ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS: What were, in your opinion, the main aims of this lesson? Were they achieved? How do you know?
Briefly describe the general atmosphere of the class. In what ways did the teacher's personality and behavior contribute to that atmosphere?
3. Briefly describe the learners' general behavior/attitude and their involvement in activities and tasks. What, in your opinion, most contributed to their behavior/attitude and their involvement?
4. List all materials and equipment used in this lesson (course book, blackboard, audio-visual aids, etc.)
5. Estimate, using a percentage, the amount of time the teacher talked compared to the amount of time students talked Teacher: Student:
6. Estimate, in percentage, the amount of time the teacher used English compared to the students’ mother tongue (if applicable)? English: Other Languages:
7. Pay attention to the sequence of tasks included in the lessons. Try to find answers to the following questions: a) How is/was the lesson started? b) What does/did the teacher do? c) Write down the tasks and time devoted to them during the lesson d) Do/Did students have enough time to solve the tasks? e) Are/Were students involved in the tasks? f) Does/Did the lesson finish on time g) Is/Was there a clear ending in the lesson
8. Observe the way the teacher corrects students during different lessons. a) Are mistakes corrected immediately? b) How are they corrected? c) Are students corrected in the same way no matter what they are doing: grammar tasks, listening, reading, speaking or writing tasks? d) Does the teacher encourage self-correction? e) Does s/he praise students?
9. In each of the spaces below, note down one specific thing (teacher's personal quality or teaching skill, activities and tasks, classroom atmosphere, etc.) that you noticed in the course of the lesson and would like to make your comment on, discuss or learn more about. a) One thing I particularly liked in this lesson was: b) One thing I found rather ineffective in this lesson was:
c) One thing I would like to be discussed in more detail in this course is:
