Peer Observation: Observation Tool
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Subject matter of the lesson:
LANGUAGE SYSTEMS
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Tick/Cross - Area
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LANGUAGE SKILLS
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Tick/Cross - Purpose
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Phonology
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Speaking
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Lexis
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Writing
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Grammar
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Reading
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Function
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Listening
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Discourse
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Integral App. to Skills
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Classroom:
Seating arrangement:
Horse-shoe fashion Scattered about the room in no particular pattern
Rows (individually)/(in pairs) Bunch of students in the middle of the classroom
Circle Groupings of students
Is the seating arrangement appropriate for classroom activities? conducive to learning?
Yes for the whole lesson/for part of the lesson
No changes you would suggest
Equipment used in class:
Blackboard Cd player
Chalk/Board pens Laptop
The equipment is: -underused by: -the teacher
-appropriately used -the students
-overused
Space: (for teacher and students to move around)
Vast
Sufficient
Limited
Light:
Natural /Artificial/Both
Well-lit/Badly-lit classroom
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Activities: (items marked with an asterisk have to be completed every time a new activity begins)
Activities run smoothly into each other: Always __ Sometimes __ Hardly Ever __
*Instructions are clear: Always __ Sometimes __ Hardly Ever __
*IP: T-WC
T-St
St-St (Indivudually __ In pairs __ In groups)
* The IP suitable for the activity: Yes No
The teacher adopts different roles during the lesson: Yes No
Throughout the lesson a balance is struck between T/Students doing things: Yes No
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The coursebook:
-is suitable for all-some-most students (consider sts level only) Yes No
-all-some-most students have a coursebook or a photocopied version of it Yes No
-contains relevant material for students (consider age and level) Yes No
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The teacher:
-Organizes time/space/material __ Students make their own decisions as regards the second__
-Creates a warm, working atmosphere Yes No
-Promotes guided discovery __ Provides most answers herself __
-Does little upfront teaching
adequate
excessive
-Provides instructions, speaks mostly in -English
- Spanish
-English and then translates into Sts' mother tongue
-Provides informative feedback to students about:
-errors -suggestions for future work
-language -progress made
-task
-Unexpected problems: deals with them on her own Yes/No
Problem:___________________________ Solution:________________________
-Creates a good rapport with her students Yes No
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The learners:
-Are motivated to participate: Always __ Sometimes __ Hardly Ever __
-Take an active part in learning: Always __ Sometimes __ Hardly Ever __
(using reference material, asking questions to peers, taking down notes, bringing material to class, etc. )
-Expect the teacher to do the work for them: Always __ Sometimes __ Hardly Ever __
-Use target language in class: Always __ Sometimes __ Hardly Ever __
-Are willing to work in pairs or groups: Always __ Sometimes __ Hardly Ever __
-Behave themselves: Always __ Sometimes __ Hardly Ever __
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Stolen Goods: (in this last section I will include any activity, technique, procedure, etc. that I consider original, effective on a specific occasion or simply worth remembering for reasons that will also be described afterwards)
