Introduction

This report aims at giving a comprehensive description of the first

practicum for this training year which subscribes to the paradigm practice
theory practice in which the practicum play a central role. The practicum
enables trainee teachers to be introduced to the real context of teaching in
the classroom.
This paper aims at summarising and reporting what was observed during
some elt classes at Alkoutoubia secondary school located in Bab Doukala
This observation was conducted as a major requirement of the training
programme at the cremf Marrakech
the purpose of this report
To familiarize trainee teachers with the school environment, different
school communities, teaching divisions, and students experiences
To understand the responsibilities and rules of the teacher
To describe the instructional practices observed in the elt classes so that we
can be able to relate the observed practices to what we have learned in the
centre.The date presented in this report are not evaluative
The importance and the meaning of the observed of the data would be
determined by the pupils who would decide wether the data are consistent
with the intended expectations







Report Plan
I. Descriptive card on the school

1. Historical background
2. Host teacher
3. Facilities
4. Number of students
5. Councils
6. Clubs associations
7. Staff members

II. Ethnographic observation

1. Classroom environment
2. Session description
3. Interaction
4. Time management
5. Lessons


III. Systematic observation
(Grid

IV. Conclusion
V. Recommendations
VI. Appendices









Descriptive card on the school

1. Historical background
Our first practicum took place in Elkoutoubiya high school which
is located in Bab Doukala , few minutes far from the bus station . the
school was established in 1947. It was called first La poterne by the
French protectorate, which means the gate of the wall , then it became
a girls middle school . In 1973 the school received the first troop of
high school girls, branch of literature. Later on, in 1996 boys were
integrated into the school.
2. Host teacher
3. Facilities.

ROOMS
Educational
rooms
Scientific rooms Computer lab Total

26

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33

FIELDS OF PLAY
Play ground S
Basketball handball Volleyball Total
Number of
pitches
03 01 03 07
(In addition to 2 changing rooms)
4. The number of students
Females number: 516
Males number: 257
The total number of students: 773


5. Councils
Management council The educational
council
The classroom
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The director.
headmaster of all
council
Supervisors
Head of pupils
mothers and
fathers
association.
A students
representative
A representative
of each school
subject
The director
Supervisors
representative
of each school
subject
Head of pupils
mothers and
fathers
association.


The director
supervisors
Head of pupils
mothers and
fathers
association.

















































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To suggest the
school bylaw.
Discussing the
projects of other
councils.
The study of the
schools needs
The
coordination
between the
different school
subjects

Planning and
Checking
students marks
and making
decisions about
them .
The study of
students
Level / branch Males Females Total
Common core
literature
42 123 165
Common core
sciences
43 94 137
1st year bac
literature.
41 94 135
1
st
year bac
empirical sciences
36 70 106
2
nd
year bac
literature
37 41 78
2
nd
year bac.
Human sciences
27 30 57
2
nd
year bac.
physics
07 26 33
2
nd
year bac.
earth and life sciences
20 42 62
for the next year programming
school exams
and tests .
The
organization of
sport and
educational
activities
Giving
suggestions
concerning
curriculums and
syllabuses , and
presenting them
to the academy
orientations
and
reorientations.

6. Clubs and associations.
clubs associations
Reading club
Family club
Theater
Astronomy club
Education club
Pupils mothers and fathers
association
The athletic association

7. Staff members.
Headmaster: 1
Principle: 1
Supervisors: 3
Librarian: 1
Secretary: 2
Security: 2








Ethnographic observation
Classroom environment
The observation took place in room number16. It is a vast downstairs room
with orderly table rows and adequate lighting. The room also has windows
in both sides, and green painted walls, desk and blackboard. It is also
undecorated.
Sessions description
In the first day of the practicum, the host teacher Mrs. BOLHY Rkia who is in
charge of 1
st
and 2
nd
year baccalaureate, has introduced three kinds of
skills: communication
reading
grammar
the teacher initiates the session by a 5 minutes warm up. The warm up
would always be one or two practice questions occasionally related to the
current lesson in the communication session the host teacher asked the
students about their holiday
after the warm up the teacher starts the presentation eliciting ideas and
asking questions about a particular picture in the textbook. In the reading
comprehension session , the teacher gave students some time to read . after
reading the text , silently ,o