Date: Feb. 12 Full ESL Class-Mike’s Home ESL (1 hour)

 

    This class demonstrates how to handle and teach a large class, which in this example, is a class of 55 students in China. The teacher starts with a warm-up that introduces the lesson. This warm-up gets the students up and moving, getting them ready for class. This is a great way to ensure students are awake and energized in order for them to be ready to learn. He then checks the students understanding with a short, fun video. As he goes over the subject, he encourages the students to repeat after him and he uses lots of hand signals to represent family members, which is what he is teaching about. He also encourages students to raise their hands to answer questions and is very positive when giving feedback. He does the reading together with the class, then gets the students to stand up and act out the reading. This is great because it gets the students physically moving and incorporating the words into their activities. As the class moves on, he splits the children into groups and checks their understanding in their small groups. He uses points to encourage learning, which I think is great, as it gives the students incentive to do well. This video is a great example of how to handle a large classroom, and keep all the students engaged and learning.