Observation Notebook
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_38JfVFQoU
WRITE THE OBJECTIVES ACCORDING TO THE OBSERVATION GUIDELINES:
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO USE TARGET EXPRESSIONS (MORNING, AFTERNOON, NIGHT)
TO MAKE SHORT SENTENCES
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO DISCUSS THEIR DAILY ACTIVITIES.
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO MATCH ACTIVITIES TO THE APPROPRIATE TIME.
This lesson heavily emphasized on the use of modeling. Because the students
were of beginner level, many of them would have had difficulties understanding the
teacher if he were to only talk in English without the use of body language. Throughout
the lesson, the teacher would act out the activities to help the students guess the answer to
his questions. When writing on the board, the teacher would leave a lot of blanks and ask
the students to fill in. Teacher would repeat each taught target expression multiple times
at slow to fast speeds, in order to get the students familiarized to the expression. When
the teacher starts a new target expression, he would repeat the expression multiple times
before asking each student to repeat the expression. When the students would make an
error in pronunciation, the teacher would correct them with little to no assistance in
helping them find the right answer. According to Nation and Newton, there is a wide
range of factors that must be taken into account for changing the fossilized pronunciation
of ESL learners. These factors include placing much of the responsibility for change on
the learners, requiring them to make the best use of their time out of class and to find
exercises. (Nation and Newton, 2009, p.76-77) Another thing to note is that the teacher
had several activities, mainly speaking activities, in which he would require the students
to practice the target expressions without the use of notes. I found this method
particularly effective because it forces the students to remember what they have learned