Observation Task 2: Reading a Story in the local

UAE School
Identify the type of pre-whilst and post reading activities employed by your
MST

Table 7: Reading a Story in the local UAE Preschool

What the MST What the Comments
Does Children Do
(Weather report)

Pre-Reading - Listen and

Activities The teacher play the sing the
Name the book / story. weather song, then song.
Describe how your let the children - Answer the
MST gets children predict what the teacher
interested in the story
and wanting to hear / story will be about questions.
read it. by looking at the
cover page, title.

The teacher ask the - Listen The teacher

children about what carefully. voice level
will happens next, to was the
keep them actively - Answer the same, she
While-Reading involve. Use facial teacher have to
Activities expirations and body questions. focus more
How your MST keeps
children interested and language to keep the about
actively involved. children interested. chancing
the tone,
pitch.
Because
the children
get bored.
 The teacher repeats The children repeat
the target language, the target
Post-Reading
such as sunny, language after the
Activities
How your MST windy, cloudy, and teacher.
consolidates the rainy.
storyline and explores
The children will
opportunities for
developing language, Let the children express their
topic related and express and tell any thoughts, personal
personal, social and
personal stories, by stories.
emotional issues.
say it or draw it.
which related to the
topic.

Reflections on Observation Task 2: Reading a Story in the

Local UAE Preschool

1. What preparation (i.e. pre-listening activity) did the teacher

give the learners before they listened to the text? First she
revise with the children about the sound, phonics then she
played a song about the story that they will listen to, to let the
children predict what the story will be about, then looking at
the cover page, title of the story.

If they had some preparation, select (a) if they did not, select (b).

a. How did the pre-listening activity help students understand?

Understand the meaning of the weather, target words. Understand the four
seasons in general.

b. What pre-listening activity could the teacher have used to help

students understand the target language better?
 2. Were the learners engaged in while-listening activity/activities? If they
were, select (a); if they were not, select (b).

a. What were the aims of the while-listening activity/activities?

Give them a clue, idea about the story, knows the target words from the song.

b. What while-listening activity/activities could the teacher have used

to help learners understand better what they were listening to?

3. Did the learners have a post-listening activity/activities? If they

did, select (a); if they did not, select (b).

a. What were the aims of the post-listening activity/activities?

Knows the target words, how each season looks like.

b. What post-listening activity/ activities might have helped the learners to

understand what they had heard well?

4. How many times did the learners listen to the text / recording? twice

a. Would it have increased their understanding if they had been allowed to

listen to the recording again? Explain. Yes, I think it will increase their
understanding of the words, meaning and the whole picture. Because they
will be able to listen to the target words, sounds once again, because
children will not learn easily as adult. They must repeat to learn.

b. Did the learners hear the whole text at once, or in parts? Parts

c. If so, which was the most helpful? I think in parts, because for children you must
pause and ask questions, opinions and describe the text, picture. So, the children
can get the idea easily.

Think about the advantages and disadvantages of using the model of

pre-, while- and post-listening activities to teach a listening lesson.
Write first from the perspective of the teacher and then from the
perspective of the learners.
Advantage for teacher: makes her job easy.
Disadvantage for teacher: Makes her plan for more than one activity.
Advantage for learners: Makes them understand easily.
Disadvantage for learners: Makes them board maybe.