Learning log : week 6

Learning Log

Inside classroom, July 15, 2013

Today, teacher adds assignments about when I go to observation at school. I must record VDO and note information when observation at school.

          Exploring teaching

1.         Audio or Video record a lesson

2.         Written accounts of lesson

3.         Teaching journal

4.         Case reports

5.         Teaching portfolio

6.         Critical incidents

7.         Action research

8.         Student teacher support groups

Focus of the observation:

1.         Lesson structure

·      The way the lesson opens, develop, and closes

·      The number of activities that constitute the lesson

·      The links and transitions between activities

2.         Classroom management strategies

·      Setting up groups

·      Maintaining order

·      Time management

·      Searing arrangement

3.         Types of teaching activities

·      Whole class activities

·      Pair and group activities

·      Individual activities

4.         Teaching strategies

·      Presenting tasks

·      Organizing practice

·      Teaching technique

5.         Teacher’s use of materials

·      Use of the text books

6.         Teacher’s use of language

·      Use of instructional language

·      Use of question

·      Feedback technique

·      Explanations of vocabulary and grammar

7.         Student’s use of language

·      Use of language in group work

·      Use of the mother tongue during class

·      Problems with grammar

8.         Student interaction

Task: Choose a topic that interests and the basic of an action research project during your teaching practice in the next semester.