This seminar presentation discusses classroom observation in modern language classrooms and how it can help with effective classroom management. The presentation aims to define classroom observation, discuss its benefits, demonstrate the observation process, and highlight how it helps teaching growth. Classroom observation allows teachers to gain new strategies and insights, see student reactions differently, and re-evaluate their classroom. It is a self-reflective process using data from stimulated observations, tests, and interviews. Observing lessons, teacher language use, and student interactions provides information on setting groups, maintaining order, time management, seating, technology use, and classroom environment to create effective management.

1. Seminar presentation
on
“classroom observation in modern
language classroom: an analysis towards
effective classroom management”
Lakhyajit Nath
PG Student
Department of English and foreign languages
Tezpur Central University
14th March, 2015

2. Aims
1. To depict the concept of classroom observation
2. To depict the benefits of classroom observation
3. To demonstrate the process of classroom
observation
4. To highlight how classroom observation helps in
the growth of effective teaching

3. What is classroom observation?
 In simple terms, classroom observation is a self-
evident process which the observer gets its data
from other sources, such as stimulated observations,
tests, interviews and so on.

4. Benefits of classroom management
 Get new techniques, strategies, ideas, and
resources
 Gain insight into one’s own strategies and
techniques
 Observe student reactions from a different
perspective
 It also helps in creating a professional learning
community with the best interests of the students in
mind
 Growth and development of personal profession
 It also helps in creating an effecting classroom
 It has greater impact on classroom management
 Observation also helps to re-evaluate the classroom
from a different perspective

5. What is being observed?
Lesson structure –
 The way that lesson opens, develops and closes,
 the number of activities that held in the class,
 The links between the activities and lessons,
Teacher’s use of language-
 Use of interaction sessions,
 Use of feedback techniques,
 Use of student to student talk,

6. Processes of classroom observation
 Checklists
 Seating charts
 Field notes
 Narrative summary
 The follow-up conversation

7. How classroom observation helps to create
an effective classroom management?
 Setting up groups
 Maintaining order
 Time management
 Seating arrangement
 Use of ICT
 Creating a good environment

8. Bibliography:
 Lier, L. V (1988). The Classroom and the Language
Learner. (Langman Group Limited. England)
 Richards, J.C. and T.S.Rodgers. Approaches and
Methods in Language Teaching. (Cambridge
University Press, Cambridge, 2009.)
 Stern, H.H. Fundamental Concepts of Language
Teaching. (OUP, 1983)
 http://edglossary.org/classroom-observation/