TS9

November 25, 2019/@1600hrs
CIES lounge
Speaking/Listening

Today Alvin seemed a lot more relaxed  We continued exploring his preferences and interests.  By keeping him engaged in talking about his hobbies and friends/relatives that are from his country and living in the United States, this seems to contribute to him freeing up in his conversations.

TS8

November 25, 2019/@1500hrs
CIES classroom
Speaking/Listening/Writing/Vocabulary

Hongu Wu and i used this time to consult on an email she needed to send.  She composed this email and according to guidelines provided to her by her Composition instructor.  The instructor advised as a general note to not use certain over-used word-phrases.  For example, like using "I need to" and "I want to".  So we pursued using a slightly different approach to make the request at question.

TS7

November 20, 2019/@~1730hrs
Dirac Library
Speaking/Listening/Writing/Reading/Vocabulary


Hassan Khormai and I spent some time doing an assignment he had to do.  It consisted of him reading an paragraph with the purpose of exchanging some of the word with a different word without changing the meaning of the paragraph.  We went back and forth searching to find the most appropriate substitute words to complete this task.  It was quite involved.

CP5

November 20, 2019/@1600hrs
CIES lounge
Speaking/Listening/Vocabulary

Sang Im Lee and I were able to chat.  On this day we did a quick review on pronunciation for words that might be troublesome for Korean language speakers. However, for her, they were no trouble at all.  She took the note of them on her own for further review. We continues our time conversing about many other general subjects.

TS6

November 20, 2019/@1500hrs
CIES lounge
Speaking/Listening

Today Hongfu Wu more or less focused on having a casual conversation.  We conversed about what has been happening in day-to-day activities.  We commented on the things that were taking place in the CIES lounge during our time together. One thing that was really advantages was that there was some cooking going on at here home recently, because there are relatives from China visiting.  She promised to bring in some fixings for me to taste.  Next day, she did. Yum.

TS5

November 18, 2019/@1500hrs
CIES classroom
Speaking/Listening

Finally! I was able to sit and chat with Mr. Compaore.  Despite this being our first sitting together, we have spoken on a few other occasions.  But on today, I had an opportunity to personal- ize our conversation. For this time I was able to learn more about the him. He told me about his future plans and personal interests.

Adrianna TS#7

Today I met with my tutee Renata and we went over some grammar that she recently learned in class. She needed help with understanding adjective clauses as well as passive vs. active voice.  I used the internet to help me better explain both adjective clauses, and passive vs. active voice. I had her write out multiple example sentences that included adjective clauses, as well as sentences that were written in the active voice and then the passive voice. We broke down the sentences into subject, verb, object of the verb, and extra "fluff". This process of breaking down the sentences definitely seemed to help her better understand the grammar concepts. At the end of the session, Renata and I chatted a bit about our plans for the rest of the day and then made plans to meet again this Thursday.

TS #10

Date: 11/19/19 (Tuesday 10:00am-11:00am)
Location: CIES Lobby

Today I met with Yunija and we did homework together for the first time!
She had homework from her listening class. Her assignment was to listen to a part of a lecture about the war on drugs and three types of drugs introduced. The three types of drugs introduced were stimulants, opioids, and cannabis. I helped her during the listening part to figure out what content to use in order to write her summary. She did a wonderful job writing her summary once we were able to get the content in order.

CP #6

Date: 11/18/19
Location: Leach Center

Today I met my conversation partner Futa at the gym. He bought Nick and Miguel with him to play basketball. We played a few games together on the same team. Futa was so tired after we were done playing. I had a great time with them. I hope we can all play basketball again soon.

TS #9

Date: 11/17/19 (Sunday 9:00am-10:00am)
Location: Skype
Topic/Skill: Idioms and Casual English

Today I tested Dojun on all of the idioms we have covered so far.
We also practiced talking casual English to each other throughout our conversations.
To conclude our session for today we covered some new idioms.

