Damil_CO_#3

2/2/2015

1pm

CIES Building 

Ramin Yazdanpanah

Speaking Class
Group 4

Ramin's speaking class meet up in a small class room in CIES building. I feel that the smallness of the class room encourages students to speak to each other and receive immediate feed back. The class began by considering the conversation topic for the day, which was "This House Would Go Vegetarian." Students were divided into groups of 3 and asked to debate the pros and cons of vegetarianism. Debate positions were assigned: one student was pro vegetarian, one was anti vegetarian, and a third was a neutral member who would collect notes from the 2 arguments and summarize them in the end. 

The groups were highly animated as they shared their opinion with each other. While the class was in progress, Ramin walked around listening in on group conversations. At times, he would involve himself in a group discussion help guide their train of thought or give a funny remark. At the end of class, each neutral member of each group shared the arguments and counter-arguments of each side. Before class was dismissed, Ramin reviewed his notes from the class. He reminded the students of when and where to use the letter "s" words in sentences. I learned a lot from Ramin's enthusiasm and interest in the personal learning experience of his students. The students in his looked happy to be there and genuinely interested in the in class work assignment. I also learned from watching him that you can be involved in groups and actively participate with the class in their activity. This I feel helps students know exactly what is expected from them and how to reach their goals.