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After watching the videos, there was a lot of notes I made. I noticed that using the technical term 'modal auxiliary verb' is not particularly important when the goal is to teach students English. I think the function of the verb is more important (when/when not to use this tense). In the first video, the teacher had a very irritated tone when he was teaching. This affected the class in a negative way, compared to the second video. Students seemed less interested and had less motivation when the teacher had an irritated tone of voice when teaching. This gave me the idea to include a 'briefing of tomorrow' section in the homework I would give my students. That way, the students will have been exposed to what new topics we will be learning the following day. I got this idea when I watched the first video and the teacher expected the students to know what a 'modal auxiliary verb' was. I told myself, 'well, if the students had a little section to read the night before, then I would expect a little more participation.' One of the last things I started to notice was the faces of students. Whether the students know this or not, I learned a lot from the faces from the students as the teacher was attempting to teach the students a new topic. This is an important indicator to see how well the teacher is teaching. If you see confused looks or receiving little eye contact, that should be a good indicator that the teacher needs to slow down and explain everything more clearly.
