According
to tape script: recorded from
observing
in Professional Experience I
My friends and I
observed in SatreeThungsongschool. It’s located on 24 Thugsong-SuratThani RoadPakpraek,
ThungsongNakhon Si Thammarat province postal code80110.
The teacher that we observed name’s Richard Goad. He teaches in grade 11. We
have got good experiences from these 2 weeks a lot. In this section, we would
like to present information gained from observing. There are eight topics
answering teaching process from observing, including lesson structure,
classroom management strategies, types of teaching activities, teaching
strategies, uses of materials, teachers’ of language, students’ uses of
language, and students interaction.
In lesson structure, the
way lesson opens is greeting by saying “good morning”, check students’ name and
tells students directly about the topic of day. Today, they’re going to learn
about moods or feelings. He give an example of the topic by ask one student
“how do you feel when I have your phone?” It’s the good warm up step that lead
students to understand the content without explain the meaning. Students know
immediately about types of world that they’re going to learn. Then, the lesson
way to develop students to understand content is show picture cards and ask
someone to act like that word. Student can answer the most correctly and
participate in each activity. Teacher the lesson way by link the content into
the structure that has in real life. Moreover, there’re 3 activities include,
whole class, group work and individual activities. There’re several links and
transitions between activities such as asking questions, showing picture card,
acting the word represents.
In classroom management strategies, There are 3
types that teacher sets up group including, whole class, group and individual
work. Teacher divides group in short time in presentation and practice step.
There’re 4 rows. Each row represents one group. In the production step, students
make up group 6-7 people each group. Members of group are students who sit
nearly. He maintains order by speaking with loud, point and ask the most
students in many times. The class length is 110 minutes. There’re warm-up(15),
presentation(25), practice(25), production(25) and wrap-up(10). The seating
arrangements are in row and star shape. The row is the popular seating that
helps students can learn with partner and help together.
In types
of teaching activities, there are a variety of ways to make student interested
and memorize the knowledge that they’ve learn. Students did whole class
activities in warm up step. They tell the represent of flashcards. In practice
step, students drill with aloud voice together about function to ask moods or
feelings. Group activity is on the practice step that teacher provides student
to discuss the moods or feelings of people in flashcards. Nevertheless, there’s
individual task to helps them improve overall comprehensive from the class in
production step.
In teaching strategies, students present task by
focusing on speaking skill. They drill the structure repeat. It helps they are
fluent with that structure and feel confident to present task. For organizing
practice, students sit with pair in row shape. Teacher point to which role, it
turn of that team. So, each row had practice the structure more than times in a
sentence. If students pronounce wrong sounds, he did error corrections until
they do better. In teaching technique, Richard used CLT technique that start
from the vocabularies, structure and practicing by themselves. Students have to learning by their own
ways but teacher just gives only advice to students.
For
material that teacher use, there isn’t textbook in class; it’s only flashcards,
picture cards and whiteboard. Although, student didn’t learn from textbook; the
knowledge that they have learned is very good for use out class. The main
resource is the learning of students. It depends on ability to memorize which
they can collect.
For language that teacher use, he use the most
formal language and use informal language sometimes. Furthermore, teacher
reinforces students by usually asking questions. It’s important to motivate and
check comprehensive of students. Teacher will ask question repeat if there’s no
answer from students. The feedback from students, they always answer at once if
they know. If they don’t know, they will use more times to think and answer in
finally. When students don’t know answer, they will silent to consider. Teacher
will help student more clues. In the first activity, it’s an act and answer
moods or feelings. Teacher usually explains words with question and body
language. It’s good for learning with them. Moreover, teacher also explains
grammar by putting those words into sentences and showing to students that is
next step to use function in real life.
Using language of students is
an important for students to practice foreignerlanguage. While they doing group
work, students hardlyspeak English. They often use mother tongue during class.
Foreigner language was use only asking questions from teacher. Then, there was
problem with grammar because sentences that they use are the short sentence.
They seldom practice in correctly form and communicate with English. Students
also have the problem with pronunciation little. Sometimes, they pronounce
incorrect sound. But teacher will help students by pronounce correct
pronunciation and ask them to repeat after him.
In the step that teacher provides students,
there’re lots times to learn and practice. Students use the function sentences
many times and talk together in group work. Students sometimes ask questions
when they do group work and individual work. While they doing activities, they
speak mother language the most. They usually talk together with Thai.
We’ve
learned many techniques and real problem in observation classroom. We wouldn’t
understand if we don’t sit and observe in there. There’re several things that
we have to learn, practice and prepare ourselves. The problem can happens
wherever and whenever. Although, teacher is professional; there’re another
components that you need to manage. We’ve learned about controlling classroom, explaining
knowledge and creating positive classroom atmosphere. Because there’re lots of
components excepting teach. Teachers have to be the controller to flow
classroom activities and manage every task completed.
Subject to focus on
1. Lesson structure
·
The way lesson opens, develops and
closes
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The number of activities that constitue
the lesson
·
The links and transition between
activities
2. Classroom management
strategies
·
Setting up group
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Maintaining order
·
Time management
·
Seating arrangement
3. Types of
teaching activities
·
Whole class activities
·
Pair and group activities
·
Individual activities
4. Teaching
strategies
·
Presenting task
·
Organizing practice
·
Teaching technique
5. Teacher’s use
of materials
·
Use of the textbooks
·
Use of the resources
6. Teacher’s use
of language
·
Use of instructional language
·
Use of question
·
Feedback techniques
·
Explanation of vocabulary and grammar
7. Student’s use
of language
·
Use of language in group work
·
Use of mother tongue during class
·
Problem with grammar
·
Problem with pronunciation
8. Students
interaction
·
Time on task
·
Questioning behaviors
·
Students to students talk
Tapescript:
recorded from observing
in
Professional Experience I
S: good morning teacher
T: good morning student
S: Ss show their hand
T: So today we’re going to learn about moods or feeling. How do
you feel if t have I your phone?
