Teacher Observation in secondlanguage

Teacher Observation in secondlanguage

1. What is observation?

   • The process through which student teacher takes into account everything about context, classes, the relation between teacher-student, and teaching-learning.

2. The Purpose of observation

   • Observation helps to know what is the development of the class, the methodology and different behaviors of teachers and students
     • Why student teacher observation
       • Subject-Matter knowledge
         • Specific information to teach content
       • Action-System knowledge
         • Information dealing with teaching and learning, regardless of the subject matter

3. How to observe

   • To observe there are different techniques and tools which will help you to improve or carry out successful development of it.
     • Techniques and instruments for observation
       • Qualitative Approaches
         • Provide rich and descriptive data about what happens in the second language classroom.
           • Written Ethnography
             • As descriptive and objective as possible, not be judgmental or evaluative.
               • Includes information about the classroom, the quality and quantity of visual aids, room temperature, etc.
           • Audio and Video Recordings
             • Permit teachers to see and hear themselves as their students see and hear them.
           • A limited or selected ethnography or recording
             • The attention is focused on the particular behavior being observed.
       • Quantitative Approaches
         • Are designed to examine teacher behavior, or teacher and students or among students
           • Seating chart observation records
             • The observer records the occurrencesof the targeted behaviors
           • Teacher and student talk
             • It is used to record who is talking to whom and how frequently
               • At-task
           • Movement patterns
             • The purpose is to chart the movements of the teacher or students, or both, during the lesson.
           • Teacher expectations
             • Can be expected to affect student achievement, attitudes, beliefs, attributions, expectations, motivations patterns, and classroom conduct.
           • Motivation
             • They are behaviors, however, that influence the atmosphere of the classroom and, as a result, the setting in which students learn the target language
           • Classroom management
             • Does not just happen or evolve, and that teacher behavior can have a direct influence on student behavior

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