My first observation on RUPP Teacher of English

Today I left my home around 1:30PM to observe an English class at RUPP which started at 2:00PM. I went there a bit early because I had to do two things. First, I had to make copies of some documents. Second, I didn't want to be late on my first observation class.

The class that I had to observe is in Building C which is quite far from where I parked my car. I had to walk to the class under a hot sunny day. It was terribly hot inside the class and mixed with the noise created by the students, the atmosphere just didn't make me feel alright. Having been in the classroom for a few minutes, I finally saw the teacher coming into the class. His name is Song Sokun. He's wearing a smart dress and eyeglasses. My first impression on him told me that he is an experienced teacher.


The first thing he did was asking the students whether they had done their homework. Then, carrying an attendant list, he walked around the class noting the name of students who hadn't done their homework. To get the students attention, he raised his voice and uttered 'Hello everyone? May I have your attention please?' Then he asked them to check the answers with their partners. As the students finished checking the answers, he then checked the answers as the whole class. While checking, he also wrote the answers on the board so that it is easier for students to check the points they are not sure. After checking homework, he then checked the student attendance. The preliminary session finished in 20 minutes, which was very long for an 80-minute class like that.

The teacher moved to the next stage by writing down the title of the unit he was going to teach on one of the two whiteboards. The grammar point he was to PRESENT was Present Simple. In presenting the new language point, he first read out the example text from the book. Next, he explained bold words in the text to the students by referring to the rules of singular pronoun and plural pronoun, that is, when to use -s or -es and when not to use it. His way of presenting the new language point was okay.

Before going to the next stage, the teacher used the transition 'Okay, let's move to the next part!' The next stage was the PRACTICE stage. The teacher asked the students to complete the exercise on page 64. Then he asked them to work in group to discuss their answers. After that, he checked the answers as the whole class.