Ok so you're probably wondering what an Open class is. Well for 2010 GEPIK foreign teachers its one class a year when other teachers from your area come watch you teach. It's a way for teachers to critique your class, so they can help you improve on your teaching methods etc. (since most of the foreign teachers don't have degrees in education)
As i mentioned in the previous blog, our theme was Christmas and we had six words for the vocabulary. 1) Santa Clause 2) Christmas tree 3) Star 4) Bell 5) Gift 6) Stocking. After the introduction of the vocabulary we played the whisper game (students make a line and whisper what was said to the student in front of them, the last student then holds up a card of that word).
After the game the students then made a christmas tree. They had stickers of the vocabulary words in three different colors Yellow, Red and Green for a total of 18 sitckers. They had to listen for the word and the color then place the sticker on the tree. We ended the class by singing ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS' "CHRISTMAS DON'T BE LATE"
When it was over we said goodbye to the studetns and went to another class for the critique to begin. Some teachers mentioned they were surprised that we had no Phonic lesson in our class. We explained that since it was 1st grade Phonics was too hard for them so we focus more on "flash cards" for our style of teaching. Other than that the teachers seemed impressed with our teaching method and our school was pleased with the work that Jin and I had done.
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