Week 9-10 / Report 5

REPORT-5                                                                     

Kamile YENEL &  Duran TORUN

School: Celaleattin Sayhan Primary School
Date: 11.12.2015-18.12.2015
Class: 4/D - 4/E

Yonca ÖZKAN

Yasemin ÖZDEMİR

Task 1

In this task, we were expected to observe the use of blackboard in a language classroom.

As blackboard, it is a great tool that teacher can use for an effective learning in the classrooms  and there are blackboards almost in every school. According to our observation of the use of blackboard, teacher usually writes on the blackboard after she finishes a subject or an activity. For example, after she taught the meaning and pronunciation of some words such as playing football, skipping rope by using body gestures, she wrote all of the words on the blackboard by drawing pictures next to the words. 
Moreover, teacher draw a happy face while talking about ones they like and ugly face while talking about the ones they dislike. This kind of drawing is really important in terms of drawing the students’s attention. Because while students were copying  from blackboard, they were busy with drawings, which made them happy. Students also repeated after teacher,which enhanced the learning. 

As we can see above, teacher used the blackboard to make an effective learning  for students. Beside these, there are some rules about the use of blackboard. Firstly,teacher should write clearly on the board and students should see clearly what the teacher has written. 

In the class, we saw that teacher wrote readable letters. One of the most important rules for us is to check what the teacher writes because she/he can make spelling or grammar mistakes. 

In the classroom, teacher often checked what she has written on the board. And while teacher was writing on the board, students was trying to copy from board although she did not asked them to copy. Lastly, we saw the using of the blackboard is indispensable for teaching.

Task 2

In this task, we were supposed to focus on oral correction techniques a teacher used in language classroom. 
In the class, we saw that the teacher corrected mistakes automatically. For example, while she was teaching meanings and pronunciation of some words, a student said ‘driving ‘ instead of drawing. As soon as teacher heard this, she didn’t say that he was wrong but used a facial expression. Then she explained the word by using the body language . 

Mistakes are inevitable and it is really normal for students to make mistakes. And also they play a key role in leading the students to the right way.When students are doing well, teachers should praise them and when they make mistakes, teachers use a logical strategy to correct them. But they should do it without making them upset. 

In the observation class, teacher often used body language while explaining a word instead of saying the right form when students make mistakes. For example, when a student was confused with the words ‘reading a bike and riding a bike’, teacher firstly explained the word ‘reading’ by showing the she was reading something and then she explained the word ‘riding ’ by showing him she was riding bicycle.But if teacher had said students mistakes directly, it would have discouraged the students.