List of idioms I tested Dojun on:

• (To) Hit the books 
• (To) Hit the sack 
• (To be) Up in the air 
• (To) Stab someone in the back 
• (To) lose your touch 
• (To) Sit tight 
• (To) Pitch in 
• (To) Go cold turkey 
• (To) Face the music 
• (To be) On the ball 
• Rule of thumb 
• bail
• text me
• chillin
• for real
• it's on the house
• text me
• night owl

New idioms covered: 

• (To) Get over something 
• (To) Keep your chin up 
• (To) Find your feet 
• (To)  Cut to the chase
• (To) Look like a million dollars/bucks
• (To) Blow off steam 
• (To be) Under the weather 

CP #5

Date: 11/16/19 (Saturday 7:30pm-8:30pm)
Location: Florida State University (Longmire Recital Hall)

Today I attended Yunjia's piano recital!
She played piano while her partner Samantha played violin.
They played one of Beethoven's pieces. It was amazing. She's so talented on the piano.
I really enjoyed the show.

TS #8

Date: 11/15/19 (Friday 1:30pm-2:30pm)
Location: CIES Conference Room
Topic/Skill: Past Perfect Tense

Today I met with my tutee Yunjia. We watched a video on the past perfect tense. We also completed three worksheets primarily focused on grammar. Yunjia told me that our sessions are really improving her grammar. I'm excited that I can help make a positive difference in improving her English. Next session we are going over multiple tenses to see if she can distinguish between them. Overall I see her confidence building as we continue to go over the english verb tenses.

Adrianna CP#2

This past Wednesday I met with my conversation partner Eda during her lunch time on campus. We hung out on the bottom floor of the CIES building where we talked about various things. Eda is a very health conscientious person, so she was encouraging me to base my diet off of my blood type just how she does. We also talked about the food in America and how she really does not enjoy eating here compared to when she's home in Albania or anywhere else in Europe. Apparently, the goat cheese that she has tried in America tastes nothing like what goat cheese is supposed to taste like, and she is baffled by it. She despises all of our cheeses actually, and that is something we laughed about. We talked about what our plans are for Thanksgiving and Winter break as well as small talk about classes and her boyfriend. I enjoyed getting to know Eda more, and I look forward to our next meeting :)

Adrianna TS#6

Yesterday, I met with my tutee Halima at the CIES building. For the first hour, I reviewed a final paper of hers and pointed out grammatical errors that needed to be corrected. The context of her paper was perfect, and she did not have an excessive amount of grammatical errors so I was pleased about that. Once we were finished editing her paper, I helped her with some homework that she had. The homework assignment required that she journal about a song from her country that cannot be found on any platform other than Youtube. This topic was difficult for her, because she does not listen to or enjoy listening to music. Once I helped her with that, we ended our session and made plans to contact each other soon about a future tutee session. Linzy was also there playing sequence with some of the CIES students, and they invited me to join so I did! The CIES students are very welcoming and fun to be around, so I really enjoyed meeting and playing sequence with them. I guess Linzy is pretty fun too ;) ;)

CP #4

Date: 11/13/19 (Wednesday 4:00pm-5:00pm)
Location: CIES Lobby

Today was a lot of fun. I played card games with Futa, Redda, Mohamed, and a few other of the CIES students. We played Uno together for majority of the time spent. We also hung out with Linzy and her conversation partner while they played Sequence.

Futa and Mohamed explained how to identify an individual's race by their physical features.
Today we discussed the American tip system and the rule of thumb for tipping. We compared the American tip system to their countries. We discussed how Saudi and Japan don't have a tip system like America because tipping isn't apart of their culture. 

CP #3

Date: 11/8/19 (Friday 3:00pm-4:00pm)
Location: CIES Lobby


Today I met up with Futa!
We spent majority of the time discussing the NBA and some of our favorite players.
I helped him on his homework which was about American culture and politics.
We also hung out with Redda and talked about American style, fashion, and trends.
I hope next time to learn more about Japan!

TS #7

Date:11/12/19 (Tuesday 1:00pm-2:00pm)
Location: CIES Building
Topic/Skill Covered: Past Continuous

Today I met with Yunija and we covered the past continuous tense. We watched a video on the past continuous tense to being the lesson. We also completed two worksheets on the past continuous tense.

