Every time I see other people teach, I always wonder about my own teaching style. And I did just that yesterday for the entire period of my Spanish class. Yes, I have decided that it's time to brush up on my rusty-yet-still-there Spanish by taking up an Intermediate class. But since the class was short of students yesterday, I was asked to join the Beginner II class for the day. I was more than happy to do so, since I had little to zero confidence in my ability to say more than "Hola, me llamo Tia." :pSo there I was sitting in a class as a student, listening to the teacher, diligently taking notes, participating in the activities, and doing all the required assignments. But for some reasons, I couldn't stop observing the way the teachers taught (I had a female teacher for the first hour and a male for the second hour). I watched closely how they interacted with us, the students, how they managed the class, how they directed questions and instructions, basically my other half of my brain wanted me to put on my teacher's hat and observe the teachers.
I like to observe other people teach because I know that I could learn from their best (and poor) practices. So yesterday, I took some mental notes of my two teachers and due to my limited brain capacity, I figure that I should write them here.
(Let's just say that the female teacher is Ana, and the male is Manu).
1. First impression matters
