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Category Observation Reflections

Week 5: Live Observation of Academic Reading with Alex (120 mins)

Today I observed Alex’s live class, Academic Reading Skill provided by Thompson Rivers University. The class is mainly for international students who are level 5 with a strong background in English grammar and wide vocabulary. Before beginning the class, Alex… Continue Reading →

Week 4: Observation IELTS Reading with Andrea: T/F/NOT GIVEN (60mins)

The Andrea’s class mainly focus on IELTS learner. As I see, they are proficient in English, and they have grasp basic grammar rules and wide vocabulary. The teacher review with student by checking with students and encouraging them to ask… Continue Reading →

Week 4: Observation IELTS Reading with Yazmin: Matching heading (60mins)

Today I observed an IELTS reading class, which focused on students who prepare for IELTS exam. At the beginning of the class, the teacher, Yazmin, was ecstatic to say hi to students, and she checked with students’ attendance and absence…. Continue Reading →

Week 3: Observation of ESAL with Jack (120 mins)

Today I observed Jack’s online class, Integrated Language Skill from Thompson Rivers University, which mainly focused on low-level English beginners from. Most of them are from Japan, and a few of them from France, Philippine, and Iran. At the beginning… Continue Reading →

Week 3: Observation Academic Writing with Xueling (60 mins)

Today I observed Xueling’s class in Academic Writing. The students are all intermediate learners from non-English countries, and most of them are from China. The teacher taught students by sharing her screen with students and offering them teaching material by… Continue Reading →

Week 2: Observations on the elementary student as ESL in Asia (120mins)

The class aims at elementary students who have a background in the basic grammar of English. They can recognize certain vocabulary and simple past tense. I believe they are high-level beginners.  In these two videos between China and Korea, what… Continue Reading →

Week 2: Observation of Conversation club with Hilda (60mins)

Today I observed an English conversation Club offered by Language Learning Centre at TRU. Unfortunately, there are only our TESL classmates to join with it, but we indeed learned some good teaching skills from Hilda, our teacher who leads the… Continue Reading →

Week 1: Video Observations with Tanya (60mins)

The class is mainly for adult students who are beginners without any basic English background. The teacher facilitates students on English learning by using realia, which advantages students to understand and memorize relevant vocabulary through visual aid. Also, the teacher… Continue Reading →

Reflection#1: What are my strengths as a human being?

As a human being, I believe there are four strengths we need to aware. Firstly, we all have ability to learn from mistakes. The most important thing in life journey is to accept and embrace your failure. We had better… Continue Reading →

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