Past continuous tense:

• was/were -ing 
• created sentences (interrogative)
• tested on irregular past tense verbs  
• past continuous fill in the blank worksheet 
• past continuous quiz (correct or incorrect) 

TS #6

Date: 11/12/19 (Tuesday 9:00am-10:00am)
Location: Skype
Skill/ Topic: Idioms and Casual English Language
Major: Aviation/ Air Traffic Control

Today we covered more idioms. We discussed him memorizing the idioms as the best possible study method. Idioms have unexpected meanings and can be very difficult for a non-native speaker to understand. We also covered formal and informal casual English such as the proper titles to address bosses and professors with.

Idioms we practiced:

• (To) Hit the books 
• (To) Hit the sack 
• (To be) Up in the air 
• (To) Stab someone in the back 
• (To) lose your touch 
• (To) Sit tight 
• (To) Pitch in 
• (To) Go cold turkey 
• (To) Face the music 
• (To be) On the ball 
• Rule of thumb 

TS# 5

Date: 11/11/19 (Sunday 9:00am-10:00am)
Location: Skype
Skill/ Topic: Idioms and Casual English Language
Major: Aviation/ Air Traffic Control


Today I met my tutee Dojun for the first time. He currently resides in South Korea. He works for an airline company in the flight technical support department.
He desires to work on his English for two reasons; job situations and communicating with the pilots.
He told me he doesn't want to speak Konglish ( Korean English). I thought that was hilarious.
During our lesson we covered idioms and contractions.
I believe through listening and speaking he will learn casual English phrases. It's important to learn casual English because it's what native speakers use often to communicate.

Idioms we practiced:

bail
text me
chillin
for real
it's on the house
text me
night owl

TS #4

Date: 11/8/19 (Friday 1:00pm-2:00pm)
Location: CIES Building
Topic/Skill: Review of Tenses

Today I met with Yunjia and we did a review of everything we have been learning so far.
We also watched videos about casual english language. We practiced using casual english language and talked for a bit before we wrapped up the lesson. 

TS #3

Date: 11/5/19 (Tuesday 1:00pm-2:00pm)
Location: CIES Conference Room
Topic/Skill: Simple Past

Today I met with Yunjia and we went over the simple past tense. We watched a song for the simple past tense on Youtube and completed three worksheets together.
The three worksheets covered different areas of the simple past tense.
After today

Worksheets:

• Grammar Worksheet: Past Simple Irregular 
• Practicing Past Simple Form of Irregular (-ed, -d, ied, double consonant -ed) 
• Simple Past Interrogative 

I made sure to include a worksheet on interrogative because that's an area she struggles with. 

CO #3

Date: 11/5/19 (Tuesday 2:00pm-2:50pm)
Class: Room 302 Listening Group 4A
Teacher: Felicia Ciappetta

Students watched two interviews and took an open comprehension quiz on the topics.
Students are being tested on the ability to listen and identify bias. The students are being challenged to use critical thinking for this exercise. 

Youtube Videos:

• The Young Black Conservatives of Trump's America (Vice) (Left wing)
• An Interview with Brandon Straka (Right wing)

University dialogue can go anywhere so I believe this type of exercise prepares students to engage in all hot topics. The students can also learn how to approach controversial issues from a healthy place. 

Linzy TS #3

On November 6th I also tutored Mohanad. Mohanad wants to work on writing and grammar but for this tutoring session we exchanged introductions and worked on his reading homework about watermelons.

Linzy TS #2

On November 6th, I tutored Jimin. We started the session with introductions and worked on speaking. She is mostly concerned about speaking and grammar so I will work that into the tutoring sessions.

CO #3 Kelsey

Class Observation #3

Reading 1A with Dr. Derrick Pollock

Today I observed the Reading 1A class with Dr. Derrick Pollock. There were only two students in the class so the teacher modified the lesson from what he had planned. The first activity was for one student to stand with their back to the board and have another student describe the vocabulary word on the board to the first student without using it. I noticed that the words were slightly above their level. This reflects the i+1 theory. Then, Dr. Pollock did an extensive reading activity where he read a level-appropriate novel to the students as they followed along. This seemed to interest them. Something that I took note of is that he would stop and review the past few paragraphs for comprehension. I think this is a great way to teach them strategies for reading comprehension and to check that they are following along. Then, he moved on to a reading skills lesson. They were learning about context clues. He referred to the textbook and read the concept of context clues slowly and clearly. He then looked at examples and had the students find the context clues. This was a helpful way to teach them a new skill.