S: Not good
Ok so mood or feeling
Students always talk together
T: call name Fon
So you show everybody.
So you have to design what feelings.
S: shy.
T: oh very good “Shy”
Call name sin.
T: what’s face’s sin?
S: bore.
T: bore,Yeah!Bore.very good.
S: Who walk like this?
Zombie.
T: zombie, Yes
Ok
T: scared, angry
S: hungry
T: hungry, yes.
Ok
So you coming back
I
see you come in.Did you ask me?
Yes, come with we after class.
T: Ok so oh
Happy love/good/very good
Ok I say you not use phone in the class I say
Many times not phone dictionary
because you learn Of me. Dictionary use for homework
S: sleep,
scare
T:Petch
Ok This very easy because when this class finish
He comes with me. So he will be?
S: sad
T: Yes ok so Today we are learning about
moods
Or feeling. How do you feel?
So very easy.I already say the words
What word in thing
S: feelings
So everybody !
Feeling
T: Yeah feel? What words is this
Shy freedom
T: think about the feeling
Even more than happy
Ok begin with e .morethan happy
Elephant
T: who say elephants?
S: Exciting
T: exciting, good
You can all so sad ecstatic
On we are say over exciting—ecstatic
What’s word in this?
T: shocked
If I use this and put in there
Similar word to shock
Handsome
Really?
Fear
Yes, very good and another word, two word
S: fear
frightened
Everybody?
Fear, shocked, exciting, ecstatic, feelings
T:
ok. What’s word in this?
Fail, happy / surprised
What is this mean
You can pass a fest or you can …
S:
fail
T:
fail very good
So if
S: boring
T: listen if you fail a test, How do you
feel?
Sorrow
T: similar to sorrow
S: very good disappointed
You know, you very sad. You disappointed
Or If you get zero on the test and you
Go home to your family your papa says
What did you get in your test
You say get zero
Your father says I’m very disappointed in you
T: maybe if you fail on your test, maybe
your father get …
S: angry
T: yes angry
Ok so if you fail your test. Then, you do
Another test you need to this word
S: grow up, do better
Yes, do better
T: everybody read do better, angry,
disappointed
Fail
S: ok very good everyone
Now we’re going to see how can you usethis words.
T: ok question and question
How would you feel if I gave you 1 million bath?
T would feel very happy, I would be so excited and ecstatic.
And you
How
would you feel if I gave you 1 million bath?
T would feel very happy, I would be so excited and ecstatic.
Ok.Question!
S: How would you feel if I gave you 1
million bath?
good, I would feel very happy, I would be
so excited and ecstatic.
S: How would you feel if I gave you 1
million bath?
good, I would feel very happy, I would be
so excited and ecstatic. (question)
S: How would you feel if I gave you 1
million bath?
T: good I would feel very happy, I would be
so excited and ecstatic. (question)
S: How would you feel if I gave you 1
million bath?
T: very good answer
S: I would feel very happy, I would be so
excited and ecstatic
Very good
S: I would.
T: so , How would you feel if I gave you 1
million bath?
S: I would feel very happy, I would be so
excited and ecstatic
T: So, How would you feel if I gave you 1 bath?
Ok Think about what I say How would you feel if I gave you 1 bath?
I would be sad
Yes disappointed (question)
S: How would you feel if I gave you 1 bath?
T: answer
S: I would feel very happy, I would be so
excited and ecstatic.
T: good.Question!
S: How would you feel if I gave you 1 bath?
T: answer
S: I would feel very happy, I would be so
excited and ecstatic.
T: very good ok what do you want(Ss speak
X3 times)
Describe your feelings if you found a Tiger in
your bedroom?
I would be so shocked and frightened, I would shake with fear.
Ok.Question!
S:
Describe your feelings if you found a Tiger in your bedroom?
Don’t forget I want to check your fear.
T: Ok listen again
Describe your feelings if you found a Tiger in your bedroom?
Ok right rand question
S: Describe your feelings if you found a
Tiger in your bedroom?
T: ok.Question!
T: good question
S: Describe your feelings if you found a
Tiger in your bedroom?
T: answer
S: I
would be so shocked and frightened, I would shake with fear.
T: ok!Describe your feelings if you found a
Tiger in your bedroom?
S: I would be so shocked and frightened, I
would shake with fear.
T: Describe your feelings if you found a
Tiger in your bedroom?
S: I would be so shocked and frightened, I
would shake with fear.
T: ok, very good question
S: Describe your feelings if you found a
Tiger in your bedroom?
T: good answer
S: I would be so shocked and frightened, I would
shake with fear.
T: good!Ok!last one.
S: what does it feel like to fail a test?(Ss
speak X3 times)
I feel sad and disappointed about myself, sometimes I get angry
too as I know I can do better.
T: listen again
Question
S: what does it feel like to fail a test?
T: answer
S: I feel sad and disappointed about myself, sometimes I get
angry too as I know I can do better.(Ss speak X3 times)
T: It’s a work group. There’re 6 people each group.
Next, you’re going to have picture cards.
You have to discuss about moods or feeling of person in it.
S: (students talk together about picture
that they have)
T: ok. Have you finished?
Each group will have represented to show friends for the rest of
class.
S: (students present in front of class)
T: So, you come here.
(T provides Ss act out a moods or feeling)
S: Love, angry, Happy, sad, afraid, cold,
sleepy, bored, surprised
T: Ok. For homework today, you write down the happiest time of
your life and how you felt at least 50 words.
Do you understand?
S: Yes
(ring of bell)
T: Ok. See you next class.
