Universidad Catlica de la Ssma Concepcin

Facultad de Educacin.
English Teaching Programme
Teaching Experience I

OBSERVATION TASK 1:
The Learner:
a) Draw a diagram with the seating arrangement in the classroom

Computer

Whiteboard

G
X

Tamara

Francisca

G
G

Monserrat
Ignacio

G
X

B
B
X

B
B
X

G
X

G
X
G

Nayareth

G
G
X

Marta
Flavia

Nibaldo

Carlos

b) Make notes of the actual attending strategy used by the teacher (e.g. Attending
strategies: name, nod, smile, eye contact, reprimanding look, touch or others)
The most used attending strategies were naming and making gestures to students
who the teacher wanted to talk to. I.e using her hands and arms to point a particular
student,
After the lesson:
a) Reflect on your findings.
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When and where does s/he sit?

Teacher sits next the computer for checking attendance. The rest of the class
teacher monitors the class by walking around the classroom.
- When and where does s/he stand?
Teacher stands almost the all class because she monitors students all the time.
- How near does s/he approach the learners at different parts of the lesson?
Teacher shows close relationship with students so students feel sure and comfortable
during the class.

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Universidad Catlica de la Ssma Concepcin

Facultad de Educacin.
English Teaching Programme
Teaching Experience I

When does s/he move around

Teacher moves around when students are practicing content or doing an activity where
they need help. Teacher checks students performance during the class
- Does s/he project to all the learners?
Teacher projects it almost to all the learners because most of the time they work in pairs
or groups.
- Can s/he be heard and seen clearly by all the students?
Yes, it is possible because of sitting arrangement. Teacher promotes sitting in a semi
circle so she can see all the students and all students can see her.
- Does s/he make eye contact with individual learners?
Teacher makes eye contact especially with those students who do not pay attention to
what the teacher says in order to make them focus on the lesson.
b) What have you learned from this observation that you could apply to your
own teaching?
Mainly sitting arrangement. I strongly believe that this kind of arrangement makes
possible to monitor and to look all students. I think it is very important in the sense of
making students participate and getting involve into the topic, content and obviously the
lesson. Another aspect is that teacher contacts students during the whole lesson, that
helps teacher to know if students are learning or not.
Adapted from Wajnryb, Ruth. Classroom observation Tasks, Cambridge Teacher
training and development,1992.

Tuesday, August 12, 2014