CO #2 Kelsey

Class Observation #2

Grammar Group 2A Olivia James

Today I observed the Grammar 2A class with Olivia James. She started out by reviewing what will be on their upcoming exam. She said that there will be two sections including "used to" with a fact, "used to" with a routine, and the past continuous. As she went through each section, she asked the class to remind her what each meant and how they previously learned it. One thing I noticed is that the past activities they were referring to were very interactive including conversations and writing about movies using the verb forms.  She then walked around and read student sentences aloud. This allowed for corrections to be made as a class. The environment felt lively and free of pressure. James also helped form sentences by writing on the board and asking for words from the class. It was a very interactive, group lesson. Then, James put on two movies in separate rooms that they had to write more sentences about saying that they would form teams and compete for points. I thought this was a great way to make the students participate in the lesson because the movies were both very interesting and turning it into a competition made it more exciting.

Adrianna TS#5

This morning I met with my tutee Renata for the second time. She is an absolute delight and we had a very successful tutoring session. She recently learned complex prepositions in class, and needed more help with understanding them. We went over prepositions including "until", "beneath", "underneath", and "for the next". In order to help her understand these words in context, I asked her to form and speak multiple sentences including these words. By the end of our session she was able to use these prepositions correctly, and she did so with a smile on her face. It is apparent to me that she struggles a lot with pronunciation, so for our next tutoring session I will help strengthen her pronunciation skills. After leaving our session, she texted me a very sweet message thanking me for my help and claiming that she now understands complex prepositions! Receiving that text message definitely made my day and gave me immense motivation :)

CO #1 Kelsey

Class Observation #1

Composition 4B with Felicia Ciappetta

Today I observed Professor Ciappetta's composition class. As she explained to me at the beginning of the class, the students are working on a research paper. Half of the class has already finished their article reviews, so they have started writing their papers. The other half is learning how to paraphrase and summarize their articles. Ciappetta introduced the program, TurnItIn, to explain that this is a way to check for plagiarism. Students were worried that they had a score that was too high to be acceptable. In order to address this, Ciappetta made suggestions about how to avoid plagiarism. These included using a thesaurus, changing from an active to a passive voice and taking out details that did not seem important. She then asked me if I had any suggestions for the class. I said that sometimes, I will switch around the sentences in a way that still makes sense put forces me to put it into my own words. I also said that TurnItIn will often give you a high plagiarism score if you include the citations in your check. By turning this feature off, you get a lower score and are more encouraged that your work is your own because citations are not part of the plagiarism score. Students were still a bit worried about high scores and Ciappetta explained that for this paper, they are still learning so she will not be as harsh as normal professor would be, but that they need to learn these techniques for the future. For the rest of the class, they continued to work on their papers, asking for assistance when they needed it.

TS #3 Kelsey

Tutoring Session #3

My third tutoring session involved helping Cassie make her powerpoint for her presentation of the literature review we looked at in the previous session. I noticed she was repeatedly using "affect" and "effect" incorrectly. We went through and I explained the rule for which one to use in what context. She seemed to really grasp the difference and by the end, she could use the rule herself. Additionally, she was not understanding complicated technology vocabulary so I helped her by explaining real life examples. At the end of the session, she presented the article to me with the completed powerpoint. I corrected her pronunciation and gave her example audience questions. It was a good session and I improved my skills of explaining grammar rules.

CP4

November 6, 2019/@1930hrs
Off-campus, Coffe Shop
Speaking/Listening

This evening, Abdullah and I met and our usual focus was on speaking and conversation.  This is one thing that Abdullah has said he wanted to direct his efforts for our meetings. Therefore, when we are together, we don't have a specific agenda.  We randomly discuss whatever comes to mind. Normally, I  am cognizant of allowing him to do most of the talking.  However, during this session, he asked me about being in CIES.  So, I went on to give him a nice, detailed explanation.  This notably was a very good opportunity for his listening.

