During my fifth class I was observed by Estela. Here it is her feedback.

1. PRACTICE II, DIDACTICS OF ELT and Practicum Primary School level.
Adjunto Regular a/c Prof. Estela N. Braun (2017).
Teacher Assistants: Prof. Vanesa Cabral and Prof. Maria Lis Luján Ramos.
ETA MA John Brakke.
REGISTRO:
ALUMNARESIDENTE: Mara Barbieri.
COLEGIO: Escuela6. FifthYear.
DOCENTE CO-FORMADORA:Prof. Ana GómezGarcia.
Fecha.17/08/2017
Mara started the lesson by greetingstudents and giving them their name badges.Suggestion:
you could appoint helpers to do this, as it took quite a long time.
She usedEnglishall the time:Doyou have the book?Page 26. She wrote the date on the board
and page number.(*) Please try to specify whatkind of activity it is. Otherwiseit is too abstract
for pupils.
She monitored the class to check that everyone had the book.
For the firstactivity, they listenedtoa poem. Her voice wasloudandclear as she providedthe
instructions. For the poem, creepy bugs, Mariel as a pedagogical partner managed the sound
system. Mara focused on pronunciation through repetition. Then, she organized role-play
reading of the poem which was very nice.
For the second activity, they played a game. I must highlight the trainees´ creativityto design
thisgame,inwhichpupilshadto findthe otherhalf of a bug inside newspaperenvelopes.They
ahd to do that quietly in one minute.
Mara’s instructions were so clear; she raised her hand to call their attention. After they had
foundthe otherhalf of the bug, traineespromptedinteractioninpairs.Pupilshadto write the
namesof the parts of the body in theirinsects. So studentswere revisingandintegratinglexis
about names of bugs and parts of the body.
Team workwas excellentandboth traineesprovidedsupportaschildrenaskedquestionssuch
as How do you say legs or eyes?
Then,theyhangedthe beautifulleafletsasif itwere awashingline overone of the blackboards
for everyone to see. It was a perfect idea to show pupils’ completed work.
For the third activity, theyprovidedaword search. Pupilshadto find4 school subjects,4 days
of the week and 4 bugs. Mara used the board for drawing lines representing ACROSS AND
DOWN in the word search. The activity was great for fast finishers.

2. Mara’s teacher’sstance wasexcellent.She issweetbutfirmasshe explains.Whilethe stduents
were working she was tidying up the room to make it clean.
Then, she presented the fourth activity, which was a model to complete a description: The
dragonfly.
It is black, yellow and blue.
It has got four wings.
It can fly.
Of course, there was not enough time to complete it. My suggestion is that they write this
activitybasedonthe leafletstheyproducedandpresentthemorally.Itwouldbe anice formof
formative assessment as they are integrating everything they have studied in the unit.
Transitions between one activity and the next, as well as checking the last two tasks could be
improved but on the whole, this was an excellent example of child-frinedly pedagogy. There
was inputprovided by a listening;there were games,integrationof lexis withina topic anda
variety of activities that made children learn a lot in only one lesson.
Congratulations to both of you on your performance!
Prof. Estela Nélida Braun
Adjunto regular Exclusiva
Práctica Educativa II