Report 1

School  Experıence Report

Week 1-2

The Language

In these two weeks, we observe the language use ın the classroom. Our classes that we observe include second grade students.  For the first unıt teacher talks about the cognates (gorillas, hotel, stadium, hamburger…)  In terms of the language use while teaching the first unıt, teacher generally use the mother tongue , she directly gives the meaning  of  the words.  She always uses mother tongue while giving instructions (T: Mavi kitabı açın, bana bakın..). Sometimes she gives the instructions in target language  but at  those times she translates the instructions into them other tongue to make the meaning clear. Instructions are short, easy and clear and appropriate for their level. Students don’t speak much . But when they speak they use mother tongue.

They use target language only when they repeat what teacher says. Teacher uses a kind of whistle to control the class. Because most of the time they make so much noise and don’t listen to the teacher.

For the activities, teacher explains everything about the activity in mother tongue. And students ask their questions in  mother tongue when they don’t understand what teacher says. And again while doing activities she rarely gives the instructions in target language and she translates whatever she says in target language ( open the page 13= sayfa 13’ü açın,  is that cake= bu kek mi?)

In terms of interaction, it is generally between students and the teacher and they use mother tongue. Generally teacher asks the questions and students try to answer. There is no interaction between student and student. Because they don’t  do any activity including group work and pair work

For teaching the cognates teacher uses flashcards as the main activity. With the help of  activity they have an opportunity to speak in English. They ask and answer the questions about the flashcards like ‘What is this? It is a hotel’. They are so enthusiastic to do that activity. The teacher corrects the pronunciation errors immediately while students answer the questions that she ask about the flashcards.

Ayşe UYSAL

Eda Merva ŞAN

Fatma GÜNGÖR