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Observation 2 - Field Notes
Observation 2 - Field Notes
Setting: VUS
Observer: Tran Van Doan
Role of the Observer: complete observer
Time: 6h30
Date: 08. 08. 2020
Length of the Observation: 1h30’
Focus of the observation
Description of students
1. Number of students: 10
2. Age: 12-15
3. Level: intermediate
3. Placement of the lesson within the unit of study: Unit 2: 2H: Writing: A blog
post expressing opinion
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- To use concept checking questions and simple instructions to review
lessons
1. Activity sequencing
The activity assists students brainstorm new ideas as well as get familiar
with the writing topic
2. Student grouping
3. Duration of discussion:
5. Students’ behaviours (Fill in the most accurate option and give more
details)
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⃝ Off task: 10
⃝ On task: 0
⃝ Hesitant: 2
⃝ Enthusiastic: 10
⃝ Struggling: 2
⃝ Other (Specify)
⃝ Non-academic topic(s)
How are students interacting with each other? Are there any notable non-verval
behaviors?
Students are all engaged to the activity properly. Some show the excitement for the
prizes, some seem worried about the topic.
I think…√√√
I consider…
I find…
I feel…√√
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I believe…√
I suppose…
I presume…
I guess…
From my perspective…
As for me…
My view is that…
My impression is that…
My opinion is that…√√
I am certain that…
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What difficulties do students have when giving opinions?
+ Language use:
Some express their opinion in short sentences only. Some can link the ideas
together using conjunction words.
+ Other:
Students often turn to Vietnamese when they discuss due to lacking of relevant
words.
Reflective notes
- All students are encouraged to join the group discussion. Some students
even show their excitement for the prizes.
- They all work together. Some are too nervous as the teacher says he will
ask for all the group’ s members answers that they write down the
explanation for their choices
- The formulaic sequences in the handout are pretty helpful that it reminds
the learners about the need of using these phrases when giving opinions
- In the pair work activity, only a few students use these opinion expression.
They prefer to give direct answer to the questions in the tasks.
- Group discussion makes some weak students become more confident
because they have got ideas for the topic.
- Some still struggle using these expression, they prefer to read the phrases
from the handout.
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