I observed Trina and Guy in their 12:00 - 1:30 pm class. There were 16 learners and 2 of them were men, the rest women. The atmosphere was one of familiarity with one another, and most of the students seemed to be frequent or at least "repeat customers."
I found one qualified learner participant, and she is a Colombian and 61 (Celina R.) She brought her handicapped daughter with her, Jennifer, who is a graduate of a school in Plantation. Celina told me that Jennifer is quite musically talented and plays several instruments. Jennifer was bron in the U.S. and raised mostly in NY where the family is from. Not sure yet how long they have lived in South Florida. Celina also has a son who is in the military overseas right now.
I will interview Celina at 10 am on Friday and then Trina at 1 pm.
In observing Trina, I found her to have a nice way of addressing the class. She had a nice slow rate of speech and seemed to function well in the "whole class" format. I was hoping to see more paired learning time and oral language practice. Maybe b/c I was there, the students clammed up and didn't have a longer time with Trina at the start of class in "open conversation." It was Laura who made a comment at the start of class about how it felt very quiet in the room--like "assessment time." She could have been referring to the the assessment Trina said she was going to do with them on learning styles.
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