: 50minutes

Topic: Review Materials for Midterm

Reading

Comprehension skills

Scanning and Skimming

Main Idea and Purpose
Patterns

of Organization

Argument
Informative
Problem and Solution
Cause and Effect
Time/Chronological

Theory
Communicative

Language Theory

Increased Interaction
Socio-cultural

theory

Students negotiate meaning together

Cognitive

Students draw from prior knowledge to

display comprehension/understanding

Analysis
Covered

content thoroughly, but may have spend

a little too much time on the review material
during class.

Used

open discussion to assess the students

understanding.

Some

of the activities took longer than anticipated

(the Host teachers said I was generous with time)

Could

have been more engaging for some specific

students. A lot of the same students offer
answers, so calling on the less talkative students
would have been ideal

Strengths
Students

understood the task

Instructions were very clear

Group

work activities were engaging

Students

were able to display their

understanding of the material proven
through informal assessment

was able to reduce my UM speech

pattern!

Weaknesses
Host

teacher mentioned I could have gone

through the materials more quickly and
suggested I speak more quickly

Reviewed

material does not engage all the

students during whole class discussion

Calling

on less active students to participate

in whole class activities

Still

working on using other transition words

besides so

Discussion questions
How

do you make reviewing

materials interesting/engaging
for students?

What

are some techniques you

would use to speed up a lesson
on materials you are reviewing?
Would you include activities such
as group work? Why or why not?