CO 2: Caitlin (Speaking)

I observed Vicky Ledbetter’s speaking class a few weeks ago and it was a great class! It was a pleasant surprise that one of my conversation partners was in this class and we walked straight to class from lunch together. The activity was the presentation of a script that small groups of two had prepared.  One person was a famous person and the other person was an interviewer. Vicky started the class by playing a Taylor Swift song and some small talk with her students about the music video and Taylor Swift’s music and then the class broke into their groups to practice before they presented. There was actually one other person observing on the day that I did and Vicky invited us to talk with the students if they had any questions about their scripts. The presentations were entertaining and the students had fun with them. Two groups both had the “greatest soccer player in the world” so there was friendly competion between these two groups and one group did an interview with Hello Kitty (This was my conversation partner’s group). Vicky managed the class well. Each group gave their presentations and Vicky collected errors. She also had the audience ask the interviewer and interviewee additional questions after each presentation. It was really entertaining, especially when someone asked “Hello Kitty” how she could talk for long without a mouth. At the end of the class, Vicky discussed a few beautiful mistakes with the class and she was going to give individual feedback back to the class the next day.