CLASSROOM OBSERVATION PROTOCOL – PART 1

DIDACTICS OF ENGLISH 518022

Observer name: Milton Hair Mena Blandon
School name: Info Language Center
Observation date: 11/09/2021
Length of the observation: 4 hours
Teacher’s name: Guillermo Albornoz
Number of students: 8
PART 1 DIDACTIC COMPONENT
Use of materials:
-Does the teacher incorporate
various instructional supports
(e.g., video, slides, posters,
flashcards, etc.) in the class?
-Were those resources effective
for learning?
-Does the teacher use creative
and effective resources during the
wholes class: to introduce the
class, to explain the topics, during
the practice and production
stages?
Activities and strategies
implementation:
-Does the teacher engage in a
variety of organizational and
preparation activities aimed at
maximizing time available for
instruction and facilitating student
learning?
-Does he/she use motivating,
creative and affective activities?
-Does he/she use appropriate
INFORMATION
Observation start time: 1 pm
Observation end time: 5 pm
Grade: A1
Average student’s age: 20
The teacher incorporates various instructional
supports; he used English books; and this resources
were very effective for learning. the teacher used
creative resources to explain the topics of the class;
he used reading and traduction exercises with a book
about the English culture.
The teacher participates in organizational activities of
the center aimed at improving student learning and in
organizational activities for the certification of
language proficiency that allow him to better guide
students and give better instructions and make the
best use of instructional time and maximize learning
outcomes.
The teacher uses motivational activities such as the
choice of topics for learning and discussion of the
students' preference.
The teacher also uses appropriate strategies according
strategies according to the
students’ knowledge, their
attitudes and the specific
situations?
PART 2 PEDAGOGICAL COMPONENT
Students’ learning:
-Does the teacher involve all the
students in the activities?
-Does he/she respond
appropriately to student questions
and comments?
-Does he/she recognize and
respond effectively to changes in
student attentiveness?
-Does he/she provide individual
and constructive feedback?
-Does the teacher provide clear
modeling and demonstration to all
students?
-Does he/she produce meaningful
and challenging learning
experiences?
-Does he/she ensure that the
students understood the
instructions, the topic, the
activities and were able to
produce in English using the
acquired knowledge?
Pedagogical skills:
-Does the teacher use class time
effectively?
-Does he/she own the
pedagogical skills needed to direct
teaching and learning processes?
-Does he/she encourage the
to the way of learning of each student and emphasizes
the essential activities to achieve the learning
objectives.
The teacher is proactive and involves all students in
the development of activities in the classroom, in the
same way that he answers and solves all the doubts
that students present; The teacher draws the
students' attention when they are distracted and
concentrate on activities other than the class and can
easily recognize these changes in attention; When the
students participate, the teacher gives them feedback
and specifies the aspects that they should improve or
in which they have made a mistake so that they can
correct them as soon as possible; the teacher imparts
an egalitarian teaching model for all students and
imparts knowledge with sufficient clarity and mastery
of the subject; the teacher generates meaningful
learning experiences that challenge students to
communicate better and improve their processes; The
teacher is always aware that the students have
understood the subject and the instructions that he
imparts and is very concerned about the learning of
each student.
The teacher uses class time in the best way, using it
in the development of the topics that the students
must acquire and changing the subject at the
appropriate moments to maximize student learning;
the teacher has sufficient pedagogical skills to direct
the learning process of students and demonstrates it
in their teaching methodologies; the teacher
encourages the development of other skills of
development of other skills such
as critical thinking, analysis,
research, and so on?
PART 3 LINGUISTIC COMPONENT
Use of language and
instructions:
-Does the teacher communicate
clearly and effectively to the level
of the students?
-Does he/she explain important
ideas simply and clearly?
-Does he/she manage the foreign
and the native language in the
class?
-Does he/she select examples and
illustrations clearly related to
course content and student
experiences?
-Does he/she make course
content relevant by using
authentic and real-world
applications? -Does he/she
explain new or difficult terms and making concepts that could be difficult to
concepts clearly and in multiple
ways?
PART 4 ATTITUDINAL COMPONENT
Human attitudes:
-Does he/she treat class members
equitably and respectfully?
-Does he/she express love,
smiling, comprehension,
responsibility regarding his/her
profession?
-Does he/she admit error and
insufficient knowledge?
students such as research; through the development
of investigative works that each student carries out to
be presented in class.
The teacher has a very good communication with
the students and does so clearly and effectively
and makes an explanation of the different topics
in a simple and clear way so that the students
can acquire knowledge; During the development
of the class, the teacher combines the use of
both languages, Spanish and English to facilitate
the understanding of students and be able to
fully meet their doubts and learning needs; the
teacher gives students examples from everyday
life to better explain and illustrate their classes
and emphasizes activities that young people
usually do, to explain the class; the teacher is
quite dynamic in his classes and explains the
concepts in various ways and in a simple way,
understand more understandable.
The teacher is very respectful with all the
members of the class, both with the students
and the practicing teacher, and treats everyone
equally well, without making distinctions of any
kind; The teacher shows deep respect and great
passion for their profession and for teaching
English and is a professional in love with what
they do and being part of the learning and
educational processes; the teacher also has
sufficient knowledge to teach English and has a
good command of the language and the

Personality:
-Does he/she use humor
constructively?
-Does the teacher demonstrate
enthusiasm for the subject
matter?
-Does he/she create a trustworthy
environment?
pedagogy and didactics of English; the teacher
does not present significant errors in the
performance of his function.
The teacher has a very good personality and
uses humor very well to give illustrative
examples and to give feedback to the students,
and in this way the adolescents are more
receptive to the information that is imparted to
them; The teacher shows a lot of enthusiasm in
his class and passion for the English language
and tries to transmit it to the students; the
teacher becomes a mentor for his students and
builds trust in them, which allows him to know
the learning difficulties that each student
presents and solve them in the shortest possible
time.