Sept 26/20
What I observed today was a presentation done by a university instructor to a group of Japanese high school students. The presentation was about how to be an effective learner of English and how to prepare for university entrance exams.
Although this presentation was set up to have student interaction, it was mostly the instructor speaking. The students read a short story out of the first-year textbook from the university and underlined the ways to learn more English. The entire class boiled down to 3 very general points on language learning, and 2 generalized parts of learning. All of which were presented in the last 10 minutes.
I kept waiting for a larger point to be made, but it never happened. I wonder if the students found it useful because I almost fell asleep just watching. I was also slightly uncomfortable when the instructor mildly mocked a student for their travel goals instead of clarifying what the student was trying to communicate.