TRAINEES OBSERVATIONS 9

Observers Name: Simon Jnos

SchoolofObservation:SzegediDekFerencGimnzium
Class:11/A
Level:Advanced
Date:2016.10.03.
TeachersName:CsanyevcLszl
STAGEOFLESSON
9:20
Warmup

ACTIVITIES
RewatchingashortBBC
showexcerptfromlastclass
aboutaccentandrhythmof
speechandtheQueens
English.

COMMENTS
Nostudentsreport,very
informalatmosphere.
Thefactthattheclassis
watchingaprogramme
aboutaccentsshowsthat
theyhaveagoodcontrolof
English.
OnehourofBBCaday
keepsthefunnyaccents
away.

9:25
Administrativeissues

ApplicationstoEUStudent
Programarediscussed.

Thestudentswillhaveto
applybyanoralexamin
oneofthebreaksnext
Wednesday.
6studentsaregoingto
apply.

9:27
Production(asrevision)

Thestudentshaveto
recountanextremesport
descriptionfromthereading
materialintheirbook.They
canusetheirownwords,of
course.

ThisremindmeofContent
BasedInstruction.
Youhavetoexplainthe
differencebetweenbiking
andextremebikingtomeas
ifIknewnothingaboutit!
Whentwostudentscant
decidewhotocomenext,
theyplayrockpaper
scissors.
Theclassatmosphereis
veryeasygoingandopen,
thestudentscanspeak
freelyandcheerforeach

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9:43
Practice

UseofEnglishexercisein
StudentsBookabout
phrasalverbs.

Theclassmovesonfrom
onepartofthelessonto
anotherlikeawelloiled
machine.
Theteacherasksthe
studentstoexplainthe
phrasalverbstheycome
acrossintheexercisein
English.Theyalsohaveto
translateit,andtheteacher
givesadviceonhowto
rememberthem.
E.g.:fortheexpression
backdownheholdshis
handsinfrontofhischestin
adefensivewayandleans
backwards,whilesayingthe
expression.

9:50
Presentation

Theteacherasksthe
studentstoexaminethe
phrasalverbclassification
chartintheirbook
thoroughly.

Theydiscussthetypesof
phrasalverbsandthe
examplesgivenineach
group.Theteacherfollows
thebook,butgivesafew
additionalexamples(that
studentsarealreadyfamiliar
with)foreachgroup.
Oneofthestudentssays
thathethinksitis
unnecessarytocategorize
phrasalverbs,theyhaveto
learnallofthemanyway.
Theteacherexplainsthat
categorizingcanhelplearn
thembasedonthe
similarities.Thestudent
repliesYesitcan,butit
doesntTeacher:For
you

10:00
Practice

Categorizationexercisein
StudentsBook.

Thestudentshave2minutes
tocompletethetask.
Thestudentscompletethe
exerciseflawlessly.

10:04
Endoflesson

Theteacherremindsthe
studentsabouttheEUSP
andlearningnewwords.