Peer Teaching Observation Report

Observation Report

Teachers : Aashi Joshi, Anu, Katrina, Kankan Das

Observer : Yanuar Dwi Prastyo

Element : Grammar

Sub-Element : Describing and Comparing People

Date : 14 October 2010

Class Level : 6

Duration : 60 minutes

Preparation Stage (Aashi)

Description of the Class Activities

The class started by teacher showing a picture to students and told them that the picture is teacher’s friend. Then teacher wrote the description of the picture on the basis of the characteristics given on the chart. After that teacher put 10 pictures with its details description on her table and asked students to come and pick up one picture as their friend. After students have chosen their friend, teacher asked students to give name to the picture and looked at the details mentioned along with the picture. Next teacher asked one student to show his/her friend to the class and teacher made comparison between student’s picture and teacher’s picture according to the given characteristics. After that teacher divided students in pairs and asked them to compare their picture with their pairs. Then teacher elicited some words used to compare different things like “tall-taller, small-smaller, big-bigger, etc”. Before the end of the stage, teacher gave summary of that stage.

Comments:

Aashi started the class with very nice and warm facial expression, voice and body movement which can motivate students to participate actively in the class. From the very beginning of the class Aashi maintained good eye contact to the students, her voice and body language also showed that she is very confident and willing to teach. The idea of making students came forward and picked up a picture on the table was very good because it can grasp students’ full attention and make students get involve totally to the class activity. Asking students to give name to their picture could make students feel that the picture is really their friend. Making students share their friend in pairs also gave students initial practice on how to describe and compare pictures’ characteristics. The only one problem which I noticed was teacher’s writing on the chart was not clear because the color choice which was similar to the chart color.

Presentation Stage (Katrina)

Description of the Class Activities

This stage was started by the teacher bringing students’ attention to the chart and then using the words on the chart and started to explain the “er” and “ier” form to the students. Teacher also elicited some more words used to compare things which end in “y” sound like “lazy, heavy, happy, etc” then focusing on the different form of “er” and “ier” in comparing things. In this stage, students were very active to participate in class activities. Next, teacher showed a cartoon video and asked the students to give attention to the words used in comparing things. Teacher explained the word “less than” and “more than” to the students and its function in comparing things. Finally teacher gave summary of the lesson on this stage.

Comments

:

Katrina started this stage by bringing students attention to the chart and explained the words. Katrina’s voice and body language was very nice. She also involved students in the class activities by giving some question and eliciting some words from the students. She also gave a good feedback for students’ participation in the class. One problem in this stage was that when eliciting some words from students, although Katrina gave good feedback to the students but she did not write students’ words on the board. There was also problem in audio visual tool which distracted students’ attention.

Practice Stage (Anu G)

Description of the Class Activities

Teacher started this stage by asking students whether they wanted to know their friends’ picture. Then, teacher asked students to stand up and go around seeing their friends’ picture and finding out the exact opposite of their picture based on the characteristics along with their picture. Students went around and compare their picture with their friends’ picture to make comparison. Then, after all students got the exact opposite of their picture, they sat in pairs and wrote down a paragraph which compares their picture. Students were given 5 minutes to write and then they were asked to present their paragraph in front of the class. While the students presented their paragraph, teacher gave feedback and encouragement.

Comments:

Anu started her part by creating curiosity in students’ mind by asking if they wanted to see their friends’ picture. She maintained good eye contact with the students and controlling the class very well. Her voice also good and all students can understand what she is saying. Her instructions to the students were also very clear. She monitored students work very well and always encouraged the students to actively participate in the class and gave good feedback.

Production Stage (Kankan)

Description of the Class Activities

Teacher started this stage by asking students to open their surprise strip in their picture. In that strip students found the number of calories needed by the picture. Then teacher divided students into two groups. After the students settled in two groups, they were asked to choose the healthiest eating habit among their group member based on the characteristics of the picture’s eating habit. Then students discussed in their group of why they chose the particular picture to be the healthiest picture. Students had 5 minutes to discuss with their group member then they compare in debate with other group. And when they were debating, one student from each group wrote down their group good point on the board. The teacher then chose the winner by looking at which group used more comparative sentences in their description.

Comments:

Kankan has a very nice smile while teaching. He was very energetic and active while teaching. But there were some problem that I found in his teaching. First, I noticed that his instruction was not clear to the students so that there were many confusion and question while students doing their task. He also gave the instruction once in each group instead of giving the instruction to the whole class, this made different understanding between the two groups. While the discussion and the debate were going on, there were only two or three students dominate the class.

Overall, the class lesson and activities were successfully done. During the class, students were actively participated and learning was taking place. The level of the lesson is appropriate with the level of the students’ ability which is in 6 grade.