Name of Student Teacher: Mr Timothy Joshua Ong

CS1: English Language

Subject: English Language

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Class: 106
Secondary 1 (Express)

Date: 4th April 2016

Monday (Odd Week)

Time: 12.40pm 1.40pm

(60 minutes) 3 periods

Class Size:
40 (23 F, 17 M)

Learners Characteristics:
Mixed ability (Average to high ability learners)

Unit: Writing and representing skills

Topic: Reporting verbs

Reflections (Choose 1 aspect of the lesson to reflect on- positive or negative

one. It can be written in point form not more than 1 page)
1)
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What happened? (What did my students do? What did I do?)

Engaging slides with coloured highlights and pictures of famous artistes
Fun format of lesson: Flashcards/ live demonstrations/ concluding definitions
Cultivated a supportive and positive learning environment which in turn,
motivated students and made meaningful connections to Real-World Contexts
Students were thoroughly engaged/ high rate of student participation and
involvement and they saw the relevance of what they were learning

2) Why? (Why did I think things happened this way? Why did I choose to act the
way I did?)
Goal Orientation Theory (Schunk, 2010)
Strategies to facilitate adoption of Mastery Goal Orientation for English Language:
Meaningful aspects of learning activities
Task design: novel, varied, diverse and interest-sustaining
Highlighting relevance of academic tasks
Focus on learning process and use of cooperative groups for peer interaction
3) So what? (What have I learnt from this?)
Catering to students interests is pivotal to their motivation for learning
Relating academic tasks to real-world contexts = Greater student engagement
Pair work, novelty, variety and meaningful activities add vibrancy to students
learning
4) Now what? (What do I want to remember to think about in a similar situation?
How do I want to act in future?)
Always show/ demonstrate the relevance of academic tasks (Never in isolation).
Be nurturing in affirming learning progress and not to fixate on the final product.
Constantly check for meaningful aspects of learning for students to achieve mastery.