Week 7-8 / Report 4

REPORT-4                                                                      

Kamile YENEL &  Duran TORUN

School: Celaleattin Sayhan Primary School
Date: 27.11.2015-04.12.2015
Class: 4/D - 4/E

Yonca ÖZKAN

Yasemin ÖZDEMİR

TASK -1

In the 7th week of our internship training, we are supposed to observe whether the conditions of the classroom, the activities, the teacher and the students are appropriate for learning or not.

The Classroom

The first positive thing we can say about classroom is that its walls. The walls of the classroom are full of posters. And there is a positive atmosphere. The classroom also has a projector but there is no computer. Therefore, we could not see any video or cartoons for students during our observation.

The Activities

The activities were suitable for students’ level and they were well organized, clear and logical.

 The teacher preferred to use repetitions, fill in the blanks and matching activities. However, we could not observe any pair and group work activities.

The Teacher
The teacher used her body language and gestures effectively and this made the learning more effective. And she used the target language. The teacher was friendly. We could not observe any negative thing for the teacher.

The Students

Students love the teacher and the lesson.Students also come from middle to high socioeconomical background. However, students had difficulties in focusing on the lesson. There was too much noise in the classroom but it is normal for their age.

TASK-2 

Accuracy or fluency?

For the second task, we focused on the point whether the activities in a specific lesson are oriented towards fluency or accuracy.

The teacher preferred the activities for accuracy rather than the fluency. The teacher preferred to use the supplementary book which is named 'MARATHON'. And most of the activities were written based. 

The teacher concentrated on some activities such as repetitions, fill in the blanks and matching activities.The only spoken form activities were repetitions. Except for that, every other things were written form. Students have enough time to pay attention to form. The teacher gave them enough time for that. 

In our point of view, we should teach speaking in a meaningful context instead of using repetition only. There should be a balance between the activities. The point that we were appreciated was the using of  'May I come in?'. We can say that there is a real communication in the classroom for coming in. Students need to use the language for real purposes and fluency should be the priority.