Observation Task 5: 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 What the teacher Language What the children comments

of lesson does Teaching do
Method
Start of 1-ask them to think Communicative Students answer Why question
lesson about what type of language the teacher by their was hard for
plants they can see in
greetings the desert. teaching own experienced b level and c
level student
warm up 2. Give them some
examples and ask them
independen to think about which
t activity plants thrive in the
time focus desert and why.

Main 1. Ask the learners if 5E’s The

activity they’ve ever seen a vocabulary
ghaf tree and, if so, Grammar- Students answer the
was easy to
e.g. where, and ask them to translation teacher, follow the
consolidating describe it. learn.
teacher direction.
the target
language 2. Ask them to look at
through the diagram and try to
activities. extract as much
information as possible
about the ghaf tree.
Draw learners’
attention to the
vocabulary box.
End of TPR 1. Learners listen again
lesson/plena to the poem and this
ry 1. ask learner to listen phonological time try to read aloud
to the poem and ask structure of along with the audio.
Review /
them to read aloud English
Assessment
along with the audio.
This is a fun activity
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 e.g. which will help
Reviewing learners to address their
the session fluency and the rhythm
and ‘finishing of the poem.
off’ the
lesson.

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