(Snollygoster) the teaching experiences

On Wednesday the 14th, I went to observe my classmate´s class.

Warm up

Students were asked to write their name on a tag name, so that they could ask and answer the question what is your name? to each other

Note: this activity seemed to be difficult at first for the students, but when the teacher helped them, they knew what to do and how to do it.

Pre-listening

In this stage, the teacher presented the family members by using some flashcards. Also, he taught them the question who is she/he?

Students were paying attention to the explanation and they were really interested at the topic.

Note: the teacher focused too much on the question who is she/he? It seemed to be a grammar class instead of a listening class. This stage is just for presenting new vocabulary that could appear on the listening, so that the students can understand it better.

During 1

In this stage, the listening was read by the teacher. He repeated two times. Then students were given a worksheet in which they had to underline the family member´s mentioned in the listening.

Note: the worksheet should have been given before the listening. It is because students can be aware of the questions so they know what they need from the listening to answer the questions.

During 2

Students were in a line while the teacher was holding the flashcards... students had to answer the question who is she/he? If they did it correctly, they could sit.

Note: this activity was well explained and it reached its goal. Even though, students were nervous, the teacher´s help was ideal to get rid of their nervous.

Post listening

Students were given a bond page. They were asked to draw their family member. After that, with the drawing they had to ask and answer who is she/he? to each other.

Note: this activity reached its goal because students were answering the questions properly. In this group, pair work did not work. This is the only problem it had.