Charlie - CO#1

Date/Time: Wednesday, May 5, 2:00-2:50 p.m.

Topic/Skill: Listening

Teacher Presentation: "Justice: What's the Right Thing To Do?" YouTube Video 

Classroom Management: Ah-Young Kim

Materials: "Justice: What's the Right Thing To Do?" YouTube Video, List of difficult vocabulary words covered in video, Projector

Student Participation: Today's class observation was interesting. Upon arrival, I met Aziz and Husaan, who are two Saudi Arabian students that are enrolled in Florida States CIES Program. We got to know each other a bit and I learned that Aziz was actually pursuing a degree in Sports Management, with a keen interest in Jeju (which I later learned was another form a Jiu Jitsu). The class started with warmup discussion, which I liked as it sort of primed the students for what they would be talking about the rest of class. The remainder of the class was essentially just going through a video of a speaker talking about the utilitarianism and consequentialism. A hypothetical situation of a difficult moral/ethical dilemma was presented to the students that seemed to really get their gears turning. I really loved how, throughout the video, Professor Kim chose certain words to focus on throughout the class. In preparation for the class, she looked up definitions, correct usage, and even pictures of specific words within the video so that it was easier to explain to the students. When the word jury came up, we had a whole discussion around the word and it was interesting to see the confusion in most of the students as we described the jury process and explained that it was a mandatory procedure. Overall, this class activity seemed to be very engaging and will probably be something I implement in my own tutoring sessions. 

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