WEEK I-II LESSON OBSERVATION (FORM 1)

Student Name: Date of observation:

Teacher: Class (or level): Hours Observed:

ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS:

1.What were, the main aims of this lesson? Were they achieved? How do you
know?
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2.Briefly describe the general atmosphere of the class. In what ways did the
teacher's personality and behavior contribute to that atmosphere?
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3. Briefly describe the learners' general behavior/attitude and their
involvement in activities and tasks. What, in your opinion, most contributed
to their behavior/attitude and their involvement?
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4. List all materials and equipment are used in this lesson (course book,
blackboard, audio-visual aids, etc.)
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5. Estimate teacher’s and student’s (pupil’s) time of speech in English in
percentage (from 10%-100%)
Teacher: Student (pupil’s):
6. Pay attention to the sequence of tasks included in the lessons. Try to find
answers to the following questions:
a) How is/was the lesson started?
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b) What does/did the teacher do?
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c) Write down the tasks and time devoted to them during the lesson
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d) Do/Did students have enough time to solve the tasks?
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e) Are/Were students involved in the tasks?
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f) Does/Did the lesson finish on time
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g) Is/Was there a clear ending in the lesson
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8. Observe the way the teacher corrects students during different lessons.
a) Are mistakes corrected immediately?
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b) How are they corrected?
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c) Are students corrected in the same way no matter what they are doing:
grammar tasks, listening, reading, speaking or writing tasks?
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d) Does the teacher encourage self-correction?
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e) Does s/he praise students?
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9. In each of the spaces below, note down one specific thing (teacher's
personal quality or teaching skill, activities and tasks, classroom atmosphere,
etc.) that you noticed in the course of the lesson and would like to make your
comment on, discuss or learn more about. a) One thing I particularly liked in
this lesson was:
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b) One thing I found rather ineffective in this lesson was:
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Additional Comments: