I observed a 4A Grammar class taught by Dr. Angel Rios on Monday, June 22nd. Since it was over Zoom, Dr. Rios was sharing his screen and showing a powerpoint and then created a Word document. It was a small and intimate class and it was obvious Dr. Rios knew and had strong bonds with most of the students. Dr. Rios was starting a new chapter on separable phrasal verbs and it was a reintroduced topic for some but new to others. Dr. Rios went through rules and definitions of some phrasal verbs and had students read the definitions and see if they could make their own example. After gauging that everyone grasped the basics of the grammar point, Dr. Rios then brought up a word document with 15 phrasal verbs and had every student take turns defining what the phrases meant and coming up with examples. This part was a little challenging and even if they initially didn't define a phrase correctly, Dr. Rios or another student always stepped in to help fix the definition. I especially liked this method because I felt like it was a great way of engaging all the students and it challenged them to use what knowledge they had of English verbs thus far to infer was a verb phrase could mean. I also think that because students came up with their own definitions and examples, it will be easier for them in the future to understand how to use the phrasal verbs in contrast with simply trying to read and memorize definitions from a textbook. Although I won't be observing tomorrow's lesson, Dr. Rios said that tomorrow they would be practicing using the 15 phrasal verbs they defined in writing and I think they will be more successful with the list of definitions and examples they had a hand in making.
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