Observation Table for Task 1 – ‘Chit Chat’:

Reasons children speak in the classroom

Class:KG1N Number of learners: 18

Length of lesson: Teacher observed: MS. Niamh

Language Learning Goals: to listing to the story (jack and the beanstalk)
Materials used: The Story Characters, dolls:(jack, jack’s mom, giant, The
beanstalk)

Learner A Learner B Learner C Learner D

Reason for speaking
(Nikolas) (Simon) (Fatima) (Ahmed)

Learner repeats word(s) after

teacher 
1   

(whole class together)

Learner repeats word(s) after

2 teacher    -
(group / pair together)

Learner repeats word / phrase after

3 teacher     
-
(individual)

Learner answers direct question

4   - 
from teacher

Learner answers open question -

5  - 
from teacher

6 Learner asks teacher a question   - 

Learner answers a partner in
7 English    
(pair/ group work activity)

Learner answers a partner in Arabic

8 - -    
(pair/ group work activity)

(E) (E) (A)

(E)
Learner speaks to the teacher (E) (E) (A)
(E)
9 informally (E) (A) (E)
(Add E – English; A – Arabic)
(E)
(E) (A)
(E)

Chatting That she That he

That he is
Other reason(s) for speaking with other wants to wants his
10 tired
students play mom
 Read the questions below and write your answers:

 What was the most common reason for speaking?

Learner repeats word(s) after teacher – (whole class together)
The class discussions, asking questions and answering these questions, challenging
between the groups and the motivation that the teacher gives the students, for
example: let’s see who will get a class dojo point for the correct answer.
 What was the least common reason for speaking?
Learner answers open question from teacher
Teacher class rules, for example: when the teacher talks, no one talks, the teacher
explain something to the student so no reason to talk, working in canters.
 Were there any boxes that had no ticks?
Learner answers a partner in Arabic (pair/ group work activity)
Because I have been in a private school.
 What do you think is an appropriate sequence of communication patterns between
teachers and students?
 The morning routine (taking attendance, teacher ask students to remember
the month and the day, etc.)
 Teacher instructions for the activities.
 Singing with the teacher.
 Repeating after the teacher (words, vocabs, alphabet)
 student’s questions.
 Teacher questions.