Week 3

 This lesson the topic was ‘Feelings’ and the lesson overtly focused on speaking. As a warm-up activity the teacher asked some questions to class such as;

-What do you feel before exams?

-What makes you feel jealous? and so on…

 Than the teacher asked the class about their friends. ‘Who is the most pleased/upset/nervous student in the class?’ It was very good, entertaining and encouraging activity that the students liked a lot. The classroom athmosphere was very funny and motivating. But there is a point in this activity that the teacher should be careful about selecting adjective because a negative word such as upset or lonely can make that student feel bad. As they are in adolescence period we know that they are so emotional and the teacher should be careful about it.

 The teacher continued the activity by choosing a student and asking the class about her/him.

‘Tell me about her by using the adjectives.’ The class liked this activity a lot as well and they were so eager to see who was selected, who said what about her/him and they wanted to share their thoughts/feelings.

 Than there was a vocabulary activity. There were words and their definitions on the book so the students were supposed to match the words with their definitions. The teacher allowed the students to use their mobile phones or dictionaries. Of course most of them chose to use their mobiles J It think that it was good for the teacher to let the students  to use or engage all the amenities that they have in the classroom.

 As a post activity they watched a video on the smartboard with English subtitles. It was a documentary and the speaker had English accent so I think that was an authentic material. At the end of the class the teacher asked some questions about the video in order to check their understanding.