SecondLanguageClassroomObservation

PreObservationQuestionsfortheInstructor
(Pleasewriteyouranswerstothefollowingquestionsandgivethemtotheobserverbeforeclassbegins.)

Class: Instructor: #ofStudents: Observer: Date:

1. Whatareyourobjectivesfortoday'slesson? 2. Howdotheobjectivesfortoday'slessonrelatetothegoalsofthecourse?

PREPARATION Theinstructorhadaclearlydiscerniblelessonplan Therewasanappropriatebalanceofstructuredandopenended/communicativeactivities Theexercisesandactivitieswereintroducedincontext Theplanwasgearedtowardreal/authenticlanguageuse Comments: LANGUAGEUSE Theinstructorusedthetargetlanguageintheclassroomappropriatelyandeffectively. Comments: LESSONPRESENTATION Thelessonwaspresentedeffectivelyandclearly Theactivities/exerciseschosentoachievetheobjectiveswereeffective Thereweresmoothtransitionsbetweenactivities Thetimeallottedforactivitieswasappropriate. Theamountofteachertalkandstudenttalkwasappropriate Thetypeandamountofteacherfeedbackwaseffective Culturalinstructionwasintegratedintoclassactivities Comments:

4 Outstanding

3 Good

2 Fair

1 Poor

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CLASSROOMMANAGEMENT Theuseofsmallgroups/pairworkduringeachactivitywasappropriate Theseatingarrangementfacilitatedlearning Theinstructordividedhisorherattentionamongstudentsappropriately Studentparticipationwasontask. Comments: CLASSROOMATMOSPHERE Studentparticipationwasactiveandlively Theclassatmospherewaswarm,openandaccepting. Theinstructorwassensitivetostudents'difficultiesandabilities Comments: USEOFTECHNOLOGY Useoftechnology(video,audio,webmaterials)wasappropriategiventhematerialbeing presented Comments:
OtherComments: Strengths: SuggestionsforImprovements:

Adaptedfrom:http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/pedagog/evaluation/evaluate.html