CP3

November 6, 2019/@1600hrs
CIES classroom
Speaking/Listening

Today Sang Im and I talked about her experience in moving to the U.S. She told me about how she was able to find a place to live.  Then, she told me about how she got a licence for driving in the U.S. We continued on this subject, and talked about some of the driving similarities between Korea and the U.S.

One other thing we briefly touched on was English vowel pronunciation. We decided to take a more in-depth look into vowel pronunciation in our next session.  SangIm wanted to provide some examples of areas where she specifically would like to concentrate on.

TS4

November 6, 2019/@1500hrs
CIES classroom
Writing/Speaking

Today, in this session with Hongfu we focused our efforts into fine tuning a class presentation.  Actually, the presentation didn't require very much revising. It only needed minor adjustments, along with a few recommendations for smoother transitions.  This seemed to help with some of the phrasing within the presentation, thus giving it a more English tone to it. Finally, after we'd gone through everything, she gave the presentation to me.

TS3

November 4, 2019/@1500hrs
CIES classroom
Writing/Speaking

I got together with Hongfu today. Hongfu's command of English continues to be very impressive in not only speaking, but her writing and penmanship is also very good.  For today, we spent time on her class assignment in writing. Her assignment consisted of writing an email message to her instructor. She had already put in the main ideas needed for the message. The only thing we had remaining to do was to minimally tweak the language to make for a smoother read.

During our time together we had a brief chat about China, and living in a big city versus a small town.

Adrianna TS#3

This past Tuesday, I met with my tutee Halima. She is from Saudi Arabia and currently lives in Tallahassee with her husband and two sons. She has only been at CIES for three weeks now, but she says that she is enjoying her time her so far. Her biggest challenge is finding time to study, since she is also a mother and does not like to stay up late. She is planning on getting her masters degree in speech language pathology in the future, and believes that the CIES program will help her reach that goal. Halima struggles the most with listening so she wants to work on improving her listening skills during our tutoring sessions, and also improve her vocabulary knowledge. I am looking forward to our next tutoring session together! :)

Adrianna TS#4

I just finished my first tutoring session with Renata. She is a 28 year old young woman from Brazil, and she hopes to get her law degree from FSU in the future. She has been at CIES for almost a year now and absolutely loves the program. She is level 3 in all of her classes, and her favorite class is composition. During our future tutoring sessions, she told me that she wants to focus on improving both her pronunciation of words and her conversation skills. After getting to know a little bit about her, I helped her study for her gerunds and infinitives quiz that she has tomorrow. She seemed very grateful for my help, and I think that I definitely made it a bit easier for her to understand the differences between gerunds and infinitives. I'm looking forward to our future tutoring sessions! :)

Adrianna TS#2

This past Monday I met with my tutee Khalid. He previously had told me that he was having trouble learning gerunds and infinitives, so I had gathered a few online resources to help him during our tutoring session. I also showed him the website Quizlet.com, with the hope that he would use it to help him study English vocabulary. He completed a couple of online gerunds and infinitives activities, and I reviewed each question with him. We agreed that he is going to have to memorize certain trigger words that will help him understand when to use gerunds and when to use infinitives. We ended the session and planned on meeting up sometime next week so that I can help him with writing a research paper.

TS #2 Kelsey

Kelsey Scholer Tutoring Session #2

On Tuesday, Cassie and I met again at Starbucks for a tutoring session. We planned to go over her research paper reading assignment and prepare for her upcoming presentation. In class, she has to teach the rest of the students what she learns about the article she is assigned. Because she is a very advanced speaker, this went very well. Cassie read the paper aloud to me and I corrected any pronunciation mistakes - which were minimal. I do notice that she has trouble pronouncing the letter L. I also clarified some difficult vocabulary that we came across in the reading. I asked her to then take notes on what she read so that we can discuss. By the time she was done with the notes, the hour was over so we agreed to discuss the main points at the next session.

