Another Observation on Grade 11

(Second observation on grade 11)

I was conducting my observation on grade 11 Originators and Voyagers. My critic teacher was giving a new material; the material was about oral communication in context, the first material was about the definition and general information of communication. They students were exited, because that was their first time to learn English on their new grade. The class started at 01.00 after lunch break. but the day before, I discussed with my teacher with the material that will be given and what should I do during the teaching activity that will be conducted by the teacher .

            When we arrived in the classroom, as usual the teacher open the material with the prayer then it was continued with checked the attendance. The teacher was so cheerful managed the opening section and students feedback was so good. Brainstorming also conducted before giving the core of material. Teacher aimed to develop students’ critical thinking the question given was related to the topic but was not really hard. Teacher just wanted to motivate and warm the situation.

                        The teacher was using communicative approach, and teacher-oriented method and the materials was quite hard, because it was about the process of communication which the material was quite complex. The teacher was explaining the material carefully to make the student understand fully the material, questions were directly asked to check student understanding. The class was quite silent, because several hours before they had physical activity and they were little bit tired. Teacher tried to make the situation more cheerful because of the silent, but it was not affected. Then teacher asked them to do group project to fill up the schemes of communication process. They wrote it beautifully and flawlessly, I did enjoy their handwriting so amazing. 

            In the closing section, the teacher has summarized the learning materials learnt and re-call one by one group to explain their work that they have done. The observation was good, and I learnt a lot from that situation especially managing the class after they had physical activity, teacher must be more creative and patience. Maraming selamat po! (Thank you)