Group Lesson: Group 1 (Catalina, Juan y Francisca)
Assignment:
1. Choose on of the following research ‘topics’ to observe.
· Teacher talk and student interaction
2. Choose one video from Wednesday, April 6th and one from Monday, April 11th
Group 1 (Francisca, Catalina y Juan) From April 6th
3. Write a “field note” observation account of the topic as it can be observed in the videos:
* One of the teachers gave the instructions to the students.
* Students are form 9th grade
* Use of ICT, power point
* Interaction between teacher and students
* Little use of movement, no mimics
*Different students participating
* Use of productive skill: Speaking
* Good projection of voice
4. Interpret your field notes into an academic analysis of the observations.
According to what we already observed, I can say that we attended to a well prepared class in order to incorporate student’s interaction with the teacher. Although they were 9th graders they had fun as little children since the activity was very engaging. Moreover, as we know almost 70% of our students are visual and that is why it is important the use of ICTs, and this activity was very appealing to this learning style. What is more there was a lot of interaction between teacher and students because they practice a productive skill as speaking. Now, although there were some students who were not paying attention, I could observe that most of the class was very interested as the activity was very catching. Also, the projection of the teacher’s voice was very appropriate and that is an important thing to take into consideration when we are teaching.
5. Formulate conclusions based on your observations and your analysis. Were you able to arrive at empirically valid and robust conclusions based on your observations? Explain why or why not?
I think that although I did not get lot of information about teacher and students interaction, I can say that it was presented in the class. Although they were doing the same activity the whole class, we can appreciate that teacher and students were interested and engage with the activity they were doing. Moreover, different students could participate which it is important too. So, maybe I can not create a robust conclusion, but I think my observations and analysis make valid my conclusion.
Group Lesson: Group 6 (Nicole, Bárbara, Katherine)
Assignment:
1. Choose on of the following research ‘topics’ to observe.
· Student motivation and engagement
2. Choose one video from Wednesday, April 6th and one from Monday, April 11th
From April 11th
3. Write a “field note” observation account of the topic as it can be observed in the videos:
* Use of mimic and body language
* Use of ICT
* Interaction between teacher and students
* Use of flashcards
* Good projection of voice
* Use of words like: good, excellent
4. Interpret your field notes into an academic analysis of the observations.
As we can see through the video the teacher was very enthusiastic and that was very important to engage students with the topic of seasons. Also, she was very motivating since she was using mimics and body language the whole time. Moreover, we need to take into consideration that TPR is and important tool when we teach little children. Thus, we have the use of ICT and flashcards which help students to understand better the concepts and also make it more interesting too. The projection of the voice was appropriate and the tone of voice too.
5. Formulate conclusions based on your observations and your analysis. Were you able to arrive at empirically valid and robust conclusions based on your observations? Explain why or why not?
From my point of view, I think that I got enough information in order to make a valid conclusion. We already observed a very well prepared class. It was motivating, appealing to children and entertaining. Moreover, form the very beginning the teacher was able to engage students through mimics, body language and images. Thus, something that called my attention was the use of words as “good and excellent” since I believe that they are key when we teach, not only children but teens too. As a conclusion, according to what I already saw I could say that their class had everything that students need in order to be motivated.
