Observation Task 6: English Language Lessons

Observe an English language lesson. If possible try to obtain term/topic plans and a lesson plan. Make notes about what the teacher does
and photograph (with permission) and note what the children do in each of the stages of the lesson. Create a table which clearly illustrates
this.

Structure of What the teacher does
lesson
Start of
lesson At the begging of the
greetings class the teacher
greeting the students.
warm up
After that, teacher
independent checks the names to put
activity time the attendance. Then,
focus teacher makes a warm
up for the students.
Teacher shows a video
for the students to let
them discover what is
the lesson about and to
lesson to the new words
in the song that include
in the video and put
them in their our
memories
Language Teaching What the children do comments
Method
Teacher use one of the Children should focus Teacher uses direct
language teaching and be attention with method by show the
methods which is direct the teacher. They students a video
method. In direct should listen to the and students show
method the teacher teacher instruction and be attention with
should show images do what the teacher ask the video
and explain like what them to do. Teacher ask
we see in the video them to see the video
and focus and then she
will ask them questions
about the video

Main activity Teacher has real objects

e.g. consolidating of the new words that Teacher use one of the Students should be Teacher shows real
the target she should show it to the language teaching attention with the objects and call the
language through
students and explain methods which is direct teacher and focus on names of the things
 activities. each one for the method. In direct what the teacher says. and students repeat
students. She shows method the teacher Children were repeating after her
each one and says the should show real object the new words that the
word of it. that describe the new teacher asked them to
words that the teacher repeat after her.
supports to teach them.

End of
lesson/plenary Teacher acts the new Teacher uses Total Students should focus with Teacher acts the
Review / Physical Response
words to let the students the teacher and act like new words and the
Assessment
save the meaning of the when she acts the new her when she read the students look at the
e.g. Reviewing the
session and words by remember the words for the students words and choose one teacher and act like
finishing off the shape of it and then word then ask the her
lesson. remember the word and students to act the words
the meaning of it.