OBSERVATION GUIDELINES
Taller de Docencia Nivel Inicial EGB1y2
General data: School, class, teacher
Description of the group. Number, boys and /or girls, age,
level. Homogeneous or heterogeneous?
Aim of lesson: Teaching point?
Introduction: (When you got there, were you introduced to
children? What was the children’s reaction to you)
The Classroom: Description of environment (lights,
decoration of walls, level of noise/ Classroom atmosphere/
Organization of seating arrangement)
Classroom Management:
T’s position during the class. (Standing? Sitting? Walking?)
Kind of rapport- How did the teacher establish it?
How did children address to the teacher? How did teacher
address to them?
The Teacher:
Overall appreciation of language, personality traits.
Techniques to handle discipline (Eye-contact? Body-
language? Gestures?)
Task-assignment? Modelling?
The Learner:
Level of Motivation. Was it sustained throughout the lesson?
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The learners’ learning styles (visual, auditory, kinaesthetic?)
Behaviour
The learner as a doer
The learner as a risktaker (volunteering participation?)
The Lesson:
Timing?
Stages in the class: opening, phases, closure. General
development. Transitions.
Teaching style: T-centered or student-centered. Approach,
method, most striking techniques and/ or strategies.
Use of Audio-visual aids
Interruptions? Breakdowns?
Kinds of interaction during the lesson: pair work, lockstep
procedure, group work
Balance between routine and surprise?
T-talking time v St-talking time? English or mother-tongue?
Procedures:
to activate Prior Knowledge
to contextualize
to present vocabulary
to present a structure
to develop the skills
Strategies:
Strategies to make input comprehensible
Strategies to check understanding of tasks
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