First week
Topic :
Learning Environment
I sat in a place where I had a clear view of the
classroom.Everywhere in the classroom was colourful. Desks were suitable for
students’ age .This classroom was composed of the 3-4 years of students. It was
like a play room so students were not able to concentrate the lesson. Both
their age and class were handicap for teacher to tell lesson. Teacher was a
half Europian teacher. Her pronunciation was clear.Also,teacher had assistants
tried to maintain noise of the students in pre-school class . Teacher used navite
language generally because students were
young learners that they hardly speak. She used body language while
telling and she told the lesson by the aid of games and songs.
Classrooms
were large and well-ventilated but
control of the students was really hard for teacher. Students were
active. Students’ setting arrangement was not traditional system and this was
appropriate for modern education system.There were a projector , computer and
small wardrobe for students’ materials.Teacher
had many opportunities for teaching because school was private .She used
sometimes grammar translation method because of students level. Actually she
could use her body language or materials to be understandable.
They stood up and walked in the classroom sometimes while
teacher was telling the lesson. School was private so students had a lot of
chances to learn and teacher was really well-equipped. They also had english
board that subject of the day and things learned before on it.Teacher gave
stickers when students knew true answers. Knowing was like a competition.
Students liked that. They were actively attending the lesson. Teacher did not
give right of speaking ones who did not raise their finger.
When
I observed students who were in third grade class was much more comfortable not
only streaming of the lesson but setting arrangement as well. There was a list
that stickers were in front of the students’name on the wall. When they were
mischievous,teacher took their one stickers from the list. It was a good way to
control class.
There
was a girl sitting on the corner, she was only waiting when teacher gave them
activity to do . She needed help or she was bored.When teacher asked questions
she was not raising her finger or giving
answer. A few minutes later, teacher reliazed the condition of her. She asked
her to say answer the next one but she was in silent. Teacher came and helped
her by the aid of some words. She showed examples and she said “ I understand now “. She was active later in
that lesson.
Topic :
Microteaching
When I observed teachers this week, I saw
that all of them divided lesson stages that were warm-up , presentation and
practice. Dividing lesson was understandable
for students and also it helped
teacher to tell lesson easily.
In 7th grade, teacher was English that
students were exposed to English from a native speaker. Subject was
conjuction that was “ if “. Teacher reminded “ if “ firstly and
showed examples in warm-up stage. She wrote
examples on the board. Then she told about “ unless and as long as “ in
the presentation stage. Moving from known thing to unknown was quick,efficent
and confident way for teacher to strong start to lesson.Then she wanted
students to open their book and they completed the activity succsessfully in
practice stage. Teacher asked questions to get an idea about understanding of
the students at the end of the lesson. It provides expert supervision and a
constructive feedback and above all it provides for repeated practice without
adverse consequences to the teacher or her students. It increases confidence of
the students to perform activity.
In another lesson ,
teacher started to lesson asking questions in warm-up stage. Subject was
education system in USA but students did not have any idea about the system of
education in USA. So teacher used our education system to explain system of the
education in presentation stage. Teacher opened the projector and showed
pictures tand went on explanation. Later , there were activities on the board.
Firstly they started a activity that was about our education system. After that
, they went on a activity that was about education system in USA. They fulfill
the activities in practice stage.Students were succsessful because of the
success of teacher’s presentation.
Third week
Topic : Lesson Plan
This week
was our teaching week. We had to prepare lesson plan for this week . We
searched next subject of the class and told with counselor teacher about
students’ level , number of the students in class. Then we investigated lesson
plan of the school and read articles about lesson plan.our subject was “ have
got or haven’t got “ . We started to write according to school experience
lesson plan example given us.
Students were our first objective.
And also we told about which skills would be in plan. While we were preparing,
we had some diffuculties because of insufficient knowledge of students’
strengths or weaknesses. On the other hand , we managed to prepare suitable
activity for them. We tried to set up balance between activities. We prepared
authentic materials ourselves.
Having a
lesson plan helped us to have knowledge about where we were and what we would.
Nevertheless, we did not follow the plan exactly in the lesson because
sometimes magic moments happened that it could be a question or they did not
understand something in the lesson. In that time , we explained in English or
sometimes we used pictures or body language. That time we tried to activite thier schemata to
discover the answer or meaning themselves. At the end of the lesson , we asked
question in order to get information
about whether they understand or not.
