8/4/2019 MethODOLOGY class observation

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Task A Description of language skills lesson observed during PBS II

During the second School Based Experience (SBE), class 1Bitaras learning and

teaching process was chosen as the subject. The topic is objects in the classroom and target

learner is year 1 students of a rural school. The teacher uses the theme world of knowledgetopic 16 what is in my classroom. The teaching focuses mainly in language skill. In the end of

the lesson, students should be able to read and understand sentences with guidance. Students

will also be able to copy and write in neat legible print of small letters, capital letters, words and

simple sentences. In addition, students will be able to punctuate correctly capital letters and full

stop. The activity done will also inc rease the students vocabulary. At the beginning of the

class, the teacher asked her students what object could be found in their surroundings. Objects

such as books, pencil, eraser and many more were mouthed by the students and the teacher

wrote it all at the whiteboard. Some of the students pronounced the object in their mothertongue language Malay. In this situation, the teacher uses grammar translation method in

order to enhance her students understanding. She translated the word and the students wer e

required to repeat the word in English. The class continues with chorus reading of all the words

that were written on the whiteboard. The pace is changed when the teacher asked her students

to open up a textbook and look for a song in it. The song chosen is My Classroom using the

melody of Oh My Darling Clementine . Whenever the students faced difficulties in pronouncing

a word, the teacher slows down the tempo and students will repeat the line a few times. After a

few repetitions along with reinforcement of praises, the class was required to stand up and singin chorus. When singing in chorus is done, the class was divided into three groups. The groups

then are required to sing in turns. After all the groups have sung, the song is sung in chorus

again by the whole class. Before ending the singing session, the teacher asked for two

volunteer to sing in front of the class. Two boys volunteered and sang in front followed by two

girls. The teacher reminded the class that they will sing the song again by tomorrow and to

practice it at home with their siblings. Towards the end of the class, task sheets were given by

the teacher to the students. Students were required to re-write the words in the task sheet. This

is mentioned as a lower level exercise by the teacher as her students is still in year 1. After re-writing the words, students were asked to colour the picture. The teacher manipulates real

object in the classroom and the textbook as her teaching material and towards the end of the

lesson, she uses task sheets as the support material.