Peer Observation: Observation Tool

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Subject matter of the lesson:

LANGUAGE SYSTEMS	Tick/Cross - Area	LANGUAGE SKILLS	Tick/Cross - Purpose
Phonology		Speaking
Lexis		Writing
Grammar		Reading
Function		Listening
Discourse		Integral App. to Skills

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)