Observation Task 4-B: English Language Lessons

Observe an English language lesson. If possible try to obtain term/topic plans and a lesson plan. Make notes about what the teacher does and photograph (with permission)
and note what the children do in each of the stages of the lesson. Create a table which clearly illustrates this.

Structure of lesson What the teacher does Language Teaching Method What the children do Comments

Start of lesson - Singing with the children the - cross, close, walk -Singing with the teacher
rules, and the weather song.
greetings - sunny, cloudy, rainy -Take attendance and count with
- Taking the attendance and count the teacher.
warm up - number of the children
the children
independent
activity time focus

Main activity - Start reading the story for the - giant - Listen to the teacher during read
children. the story.
e.g. consolidating the - happy, angry
target language - Repeating the important
through activities. - I like, I don’t like
vocabulary.
- cow, grow
End of - Asking the children about the - giant - Answer the teacher question.
lesson/plenary characters in the story and
- happy, angry - Repeat the important
Review / Assessment
important events.
vocabulary.
- I like, I don’t like
e.g. Reviewing the
session and ‘finishing - cow, grow
off’ the lesson.