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On May 19^th 2016, I observed an Intermediate speaking class for CIES students taught by Matthew. In the previous class, Matthew assigned his students to write a brief speech answering the question “Do you think that English is important? Why?” or “Do you think that everyone should go to school? Why?” Of the six students I got to see present, five of them chose to answer the question “Do you think that English is important? Why?” Some students said English was important because all countries and universities speak English; other students described English as the most relevant language in the world; another said that “If you want to travel to a new country, you need to communicate with somebody.” After each student would speak, Matthew would go over some errors in the student’s speech. For instance, when one student was describing why English was important and said “It is important of my life.” Matthew pointed out that the correct version of that sentence is “It is important to my life.” After the sixth speaker, Matthew ended the class and said that the rest of the speakers would go tomorrow.