CP #2

Date: 11/4/19 (Monday 6:00pm)
Location: House
Major: Law

Today I met with Ibrahim. We worked on a packet of homework and readings that were Easter themed. He asked questions about vocabulary and I defined the words for him. He has a beautiful daughter and a wife. I look forward to hanging out with him and getting to know him better. He's from Saudi Arabia and has been in the states for about two months.

<TS2>
Date/Time: October 30, 2019/3pm
Location: CIES room

Hassan and I were able to chat on Wednesday. I learned that has a self-imposed, regimented english study schedule.  Everyday after he finishes for the day at CIES, he heads over to the library to continue with using many helpful tools, reading sites, apps, and videos until 6:30pm.  He is an avid fan of airshows and airplanes.  In as such, he expressed his desire to become a pilot.  Another activity, which seems to stimulate his social preferences, is his participation in going to FSU football games.  And as a fan, he finds enjoyment in showing his support by appearing with face paint, so there is no doubt who he is cheering for.

<CO3>
Date/Time: October 28, 2019/2pm
Kim Ah-young

Class session was opened by introducing visitor's to the class.
-Intern Bella
-Myself(TEFL student, Marisa)

Instructor spoke about a future off-campus visit to a museum on the upcoming Friday. She apprised the class, that the museum curator will not adjust her speaking for them, because they are advanced speakers.

She then played a video clip from the sitcom show "Friends".  Then did a review and scene analysis.  Groups were, then form to do a "reproduce the scene" acivity.  Each group, when called to do so, went to the front of the class and re-enacted the scene through role play.

This strategy was based on:
<Lesson Plan>
-Listening
-Vocabulary(Pair Activity)
-Listening
-Reproduce the scene!(group activity)

<CO2>
Date/Time: October 28, 2019/ 1pm
Topic: Speaking
Sana McHarek

Class opened by discussing NEW vocabulary terms.
-CORPORAL PUNISHMENT,  -NAUGHTY, -among others.

Groups were formed to match words with meanings by using context clues=guess meaning by way it is used in a sentence.

Then, they moved on Timed-Presentations from students. the presentations need to be 7-8 minutes.

Next, with a partner, discover mistakes in sentences that are written(these are from the presentations).
-When I was a child, they take my phone
-I was disobedient child
-It's between the China and Japan
-There are international building

<CO1>
Date/Time: October 28, 2019/10am
Topic: Grammar
Teacher: Olivia James

Instructor began by reviewing subject/verb and CVC relationship with the sentence.  After this brief discussion and review, She preceded to present the FSU Film School produced move, "Interrogation".  The instructor fully explains the synopsis prior to showing the film.  She then, plays the film and pauses film and reviews dialogue within the scenes.  She thoroughly provided detail to any nuances for interpreting or rather analyzing scenes, to capture delivery of the message.

<CP2>
Date/Time: October 30, 2019//04:00pm
Location: CIES room
Topic: conversation partner_Sang Im Lee took the opportunity to introduce ourselves.  Our conversation centered around Sang's pursuit to learn english.  We, of course talked about what city each of us is from. Recently, she traveled to a community in Atlanta, Georgia which has a high percentage in Korean population. During here visit there, she shopped in the Korean market. Admirably, I listened to her explanation of how she had to prepare more than the usual amount of kimchi with the bargain purchase she got on the visit.

_CP1_

On Tuesday, October 29, I had the pleasure of meeting Abdullah Bahmed.  We met at an off-campus Starbuck's coffee shop at 7:30pm.  For this initial meeting, we began with an immediate rapport between the two of us.  In fact, we planned to only spend an hour for the session.  However, we were so engrossed in our conversation, that when we looked at the time, we were surprised to discover that we'd talked well beyond an hour and a half.  Abdullah, shared with me many fascinating details about himself. Although, I had not realized prior to our meeting that day, he had given a presentation on the foods of his country in his speaking class.  He graciously, presented it to me as an audience of one. He was able to speak thoughtfully during our conversation.

Linzy TS # 1

Today I tutored Miguel. We started with introductions and talked about what he wants to work on most throughout the semester. We plan to meet at the same time next week.

