Taylee B. Katha S. LESSON RECORD/REACTION 04/28/14

Well I felt like Kat made a lot of improvement in this lesson, but I know it's not because of what I said or did. I was really happy that she was getting the help she needed, because I struggled with how to resolve her breathy sound all semester. I felt really dumb though that I had been going about it all wrong and that the two main things covered in this lesson (jaw tension and breath suspension) were never addressed before in my lessons. I felt a little discouraged that I had been so totally off on what I was directing her to do. On the other hand, it made me realize just how important it was for me to be really listening and paying attention to my future students so that I can correctly identify the problems and correct them more efficiently. I really liked that Cindy was so helpful and able to explain things in a way that Kat could understand them. Her sound was so much better than it had ever been after she better understood what her body was doing and what she needed to do differently.