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Classroom observation
By Mª Teresa Naves i Nogués
Departament de Filologia Anglesa i Alemanya 
Universitat de Barcelona 
     
     
  • Video of EFL Teaching at Primary School from the Volksschulen Morzg and Aigen, Salzburg (Austria)

  • Telling the Time
        Stds: first grade EFL students from Salzburg
         Tch: Ione (native speaker)

    Before watching. Answer the following questions
    1. Is story telling easier or more difficult than a drill (Tch: repeat after me, one o'clock,  Stds: one o'clock, Tch: two o'clock, Stds: two o'clock... ) which of these two types of activities is more cognitively demanding?
    2. Find out when does the teacher ask one student to fetch an envelope from her desk
    3. When do students stand up and play a game with one white paper watch each?
    4. The teacher says 'hands on your knees' why do you think she asks students to do so?
    5. What do students do right before the class ends?
    6. How many different activities did the class consist of?
    7. How much used are students to following class routines such as replying Good Morning Mrs XXXX, etc.?
     
     
     
     

    After watching the video you''ll decide the extent to which P Ur's Guidelines for Lesson Planning is closely followed or changed and adapted by the EFL teacher

        1. Put the harder tasks earlier
        2. Have quieter activities before lively ones.
        3. Think about transitions
        4. Pull the class together at the beginning and at the end.
        5. End on a positive note
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     


    Last Updated on 28 Sept 2000 by Teresa Naves
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