Topic : Practising Questioning Skills
This week ,
we focused on the questions asked in the classroom. When we investigated questions in the class , we saw that teachers
had different types of questions. They were asking to motivate, relate the
lesson to pupils’ own experiences , find out what pupils know or remember , get
feedback on their teaching and so on.
In one
lesson , teacher asked “ How is the education system in Turkey ? “. Subject was
American Education System and they could not have any idea. She asked this
question to relate the lesson to students’ own experiences. When she asked
question , she waited a few minutes so all
students could think. And also when one student was giving answer, she
was aware of what was going on in the rest of the class. She was listening all
answers. She tried to ask simple and clear questions.
In younger
class, teacher asked so many questions before she started to tell new subject.
There was a picture and she asked “ Which toy is it ?” , “ What color is it ?”
, “Which animal is it ?” “ How many
candles are there? “ and so on. She
asked all these questions to find out what pupils know or remember and get
feedback on their teaching.
In my
teaching lesson , subject was “have got and haven’t got.” My section was
practice stage. Before starting of the lesson , I showed a basket and asked “
What is this ? “ and “ Do you know ?“ . These questions were asked to learn
they knew the basket’s name in English or not. When I analyzed my questions ,
generally I used questions for getting
any idea about their knowledge of the subject.
Fifth week
Topic :
Managing the Class
This week we observed how
teachers managed the class. We had a chance to observe two different age group
and two different teacher. What techniques they were using. We checked they
were effective or not.
In first lesson, even though students were 6th
grade, teacher was so strict to control class. Students were seemed that they
were afraid of their teacher. While speaking, she was looking around carefully
and she wanted to say somebody in the
class , she was looking only at that student.She tried to manage the class by the
aid of her strict behavior. She used her body language , gestures and mimes for
taking attention of students and kept them awake.She used her voice when there
were a lot of general noise and she
wanted to regain control. When teacher asking
questions , she was asking randomly in the class. Students were in
silent and they were trying to fill worksheet to say true answer when teacher
asked them. There was a student that he was
mischievous and teacher said his name to stop his action. He trembled
and focused the lesson.
In second lesson, students were second
grade.Teacher was amusing and lively. Students were happy and as if they were
playing games all together. She was speaking slowly and clearly. She sometimes
lost control of the class but by the help of activities,games she was able to regain control of the
class.She used often her body language to be understandable. She gave stars
when they attended games and when they made noise she took back stars. Students
were young and they did not loose their star. They waited in silent. Because of
the games , they had no time to make noise. All of them wanted to play so when
you gave them responsibility , it was a
good way to control class. She called students with their name and they were
happy when they heard their name by the teacher.
Sixth week
Topic :
Material Evaluation
This week we observed materials from the
perspective of Stevick’s criteria in the classroom but especially book used in
the class. Their book was arranged the level of the students. In fourth grade , book was supported by half
picture half text , in seventh grade generally there were text and in second
grade nearly all book was covered by pictures. Also there were another
materials ( projector , computer , recordings , flashcards e.g. ) used in the
class. Books were composed according to
current method methodologically. But , we could not say it was exactly perfect
because of the individual differecences. In that time, teacher would decide how
to use it in the classroom. There were different using techniques in the
classrooms.
In first class we observed, there was a language that ahd some currency outside the classroom and book’s content was interesting
for learner. But teacher used book as her lesson plan. There were instructions
in her book and she followed it step by step. She ignored individual
differences between learners. They were reminded previous lesson and performed
activity whole lesson.
In second class we observed, students were
performing activities. Teacher asked questions students to get answer one by
one. After that , she asked questions according to our tradition. She did it
because she provided familiarity with our tradition between students and it was
easy to them to get an idea. Teacher intensified students’ knowledge by the aid
of watching video.
In last class we observed , teacher presentated
the subject. She followed book during presentation. On the other hand she
drawed semantic map on the board in order to increase awereness in students.
After, they listened to music about the subject. It was really funny and
students were active in the lesson. Teacher managed to take attention. They
fulfilled activities in book but teacher varied activities because of the
individual differences between students.
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