TEACHER DEVELOPMENT
PEER OBSERVATION
TASK 3
CRISTIAN
CAMILO MURCIA MURCIA
Code: 1083896656
Group: 16
MILLY ANDREA MUÑOZ
TUTOR
UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL ABIERTA Y A DISTANCIA – UNAD
BACHELOR DEGREE IN ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
CEAD PITALITO HUILA
APRIL 2016
FIRST SESSION: OBSERVATION TASK (TWO HOURS)
Institution: Humberto Muñoz Ordoñez (Sede Escuela Central)
Teacher Observed: Karen Manuela Salamanca
Picture taken from: http://yummyenglishforchildren.blogspot.com.co/2012/11/super-why-games.html
- Teacher began the class with an explanation of what she pretends to reach with the class and the importance of each activity developed.
- She used a video beam to project a video with a song of the alphabet in English with each letter and how it sounds in English.
- Teacher exposed some examples to show students how the letters sounded and in some cases she spelled some words with the same letter like “T-A-T-I-A-N-A” without saying one letter so they could infer which letter was missing.
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- In this part, she gave the students some worksheets with different names or words so students had to take out one of this and try to spell it according the English alphabet.
- Teacher sometimes said: “you Carlos, ask the name of her…what is your name?” That students answered and teacher said: now spell it… who wants? Raise your hand…
- Beginning the class she asked to their students about what they learnt the last class and then she made a little comment about that.
- She uses some worksheets with names and one especially with the alphabet for coloring so students had to paint it and paste it in their notebooks.
- She always ask the students for participating and being active in the class giving one positive point for each participation, so students keep always motivated.
SECOND SESSION: OBSERVATION TASK (TWO HOURS)
"THE WEATHER"
There is a clear division into stages. I mean, the teacher begins the class with a game call “Simon says” through which students do some movements according what teacher says. Then, teacher carried out the development and presentation of the new topic and finally, she ends reviewing the topic and proposing a homework for the next class.
She explained that through this topic they will always answer the question “what´s the weather like today?” so, that will help to make dynamic the contributions in class.
This evidences that teacher clearly states the purposes and goals.
The materials are presented in a logical sequence.
It is very clearly signaled each stage because teacher carries out the class sequentially but without saying now it follows the practice part or things like that. However it is possible to notice the transcendence from one stage to other in that sequence.
The teacher gives an important use to the ICTs. She uses: