Name of Student Teacher: Mr Timothy Joshua Ong

CS1: English Language

Subject: English Language

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Date: 28th March 2016
Monday (Even Week)

Class: 106
Secondary 1 (Express)
Time: 8.20am 9.40am
(80 minutes) 4 periods

Class Size:
40 (23 F, 17 M)

Learners Characteristics:
Mixed ability (Average to high ability learners)

Unit: Oral examination skills

Topic: Appropriate register and word/sentence

stress

Reflections (Choose 1 aspect of the lesson to reflect on- positive or negative

one. It can be written in point form not more than 1 page)
1) What happened? (What did my students do? What did I do?)
Primarily a speaking focused lesson, students were granted many opportunities to practise
their reading and speaking skills. I made sure every person in class had some sentences to
read out, and I provided on the spot feedback for any infelicities. Nonetheless, this process
was rather time consuming as some students were hesitant and slightly resistant to speaking/
reading in front of the whole class. At times, the class also got a tad rowdy as some made fun
of other classmates when they were reading. I stopped the lesson numerous times to address
these rather disrespectful forms of behaviour to maintain a positive learning environment.
2) Why? (Why did I think things happened this way? Why did I choose to act the way I
did?)
I believe that as it was the first lesson of a brand new week, the students were a tad fidgety
and restless. Moreover, the nature of this lesson lent itself to having little written work and it
focused more on concentrating on the powerpoint slides. Hence, some lost focus. Others also
capitalised on this speaking practise to have their voices heard, jousting and poking fun at
one another. Hence, I intervened and made the class aware of their impoliteness when other
classmates are speaking. I ensured I was consistent in this aspect to ensure parity to all.
3) So what? (What have I learnt from this?)
I have learnt that in 106, some are definitively more vocal than others and this range can be
rather extreme. Hence, in future lessons that involve speaking, I must engage all the students
and not let the few vocal students dominate the speaking time allotted in class. Moreover, I
have also learnt that 106 can be rather quick to judge one another and that I need to pay
attention if certain overly critical comments are made.
4) Now what? (What do I want to remember to think about in a similar situation? How do
I want to act in future?)
All in all, this lesson was a success and I can use a similar round robin format to ensure that
each student gets practise time for speaking in future. In addition, I must remember to
address passing remarks that are hurtful in order to inculcate a sense of respect for one
another in the classroom. I can do this by bringing it to the class, capitalising on these
teachable moments to impart moral values in such instances of misdemeanour.