Fatma DAVULCU - Barış KARAKOYUN Week: 3&4

                  OBSERVATION REPORT 2

Week:3 & 4

Fatma DAVULCU  Barış KARAKOYUN

PETROL OFISI PRIMARY SCHOOL

THE LESSON

WEEK 3

During the third and forth week we were supposed to observe the teacher’s attitude ,her way of teaching,what she tried to do in the presentation practice and production parts.

Presentation :in the first class the teacher tried to figure out the level of the students. Before introducing the topic the teacher basically wanted use some elicitation techniques to learn weather they know anything about the numbers or not. The majority did not know the numbers because they are forth grade. After presenting the aim of the course the teacher asked them to open their books by not directing it in target language.

Practice :the teacher tried to use audio-lingual method here. In the first activity students were supposed to match the numbers correctly. By using her body language the teacher moved her arms like a cross so that the students can easily understand what to do in this activity. With the help of that display method the teacher could easily put her message across in target language. Another reason that she could sent her message is the sentence was easy .during the practice part the teacher also has to deal with some other factors not related to lesson like punishing a naughty student ,scolding on them in Turkish .

Production :in that part the students were supposed to circle the numbers written on the white board and ask each others in pairs.

WEEK 4

Presentation :the teaher started by greeting the students :

T:Good morning students

S :good morning teacher

T :how are  you today?

S :fine thanks and you

T :thanks sit down.

After greeting with the students the teacher started again by describing the aim of the topic .She asked some questions about the countries, continents also she asked them if they have some relatives or friends abroad to drive their attentions for the class.

Practice :The name of the topic is continents and the students did not know the name of the continents even in Turkish and also they did not know where those continents are. The teacher started complain about that she has to teach the geography . It is time consuming for her to do the required activities in class in time.

In that part the teacher used the translation method too much.because at the very beginning of the semester making the students exposed to may cause negative results.

The majority of the class did not attend the lesson and the teacher scold them by saying “bu sinif cok tembel ,siz hic ders calismiyorsunuz”.

Production :the students were supposed to tell the name of an animal and decide where those animals live and they would tell each other .by using role play here she tried to draw the attention of the students.

Personal comments : the students are getting used to us and our mentor day by day. Also, they are not exposed to English sufficiently .The teacher can use different  activities like games to make them more  interested in lesson or drama which helps the teacher to identify their personal characteristics or deficiencies because the students consider the drama like a game and they do not behave consciously so the teacher can use this activity in the lesson.