Grammar+LP+by+Esra+CATE



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by FERUZE İLKATMIŞ

 Firstly I want to mention about the structure of Esra’s lesson plan. The topic of lesson plan was suitable for the grammar structure “used to”. Beginning of the lesson was interesting for students. I think almost every student wonders about teacher’s past, so Esra chose a good point with showing her photo and describing her past activities with her friends.

 After giving the reading text to the students Esra wanted them to answer some questions and underline the sentences with the structure of “used to”. At the end of these activities Esra wrote the grammar rule to the board. I think this is an effective way of explicit teaching on grammar. Introducing the rule with text and then writing it to the board enable students to learn grammar rule clearly. Production part was also well developed for her aim. Students’ product ion shows whether they get the rule or not.

 I want to point out some issues about the presentation way of Esra. As everybody knows, smiling, being positive and encouraging are expected from teachers during their teaching process. However, Esra did not show these qualities during her teaching, maybe its reason is that Esra does not want to be teacher. But she was helper, controller and a good manager in her teaching.

 To sum up, it was a well developed presentation and it could be applicable for teaching grammar.

EMRULLAH YASİN ÇİFTÇİ

First of all, I felt there was a real teacher in front of the class during your micro-teaching and I really liked your fluent English. Your lesson plan was really flowing and there were smooth transitions between your stages. To teach a grammar point meaningfully, it is really important to create a theme throughout the lesson and you used yourself as a theme and this will definitely take the attention of the students in a real classroom. The passage named "Nostalgia" was really effective to teach the grammar point in a context and you did it as a listening activity. This was a brillant idea to combine listening with a reading passage. If I used this passage, I would most probably tell them to read it silently and answer the questions. However, you didn't check the answers of the "tick or cross" activity during your micro-teaching. Students in a real class would certainly ask for the correct answers so it was our mistake to skip that part :)

Your lesson was a grammar lesson but I didn't see enough emphasis on the grammar point. It was more like a reading lesson and you should have prepared more practice activities. Also, the time 45 minutes for your lesson is not enough in a real class. While describing the students, you said they are also very talkative, but I don't think so because they are pre-intermediate students and as far as I observed they hate participating in lessons. That's why, you should take this issue into consideration for real pre-intermediate classes. Your most obvious problem is that you are not motivated to teach something sincerely and this is because of your unwillingness towards teaching. However, you shouldn't reflect your negative feelings in a classroom; otherwise, youl would be fired as soon as possible :) Try to smile and look a bit enthusiastic for your next lessons and you will see its benefits because you will get the attention of the students in that way. All in all, your lesson plan is well-prepared but you had some minor problems that should be overcome for your future lessons.

Saniye DEMİRTAŞ It was a brave move to open your life in front of your students. You gave the message "I fell close to you; that's why, I am sharing this with you." to the students which is a really good idea. It draws attention of students and it makes them feel the same close feelings. I really like your lesson plan, it seems as a whole. Nothing is irrelevant or unclear. You explained the grammar point really effectively so that students have nothing unclear. However, as the previous comments suggest, you need to be careful about your posture in the classroom. Although you seemed really professional, you needed to be more student-friendly in your classes. To be honest, I wouldn't wat to be a student of your class although lesson plan is really good. You were too serious, which threatened your students. Overall, I really like your professional style and clear teaching.

Betül İLHAN

Esra’s lesson plan looks very well-organized and suitable lesson plan for the intermediate level, to me. The way she started her lesson was quite original because she did not prefer pictures or cartoons like most of us would do, but instead she showed a photo of herself in the past and that would attract almost every students’ attention, because like Feruze said most of the students are curious about their teacher’s life. Esra was very clear while explaining the rules and she looked quite professional to me. Especially the way she spoke and her pronunciation were excellent and this is what an English teacher should be like. The only flow of her was that she was a very strict teacher but we all know that to be liked by the students; we should smile during our lessons and treat our students more friendly. All in all, Esra did a very good job according to me.