Post - Observation #1

During my post - observation conversation, I learned a few tricks I'd like to try out in the future. Particularly, finding the strong students' weaknesses, putting problem areas up on the board, and having students dictate to each other. I think the first one is important so that the stronger students never feel like they're wasting their time or that they can't improve from being in the class. I also think it is good practice as a teacher to be able to pinpoint a weakness, which is a talent in itself. As far as putting problem areas up on the board, I don't think I will start with this class because there are only a few weeks left, but I would like to start off my next class with this technique. I think having a section of the board, which is always dedicated to questions the students have or continuous problems is nice for the students. This way, they always know where to look and to think about what they could work on improving. The final technique is one I remember my own language teacher using when I was taking Italian. I like this practice and will implement it in my own classroom at some point and see how it works.