Linzy CP #2

Today I met with Jimin, my conversation partner from South Korea. We started by introducing ourselves and brainstorming some ideas of things we can do throughout the semester.

Linzy CO #3

Today I observed a low level listening class. I was able to observe a listening and writing activity and see how students who do not know our alphabet can struggle to write even simple words. I also learned that it is important to let students learn to fix their own mistakes and that you can help guide them to the right answer without giving it away.

Linzy CP #1

Today I met with my first cultural partner Cedric. We started with introductions and I learned about his home country in Burkina Faso. I also learned that he has been living in Paris and that he loves scary movies.

Linzy CO #2

Today I observed a CIES speaking class. The instructor spoke about how memorization won't help you to learn the language, but that you need to practice and you need to practice with someone who can help correct you. It really relates to conversation partners and how we can help our partners improve on their fluency and pronunciation.

Thomas CO #2

Date: 10/31/19 ( Thursday 1:00-1:50pm)
Class: Speaking Group 4A
Teacher: Olivia James

The students were working on outlines for speeches that must persuade or inform the audience on a topic that they came up with from a conflict or past challenge in their life. A few of the students expressed the same conflicts about fathers and older brothers being very traditional. They seem to not want the students to be modern or adventurous. I helped a student named Yugi Zhang with finding a few articles on repairing relationships with parents. We also discussed her conflict and came up with solutions on how to improve her situation. The students will present their speeches next week. I'm excited for Yugi's presentation.  I learned a lot in terms of interaction with the students from Professor James. She really breaks down the information for them and helps them understand empathy, feelings, emotions, and universal human needs.

Lesson Plan:

• Worksheet with 3 points of speech (hook, intro, conclusion) 
• Outline for first speech 
• Reviewing requirements for first speech 

Thomas CO #1

Date: 10/29/19 ( Tuesday 2:00-2:50pm)
Class: Listening Group 4A
Teacher: Felicia Ciappetta

I really enjoyed Professor Ciappetta's lesson and involvement with her class.
The class actively listened to a Ted Talk about five essential ways to listen better.
The class did various activities based around what they had learned and obtained from this video.
Professor Ciappetta's methods were impressive especially with all the different skills she had the students use in order to interact with her and one other.
I was impressed with the students in terms of how much information they retained from the video and how they were able to analyze the data. I also noticed the students love to participate and throughly answer questions.

Lesson Plan:

• Listen to Ted Talk ( 5 Ways to Listen Better)
• Students actively write notes while listening 
• Summarize main points with a partner/ small groups
• As a class summarize points 
• Close eyes for three minutes and discuss what you hear 
• Tell partner about a conflict you are experiencing in life currently and summarize partner's conflict tomorrow in class

Thomas CP #1

Date: 11/1/19 (Friday 1:30pm)
Location: CIES Lobby
Major: Sports management (completed BA)

Today I met with Futa Kuroki! He's from Japan!
He's a really chill individual and loves to laugh a lot.
We both completed the "Who are you" icebreaker which helped us to get to know each other better.
One really cool thing we did together was listen to Japanese hiphop music. He has no specific favorite American music. He just really enjoys Japanese hiphop music. He told me the only things he really misses about Japan is the food and the trains.

I discovered we both love to travel. He's been to multiple countries. His favorite place he's traveled to is Amsterdam. He's also travelled to France, Germany, United Kingdom, Philippines, Belgium, Italy, Thailand, Taiwan, and the US. He plans on moving to Australia for adventure and fun. I'm able to relate to him because I've travelled to multiple countries and have lived abroad.

I learned so much personal information about him this session. I look forward to watching some sports events with him and learning about Japanese culture.

Thomas TS #2 Blog

Date: 11/1/19 (Friday 2:30pm)
Location: CIES Conference room
Topic/Skill: Simple Present Tense, Present Perfect, Present Perfect Continuous, and Simple Past

Today we began our session by reviewing what she learned last session and completed a fill in the blank worksheet. She expressed to me she has difficulty with question sentences. This is something I'll integrate more of in our sessions together so she can improve. We also went over a few of the other tenses. We practiced simple past tense vocabulary and went over the verb form "to be" in the positive, negative, and question forms. I thought she did very well during our session. Sometimes she has trouble explaining questions she has but she works calmly and diligently with me so I can understand what she needs help on.

