Yesterday I attended my colleague’s first hour of teaching. She planned her unit in order to develop it during six hours and its main core is: The Airport.
I sat at the back of the classroom and kept in silence for the whole hour, observing, listening, recording and learning from her and from the students. She chose a nice topic and students were very engaged during all the time and that was not only because they liked the unit core but because Marta motivated them a lot.
She started by telling them a story about a non-real situation that happened to her in an airport.
That was a good point because they already found themselves involved in the story. Then she presented them the main areas of an airport and the basic things they should know (check-in desk, passport control, excess baggage, etc…). To continue with the topic, she gave them a photocopy with some dialogues that they had to read first and then, represent it in pairs. Finally, they had to create a new dialogue using the vocabulary they had just learnt and act in front of the class.
The students found this lesson very interesting, since they were engaged during the whole time without losing attention, and very active, since they all liked to participate and develop their creativity by coming up with a new dialogue to represent.
I was so surprised to see that the students listened to her all the time and that they all asked her questions in order to do their performances as good as possible. I also noticed that if you really motivate them and if you make them have a nice time in class, they learn more than teaching them grammar or other tough subjects.
I liked her way of teaching, moving from one place to another, helping the students all the time, repeating and acting a bit when needed, talking out loud and with a clear voice, and trying to motivate them during all the time.
I really think that her lesson was a total success, since we have seen during these weeks we’ve been in class with them that this is not an easy group, and from my very best objective point of view, I’d say she did a great job!
I sat at the back of the classroom and kept in silence for the whole hour, observing, listening, recording and learning from her and from the students. She chose a nice topic and students were very engaged during all the time and that was not only because they liked the unit core but because Marta motivated them a lot.
She started by telling them a story about a non-real situation that happened to her in an airport.
That was a good point because they already found themselves involved in the story. Then she presented them the main areas of an airport and the basic things they should know (check-in desk, passport control, excess baggage, etc…). To continue with the topic, she gave them a photocopy with some dialogues that they had to read first and then, represent it in pairs. Finally, they had to create a new dialogue using the vocabulary they had just learnt and act in front of the class.The students found this lesson very interesting, since they were engaged during the whole time without losing attention, and very active, since they all liked to participate and develop their creativity by coming up with a new dialogue to represent.
I was so surprised to see that the students listened to her all the time and that they all asked her questions in order to do their performances as good as possible. I also noticed that if you really motivate them and if you make them have a nice time in class, they learn more than teaching them grammar or other tough subjects.
I liked her way of teaching, moving from one place to another, helping the students all the time, repeating and acting a bit when needed, talking out loud and with a clear voice, and trying to motivate them during all the time.
I really think that her lesson was a total success, since we have seen during these weeks we’ve been in class with them that this is not an easy group, and from my very best objective point of view, I’d say she did a great job!
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