Observation Task 5: Different learning styles and

differentiation
Focus: On a lower-level learner
Objective: For student teachers to gain an initial understanding of how learners are
different.
Procedure:
1. For this observation, you will begin by observing the class for 1 hour.
• What do you notice? Does the class have any strengths or
weaknesses?
In this class I saw some students have strengths way and the others have
weaknesses with something that need to improve like on the writing they
need to improve their writing skills.

• Are there learners who finish activities quickly? What do they do

when they have finished?
There were some students finish the activity quickly and the teacher
know how to deal with them to check their answers and if they have
some mistakes, he gave them a second chance to correct their
mistakes, also if they do it the activity correctly my MST gave them
the second worksheet to do it.

• Are there learners who do not finish a task(s)? How does the teacher
deal with them?
In this class that I attend it has one group of two or three students
they didn't do the work and listen the instruction of the teachers, he
choose a good strategy for them during the class he let them to
answer the questions and he gave them another worksheet to do it
and give it back to the teacher or if it's not have time he let them in
the how and send it back for the teacher by the email before the
4: 00 PM.

• Are there any learners with special needs? How does the teacher
meet their needs?
In this class they don’t have the students with the special needs.

• How does the teacher manage learners with different levels/abilities?

Divide the class into groups. First group high student's level, second
for medium level and last for low level. In the assessment, teacher will
give each group different assessments depend on their levels.
2. When you have made your notes, ask the teacher to help you choose a
lower-level learner in the class.
3. Observe the learners for the rest of the day and make notes on a schedule
(see below).
4. After the observation answer:
• How many different activities did the learner do?
The students have done the five activities that what the teacher said
to them in the class.

• How did s/he interact with the other learners throughout the day?
If the students finish the activity they talked to another students or if
they don’t did the activity they tried to talk to other students to get
the answers.

• What was the longest period of time the learner spent focusing on
one activity?
It's depending on the activity if it's easy for the students they will take
it only 5 minutes or if they face some difficulties on the activity they
take it between 10 to 15 minutes.

• What did the learner do during the break times?

When the students have a break they immediately stay outside the
class and went to their friends and played with their phones.

• What did the learner’s attention span / interest during activities seem
like?
They tried to understand the questions well and if they have any
issues they tried to ask the teacher the difficult questions. Then they
tried to get the answers correctly.

• What did the learner seem to like doing the most / least during the
day?
They participate the answers with the teacher while he ask the
questions, and they participate with the other students in the class.
Observation Task 5: Record sheet- A day in the life of a lower level learner
Follow a learner for a day and write down the activities and movements in the table
below.
Name: Aisha, Maryam Age: 19 years old
Brief description:
Date of observation: 19/ 6 / 2018
Time Activity / Movement
11:00 Teacher gives the students the
worksheet about the grammar.
11:15 Teacher swap the paper for the
students and each student will take
the paper for the other student.
Teacher gives the students five
11:25 vocabulary words and he wants them
to write one sentence for each word.
11:35 Teacher gives the students a reading
activity with some questions for the
students.
Level: Foundation level 4
Notes / comments
Aisha and Maryam they are read
the questions of the grammar on
the worksheet, but they didn’t
answer the questions because they
are talking and they are asking their
friends to give them the answers
when the teacher asks them to
answer.
Aisha and Maryam take another
paper of the students and they are
focus with the teacher when he said
the answers, and then they correct
the answers. After they finish they
give the other students back her
paper.
Aisha and Maryam are working on
the activity and they write the
sentences and if they need help
they ask another student to help
them.
Aisha and Maryam are reading but
they didn’t answer all the questions
because they didn’t understand
some of the words and what it's
mean.
 11:45 Teacher organizes the students into
two groups to challenge each other by
who answer the questions that the
teacher will ask them, the questions
about the grammar and vocabulary
words.
Aisha and Maryam are joining on
the group that the teacher chooses
for them and they interact with the
other students and say the answer
when the teacher asks them for the
challenge.

Reflection
The following question may guide your response:
 What have you noticed about learners from this observation?
 What did you notice that relates to the theories we have been discussing?
 What interested or surprised you?

Each class has different levels high, middle, low levels and the teacher have different
activity for each level. The high level was very active and responds the teacher and
provides their answers, also they like to help the other students and work together,
also they like to ask many questions about the lesson to check their understanding and
need more explanation from the teacher to make sure they understand the lesson well.
In the classroom they need some helps and work together from the teacher or from the
other students, also the teacher should discuss with the students about the lesson and
check what they understand and what the difficult things that they face on the lesson.
The good behavior in the classroom to help the students when they work together
because they will learn from each other and help each other. According to vygotsky
that when students work in group that they will learn from each other and they will
have good experience to improve their cognitive skills while they will think and they
will improve their social skills while they will communicate and discuss with each
other. This strategy will help the students to have knowledge and discover the new
information from the students and the teacher.