Thomas TS#1 Blog

Date: 10/30/19 (Wednesday 10:00am)
Location: CIES Conference room
Topic/Skill: Introduction to each other and Simple Present Tense

Today I met Yunjia and she is very kind and intelligent. She is from China and speaks Chinese, English, and Korean. She's been living in the US for about a month and a half. She lives with her fiancé who's a music student at Florida State. Yunjia loves to play piano! She taught piano in China for about seven years. She also enjoys drawing, yoga, and swimming. She likes Tallahassee because of its country attributes that includes the green trees and the random mix of hills. She's studying English because its a skill and she feels she has to be able to speak it. She enjoys learning English because she likes to know what native speakers are saying and she wants to be able to reply well. One thing she doesn't enjoy about learning English is the spelling of words and the vocabulary. She doesn't speak English often outside of class but uses English in the school setting and to self study. One of her long term goals is to prepare for the post graduate exam. After we completed getting to know each other better we went over the simple present tense. Together we played a game based upon learning the simple present tense and then we completed two worksheets. She is open to learning whatever I want to teach her. She also believes our lessons together will help her speak better English overall.

Adrianna CP#1

Last night, I took my conversation partner Eda, to First Friday at Railroad Square, where we wandered through the different shops and learned a lot about each other. I learned so many pleasant things about her and am very excited about building our friendship. Eda is 26 years old and she's from Albania. She's a gifted language learner, considering the fact that she already speaks Albanian, French, Spanish, Italian, and English. She is in group 4 of every CIES class other than Grammar. I learned that she loves hiking, as do I, so I am going to take her hiking in Georgia along with some of my other friends before winter break! We also talked about going to the beach together, exploring downtown Tallahassee, and going to an FSU basketball game. I could not have been assigned a better conversation partner :) !

Adrianna CO#3

This past Wednesday (the 30th), I observed a Group 2A listening class taught by Patrick Kennell who was substituting for Hunter Pelt. Right off the bat, I really enjoyed Professor Kennell's enthusiasm and his methods of interacting with the students. After having some class discussion about just the general challenges of learning American English, he talked about the importance of incorporating music into lesson plans and how helpful it can be when learning a new language. He asked the students to pick a song (they chose one by Shawn Mendes), and then he played the music video with closed captions on. He would pause the video repeatedly, and ask the students what they thought a specific lyric meant, such as "she pulls me in". I think that this method is a fantastic way to teach students not only basic American English, but also the many idioms found in the language.

Adrianna CO#2

This past Wednesday (the 30th), I observed a Group 1A Speaking class taught by Ryan Fleming.  Professor Fleming began the class with a few homework announcements, and then taught from a powerpoint. He focused on one activity the entire class time, and I think that it was definitely skill level appropriate. The students were asked to guess the professor's "secret place" by looking at various images in the powerpoint and listening to him speak about the place. Then, they were asked a few true or false questions to evaluate the information that they had interpreted. I like this activity because of it's use of visual aids paired with auditory information. Considering the difficulty of teaching students of such a beginner skill level, Professor Fleming did a good job at answering the students questions, and speaking both slowly, and clearly.

Adrianna CO #1

This past Tuesday (the 29th), I observed my first ESL class. The section that I observed was Reading for group 3A. Similar to teachers that I have had in the past, Professor McHarek wrote the class itinerary for the day on the whiteboard. I think that this is helpful to both students and the professor so that they are aware of what to expect during class time. The class was then instructed to break up into groups and answer discussion questions based on the reading that they had for homework the night before. I respect the fact that during the entirety of class, Professor McHarek made an effort to walk around, observing and taking notes on the students discussions. Unlike the other two professors I observed, she also stayed after class to work one-on-one with a few of the students. The technique of working one-on-one with students after class is one that I will definitely implement during my future experience as an ESL teacher.