Lesson Observation 6 (School Practice)

This lesson was about a text named “Egypt”. Before starting the lesson, the teacher had the students listen to some of the words in the text. She explained the meanings of the words in English; she also told them the Polish translation of some of the words. This stage was good for the students to build their background knowledge.

Then, she wrote the question words “What, When, Where” on the board and asked, “Do you remember these words?” Then, she asked students to listen the audio about the text. She told them to be careful while listening because she would ask them questions about these three words.

The first question was: “What is the Sahara?” Then, she asked them the key word – “Sahara”. After the students answered, she underlined the word.The second question was: “When is it cold in the Sahara?” she asked and underlined the key word – "cold". The third question was: “Where can you sail on a boat?” She asked and underlined the key word – “sail on a boat” again. This was a great way to improve students’ understanding of the text and their ability to distinguish what they were listening to.

Then, she played three different songs with the theme of “What", "When", "Where” and said, “Listen carefully, find the questions.” After listening to the songs, the students found and answered the questions in the songs, and the teacher wrote these answers on the board. Thus, the question patterns were learned very effectively by the students. What I liked most about this part was that the teacher wrote these three songs herself. She even mentioned that she gave the lyrics to an artificial intelligence program and turned them into songs. I was really impressed.

Then, the teacher showed the pencil case nearby and the bottle far away to teach the difference between “this/that.” The students wrote the table on the board in their notebooks. Then, she give students the worksheets and said, “Stick them in your notebooks now.”

Finally, she showed some multiple choice questions on the board and answered these questions with the students. Then, they did the worksheet together.