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SCHOOL EXPERIENCE
OBSERVATION TASKS
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Task one: Teacher roles
Observe a class and focus on the teacher throughout the lesson. Tick (✓) the
relevant cell in the table if you can observe these teacher roles. Make notes.
Role ✓ What does the teacher do?
Planner ✓ The students were familiarized with the lesson plan, the
teacher set the stage for productive and successful joint
activity in order to achieve the goal of the [Link]
teacher presented the topic of the lesson and the goals of
the lesson with the help of an interesting presentation
(with illustrations).
Manager ✓ During the lesson, the teacher explained as clearly as
possible what needs to be done, how best to perform this
or that task, every time after the explanation he asked if
everything was clear to the students, if necessary he
explained again. He presented new information with the
help of illustrations and videos. The children were
almost not distracted during the entire lesson, as the
teacher kept them interested all the time. The teacher, as
a manager, performed his work at the highest level,
because the main thing for a manager is to be able to
manage and easily convey information to his
subordinates.
Monitor/ ✓ During the lesson, the teacher observed the situation in
Observer the classroom. Gave remarks to students who were
distracted.
Facilitator ✓ The teacher stimulates and directs the process of
independent information search and joint activity of
students. The teacher applied group work (distributed
pictures and text that must be chosen correctly)
Diagnostician ✓ The teacher has a good understanding of child
psychology, as he easily understands children, knows the
strengths and weaknesses of each student, the level of
their knowledge and capabilities. Therefore, he gives
additional tasks to several strong students.
Language ✓ The teacher has a large vocabulary, the pace of
resource information delivery is good. Presents information
clearly and interestingly, does not use incomprehensible
words. The teacher knows how to adapt to the mood of
the students and makes his story more interesting with
the help of intonation.

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Усі запропоновані завдання для Guided Observation використано за матеріалами курсу «English Language
Teaching Methodology. Bachelor’s Level» в межах проєкту «Шкільний вчитель нового покоління»,
започаткованого Міністерством освіти і науки України та Британською Радою в Україні
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Assessor ✓ In my opinion, the teacher evaluates the students well

during the conversation, which he used at the stage of
consolidating the material, the teacher points out the
shortcomings and inaccuracies of the student's answer,
during the answer, the teacher encourages the student to
correct his mistakes. The assessment was objective.
Rapport ✓ In the lesson, I noticed that the teacher is authoritative
builder for the students, so there were no problems in the lesson,
all the students were interested as the teacher used many
types of work. The atmosphere in the class was friendly,
the students happily completed all the tasks and
answered the teacher's questions, the teacher encouraged
and motivated the students.

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Observation summary
What have you learnt from this observation?
I got great impressions from the lesson. For myself, I realized that the attitude of
the student to the teacher is very important during the lesson, so in the future I will
try to maintain a friendly and trusting atmosphere. And I also liked that the teacher
chose many interesting tasks and games, so the lesson was rich. I would like my
lessons to be similar to this one in the future.

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Task two: Learner-centred or teacher-centred classroom

Observe a lesson and complete the table by ticking (✓) the relevant cell.
In the English classroom, Teacher Learners
who
chooses the topic? ✓
selects activities? ✓
prepares teaching ✓
materials?
prepares activities/tasks? ✓
talks more? ✓
asks questions? ✓
answers questions? ✓
explains the rules? ✓
corrects mistakes? ✓
assesses learners’ ✓
achievements?
checks homework? ✓
gives instructions? ✓
organises pairs and ✓
groups?

Observation summary
What have you learnt from this observation?
From this observation, I understood that the teacher does a lot of work. And his
success at work depends on his knowledge, abilities, skills and much more. The
teacher should prepare well for each lesson so that the lesson turns out to be
productive and useful. A teacher must be a multifaceted personality, able to search
and easily present information, perform various types of work in class, be patient,
kind, understanding, it will take a long time to list all of this, so I want to conclude:
A teacher is a person with a capital letter.
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Task three: Learner types

Be sure you know the learners’ names in the class you observe. Focus on the
learners and complete the table with their names according to their behaviour.

Name Behavior
Богдан, Наталя, Іра, takes the initiative, volunteers to answer questions, and asks
Михайло, Ліда, his/her own questions
Таня
Володя, Таня, Петро avoids answering questions, or answers if called on by name,
does not participate in class activities actively
Іра, Марійка, Назар takes an active part in pair and group work
Вадим is not afraid of making mistakes
Катя, Володя, Ігор s reluctant to speak
Максим, Настя understands quickly and follows explanations relatively easily
Вадим, Іра often gets confused and frequently seeks clarification from
peers

Observation summary

What have you learnt from this observation?

During observation, I saw that every student in the class is special. Everyone has
their own preferences, opinions and behavior. And the teacher's job is to study
each student and his peculiarities, the success of the lesson depends on this. The
teacher must select tasks so that all children participate in the lesson. Because there
are children who do not perceive the material so quickly and there are "stronger"
children who perceive everything at once.
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Task four: Catering for different learning styles

Observe how the teacher caters for different learning styles during several lessons.
Tick (✓) the instances that you observe. Make notes if appropriate.
Learning Techniques and resources ✓ Notes
Style the teacher uses
Visual Charts, graphs, diagrams
Flashcards ✓
Pictures and graphics
Maps
Silent reading ✓
Written instructions
Videos ✓
Other (please specify)
Auditory Discussion, dialogue, ✓
debate
Memorisation techniques
Reading aloud ✓
Listening to recordings ✓
Communication in pairs ✓
and
groups
Other (please specify)
Kinaesthetic Games
Role plays ✓ role-playing game "Buyer and
seller"
Body language/gestures
Mime
Drama
Memorising while moving
Other (please specify)

Observation summary
What have you learnt from this observation? To what extent did the observed
techniques and resources seem to help learners to learn?
There were many types of work in the lesson, the teacher prepared thoroughly,
took responsibility for the organization of the lesson. The observation method is
very important during the lesson, in this lesson, the teacher presented a
presentation during the presentation of new information and after the story
consolidated the knowledge of the video.