Classroom Observation 3

WEEK 4

Instructor evaluated: Anna Kimberly              Date: 24^th.  April, 2012 (Tuesday)

Course: 12:00 - 13:45 English Business Documents           Number of students present: 10

Evaluator(s) Misfer Alqahtani (The Ocean)

 The lesson observed was about writing a CV and a letter of application.  The class met at room 2204. The major task of the lesson was to prepare students to write CVs and letters of applications as their assignment.  The teacher started her lesson by having her students look at a written CV template reflected on the whiteboard by the documentary camera and she discussed it with her students, asking them specific and detailed questions about each part in the template.

     From observation, the teacher’s teaching philosophy in her class can be revealed mainly through the following aspects.

First, she believes that class should be student‐centered and interactive. This is particularly obvious in her design of class activity, which depends totally on her frequent questions and comprehensive discussion about the lesson main idea. However, the negative side was that, there had been only one teaching activity applied in the classroom which failed to encourage students to be involved actively in the discussion.  I think it would be successful if some different activities used, such as, brainstorm (at the beginning of the lesson), dividing students into groups or in pairs and encouraging them to make their discussion.

In my opinion,  alternative teaching activities are very necessary for the teacher to change his teaching way if he needs that, especially when the students are not attentive and do not participate. So, some alternative teaching activities were urgent in her class.

 

Second, the lesson was carefully prepared and the objectives and aims were very clear. As a result, she was confident and no hesitation during the class discussion or when she were asked by her students and observers. Also, it had been clear to me through her discussion that she used the multi-social media with her students and she had asked her students to be prepared for making presentations about different cultures.  In fact, I could see that the teacher tried to do her best and she would achieve her goals.