Inside
the classroom, July 15, 2013
Learning Log
Today, my teacher
adds assignments about when I go to observation at school. I must record VDO
and note information when observation at school.
Exploring
teaching
1.
Audio or Video record a lesson
2.
Written accounts of lesson
3.
Teaching journal
4.
Case reports
5.
Teaching portfolio
6.
Critical incidents
7.
Action research
8.
Student teacher support groups
Focus of the observation:
1.
Lesson structure
·
The way the lesson opens,
develop, and closes
·
The number of activities that
constitute the lesson
·
The links and transitions
between activities
2.
Classroom management strategies
·
Setting up groups
·
Maintaining order
·
Time management
·
Searing arrangement
3.
Types of teaching activities
·
Whole class activities
·
Pair and group activities
·
Individual activities
4.
Teaching strategies
·
Presenting tasks
·
Organizing practice
·
Teaching technique
5.
Teacher’s use of materials
·
Use of the text books
6.
Teacher’s use of language
·
Use of instructional language
·
Use of question
·
Feedback technique
·
Explanations of vocabulary and
grammar
7.
Student’s use of language
·
Use of language in group work
·
Use of the mother tongue during
class
·
Problems with grammar
8.
Student interaction
Task: Choose a
topic that interests you and that could be the basic of an action research
project during your teaching practice in the next semester. And I must write turn at talk and critique the lesson when I observation.
