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Learning log outside the classroom 14

Focus of the observation

I have obserbved teacher's teaching at Pakphanang school. So I summarized what I have learnt following by these topic:

1. Lesson Structure
            1.1 The way the lesson opens, develops, and closes.
                        - Teacher checked attendant. Then, she reviewed the lesson about Countable noun and Uncountable noun. The students did exercise that fill C or U after vocabulary correctly. They checked the answer together.
            1.2 The number of activities that constitute the lesson.
                        - She has one activity that is do exercise

2. Classroom management strategies
            2.1. Setting up groups
                        - Teacher checked attendant.
            2.2 Seating arrangement
                        - The students sit on the line.
            2.3 Maintaining order
                        - Teacher called the student who didn’t attend the lesson.
            2.4 Time management
                        - Teacher teaches and gave activity that suitable for the times.

3. Type of teaching activities
            3.1 Individual activities
                        - The Students did individual activity.

4. Teaching strategies
            4.1 Presenting task
                        - Teacher presented task by giving an exercise for student.

            4.2 Organizing practice
                        - Each student will responsible by answer the question.
            4.3 Teaching technique
                        - Teacher feedback students with praise.
           
5. Teacher’s use of materials
            - She uses of worksheet and book (World wide 1)

6. Teacher’s use of language
            6.1 Use of instructional language.
                        - Teacher spoke native language, then she describes with mother tongue.
            6.2 Use of questions.
                        - She used general questions to ask students.
            6.3 Feedback techniques.
                        - She feedback students with praises.
            6.4 Explanation of vocabulary and grammar.
                        - When teacher asks the questions, she told the meaning of vocabulary that students didn’t know. She described grammar in these sentences.

7. Student’s use of language
            7.1 Use of language in group work
                        - Students use of mother tongue in group work.
            7.2 Use of mother tongue during class
                        - Students use mother tongue during class when they’d like to ask and answer the question.
            7.3 Problems with grammar
                        - Students understand grammar because teacher has clear instruction. They can use grammar correctly.
            7.4 Problems with pronunciation
                        - Some students pronounce the words incorrectly. Most students pronounce “s” sound in final words.

8. Student interaction
            8.1 Time and task
                        - Students did exercise suitable with times.
           
8.2 Questioning behavior
                        - Students didn’t have any question to ask the teacher.
            8.3 Student to student talk
                        - They changed the idea together.

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Vocabulary
Pronunciation
Meaning

current  (adjective)



ทั่วไป
belonging to the present time; happening or being used or done now
Ex. I started my current job in 2001.

immediately(adverb)



โดยด่วน
without any intervening time or space
Ex. She was sitting immediately behind me.
majority  (noun)

(ma·jor·i·ty)
ข้างมาก
the greater number
Ex. In the majority of cases all will go smoothly.
unemployed (adverb)

ว่างงาน
(of a person) without a paid job but available to work
Ex. I was unemployed for three years.

struggle (verb)


พยายาม
make forceful or violent efforts to get free of restraint or constriction
Ex. Before she could struggle, he lifted her up.
 opportunity (noun)

โอกาส
a time or set of circumstances that makes it possible to do something
Ex. Increased opportunities for export.

enterprise (noun)



บริษัท
project or undertaking, especially a bold or complex one
Ex. A joint enterprise between French and Japanese companies.

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    Many textbooks contain a Classroom English section devoted to useful words and phrases that are often used during an English lesson. You can find them usually at the beginning or ending of a textbook and they may be titled something other than “Classroom English”.  One of the benefits of using the classroom English in a textbook is the fact that students have access to the textbooks whenever they want and therefore have no excuse not to use classroom English.

The use of classroom English is a good beginning step for encouraging students to feel comfortable in a foreign language and for them to begin to “think” in that language.  The more times they use the phrases, the comfortable they will be.  The goal is to get students to react in English, rather than in Japanese. 

Below are a list of good classroom English expressions.  Feel free to use these or other that you find.  You do not need to use every expression listed.  You can begin with a few expressions and gradually increase the number of expressions you use in your class.

Before the Lesson
Greetings
-Good morning, everyone.
-Good afternoon, class.
-How are you this morning, Mikako?
-Mikako, how are you today?
-Do you have a cold?
-What a lovely day! 
-What a rainy day!
-Isn’t it warm this morning?
-It’s a humid day, isn’t it?
-Today is very cold, isn’t it?
Role call
-Hiroshi?                                             Yes / Here
-Is Yukiko absent today?                       No, she is coming.  Yes, she’s absent.
-Where is Mikio?                                  He is absent.  He is in the office.
Beginning the Lesson



-Please sit down, everyone.
-Let’s begin today’s lesson.
-It’s time to begin, please stop talking.
-Let’s quickly review the last lesson.
-Try to answer my questions.
-Right / Correct / Nearly Right / Close / Almost
-Let’s start on page 60.  Let’s start at line 10.
-Turn to page 12.
-Please look at the blackboard.
-Look at your textbooks.
-Now open your textbooks to page 33.
-Come to the blackboard.
-Write this down in your notebooks.
-Pass back these sheets/handouts.
Reading 



-Please listen carefully (to me).
-Repeat!
-Repeat after me.
-Kenichi, you read Bill’s part.
-Read this out loud.
-Keiko, begin reading at line 5.
-Okay, stop there, thank you.
-Next, Masaki.
-What is the English/Japanese word for . . . ?
-How do you say it in English?
-Please summarize the first paragraph.
-What is the paragraph/section/story about?
-Let’s do some translation work.
Questions



-Any questions?
-Do you have any questions?
-Now I’m going to ask you some questions.
-Who knows the answer?
-Raise your hand.
-Please raise your hand if you don’t understand.
-Try to answer by yourself.           
-Try again.
-A full sentence, please. 
-Use a full sentence please.
-Make a sentence.
-Say it in a loud voice.
-Louder, please!
-Again, please.
 -Do you understand?
         (I don’t understand.)
         (I don’t know.)
         (Please say it again.)
         (Once more, please?)

Ending the Lesson



-There will be no homework for today.
-For homework, please do the exercises on page 9.
-Today’s homework is . . .
-Please read pages . . . to . . . for homework.
-Tomorrow, we’ll study Lesson 6.
 -There’s the bell.
-That’s all for today.
-The lesson is over for today.
-We’ve run out of time.
 -Goodbye, class.
-See you on Friday.
-Have a good day!
-Have a nice weekend!
-See you next week.\
My opinion
I think language that use in classroom has very important. It should be English language to use in classroom. Students can practice four skills to use in daily life. Teacher shouldn’t use difficult word because students probably don’t understand in lesson. English teaching is a good way because students learn English by observing from teacher’s speaking. They heard that listen from teacher then, improve communication by themselves. If students practice to English speaking by themselves, they have learnt without teacher’ teaching. It directed with course in nowadays that is specific students.