1. Licenciatura en Docencia de Lengua Inglesa
Third Semester 2013 B
Observation Format
School visited: Escuela secundaria tecnica # 62. Date of Observation: May 9, 2013
Observers: Ingrid S. Valenzuela, Jazmin P. Macias, Itzel Rodriguez, Antonio Alonso.
1. Did the teacher introduce the topic based on their previous knowledge?
Yes No
No the teacher didn’t introduce the topic based on their previous knowledge because
he went straight to the topic of the agreements and disagreements in order to start quickly the
class.
2. Did the teacher introduce the class with a specific grammar point?
Yes No
No because the teacher gave statements to students to discuss in class.
3. Did the teacher motivate the students to produce the second language in
class?
Yes No
The students spoke their native language in class because their level is not good
enough to produce it, however the teacher didn’t motivate the students to put it in practice.
4. Did the teacher use repetition of drills?

2. Yes No
Yes the teacher gave many statements to put in practice and clarify any doubts about
the agreements and disagreements.
5. Did the teacher use the students’ personal feelings to agree or disagree with
the statements given?
Yes No
Yes because the students were reflecting to the statements according to their personal
feelings.
6. Did the teacher promotes students reasoning
Yes No
Yes because the students were reading the statements and analyzing with their
personal points of view.
7. Did the teacher use the second language all the time?
Yes No
No the teacher use the language while he was explaining and giving the statements of
the topic but when the students didn’t understand what they were going to do he explained it
in their native language.
8. Did the teacher give feedback on every mistake that the student make?
Yes No
No the teacher only specified the feedback on their personal feelings
9. Did the teacher was well prepared to teach this class?
Yes No

3. The teacher didn’t present the class with a good introduction, and the way of
presenting the task of the agreements and disagreements was not the appropriate one. The
teacher didn’t use enough material to create the class interesting and motivated.
10. Did the teacher provide the appropriate material for the class?
Yes No
No the teacher didn’t use the appropriate material because the task presented was not
clear enough to complete with the topic. He should use some more material that can help the
students have a better motivation on their learning.
Students
11. Did the students understand the topic innately?
Yes No
No the students needed some explanation for a better comprehension
12. Did the topic was appropriate for the age of the students?
Yes No
Yes the topic was appropriate for the age of the students because it covers statements
that make students reason in an easier way.
13. Did the students have a good understanding while learning the topic step by
step (by processing)?
Yes No
Yes because the students got to learn more when the teacher had review the
statements step by step.
14. Did the students have any problems while producing the second language?
Yes No
Yes, the students presented many problems while producing the language; they
couldn’t identify the correct form of speaking the right way of the agreements and

4. disagreements. There were a couple of errors like “they are agree”, or “Im agree” and “Im not
agree.
15. Did the students translate any text from the task given from the second
language to their native language?
Yes No
The students didn’t translate any text from the second language to their native
language; they had answered the entire questions in groups helping each others.
16. Did the students exchange points of view about the topic?
Yes No
Yes, the students had exchange point of views with their team in their native language.
Classroom
17. Did the classroom have a good organization: students on their sits, paying
attention, participating frequently?
Yes No
The classroom was not well organized because the teacher didn’t paid attention to
those aspects, the students got distracted most of the class getting out and talking about
something different than the topic.
18. Did the class have a good organization on the tasks presented?
Yes No
No the class was not well organized, the task given took so much time doing it that the
students got bored.
19. Did the classroom have enough material to work with?
Yes No
No the teacher didn’t provide enough material to work in class, that’s the reason that
the class became boring and that’s why the students were distracted

5. 20. Did the material that the teacher gave was really useful for the students to
work in class?
Yes No
No the material that the teacher provided to the students was not very useful because
they didn’t have clearly the task assigned.