Lesson observation sheet

1. TEACHER: Dulgheru Alina-Roxana

2. LEVEL- intermediate
3. DATE- 18.11.2014
4. CLASS- a VIII a A
5. NO OF STUDENTS-10
6. TIME OF LESSON- 50 minutes
7. TEXTBOOK- Snapshot-intermediate
8. UNIT- 6
9. LESSON-Edinburgh
10. LESSON TYPE: Lessons of communication of new knowledge
11. SKILLS- speaking, reading, writing, listening

12. GENERAL COMPETENCIES:

 Producing the oral and written messages
 Receiving the oral and written messages

13. SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES:

C1:Using special uncountable nouns
C2 Using vocabulary related to tourisms
C3 Knowing the vocabulary related to clothes
14. ASSUMPTIONS:
 The high level of fear in front of an audience.
 Different attitudes towards communication in English.
 Effective communication involves future careers and personal needs so the lesson today is important in the perspective of applying this
information in the real life.

15. ANTICIPATED PROBLEMS:

 Working in teams is less relevant for personal achievement so it is advisable that all the students should have the opportunity to express
themselves in English.
 There is a continuous assessment during the lesson because the teacher has given some exercises in order to practice the notions learnt.
 The highest standards in communication may not be attained by the students taking into consideration their age and level.
 The teacher should translate some parts of the lesson into Romanian because the students are young and because it is their fourth year of
English.

16. ATTITUDES:
 Written texts
 Listening activity
 Worksheets
 Pictures
 INTERACTION Observation
NO MOMENT ACTIVITIES AND OBJECTIVES SKILLS
And
COMPETENCE

TEACHER ACTIVITY STUDENTS ACTIVITY

1. WARM-UP Teacher- Speaking
Greetings, date, absents
The student on duty tells the absentees; the teacher writes the absentees in the students
catalogue; then the T checks the homework they had.

The Ss read the homework they had.

Checking the The T helps the Ss where necessary.

previous knowledge

5 min Before beginning the lesson the teacher announces the main competencies they will
have to acquire at the end of the class.
2. LEAD IN The T asks the Ss some questions: The Ss listen attentively to the T then try Teacher – Speaking Individ
15 min
1.Do you like traveling? to answer as correctly as possible. student Writing ual
2. Where is your favourite place to Reading work
travel?
3. What advantages do you see when Student
traveling to another country or town? -Teacher
4. Would you like to go and study
abroad? Why ? Why not?
C1

The T corrects the Ss where necessary.

Teacher – Speaking Pair
The T asks the Ss to read the text from student Reading work
C2 page 36 about some students who went The Ss solve the exercise. Writing
to study abroad and then in pairs to
solve exercise 1 page 93 where they Student
have to scan the text and state which -Teacher
persons say about Edinburgh the
sentences given.

The T corrects the Ss where necessary. Teacher- Speaking Individ

The Ss solve the exercise. Student Reading ual
Then the T asks the Ss to read exercise 2 Writing work
page 37 and then listen attentively to Student- Listening
Annie talking about her life as a student Teacher
in Edinburgh and complete her notes.

Practice The T tells the Ss how the plural of the

17 min noun is formed. She presents it and then Teacher- Speaking Pair
asks them if all the nouns can have a Student Reading work
C2
plural form. The Ss answer accordingly The Ss solve the exercise Writing
3. and then the T gives them the nouns Student-
C3 which don’t have a plural form. Then Teacher
she asks them to solve exercise 3 a, b
page 37 where they have to state which
of those nouns are countable or
uncountable and then to the text.
4. Practice The T asks the Ss to solve exercise 3 The Ss try to solve the exercise. Teacher- Speaking Individ
10 min
page 27 from the worksheet where they student Reading ual
C1
have to complete the sentences with the Writing work
countable or uncountable nouns. Student- Listening
C2 Teacher

The T corrects the Ss where necessary.

5. Homework The T gives feedback to the Ss. The Ss listen attentively. Teacher-
3 min
student
The T asks the Ss to write an essay
about a place they visited and liked.
The Ss write down the homework in their
notebooks.