As requested on Wednesday, we watched Mr. Farzan teach a lesson on Transport, hoping that he would incorporate a small group activity in his lesson. Mr Farzan started the lesson off using visual aids (toy vehicles - an ambulance, a car, a helicopter etc.), labelling each vehicle and having said the students repeat after him.
Then he produced some flashcards which had pictures of different vehicles on them. Again, he said the word in English and students repeated the word after him. He explained to students some of the vehicles they did not know.
On the board, Mr. Farzan drew a column for three categories: land, sea and air. He gave an example of how to do this exercise, writing a form of transport under each category. Then he handed out some flashcards to each group of students by category and asked them to identify the category to which they belonged. Each group of students came up with a list of vehicles under the categories land, sea and air. As a culminating activity, Mr. Farzan had students copy down the list of vehicles into their notebooks. Groups exchanged lists with each other so that all students had all three categories.
On a very basic level, we were really pleased with Mr. Farzan's lessons. It stood out to us that:
- he had prepared his lesson before class (which he wrote out!!!!!!)
- he had attempted to use visual aids to teach vocabulary
- he had incorporated a small group activity so that students had the opportunity to practice speaking English and cooperate with their peers.
After the lesson, we debriefed with Mr. Farzan, pointing out to him the things he had done well, as well as some lesson extension ideas.
We hope that Mr. Farzan was encouraged by his success and that he will continue to use these simple but critical elements in teaching.
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