Reflections on Observation Task 2: Reading a Story in the Local UAE Preschool

1. What preparation (i.e. pre-listening activity) did the teacher give the learners
before they listened to the text? Discuss about what they will going to listen.

If they had some preparation, select (a) if they did not, select (b).

a. How did the pre-listening activity help students understand?

Pre-listening helps students to know what the teacher will going to talk about and
not to lost.

b. What pre-listening activity could the teacher have used to help students
understand the target language better?

2. Were the learners engaged in while-listening activity/activities? If they were, select (a); if
they were not, select (b).

a. What were the aims of the while-listening activity/activities?

The teacher explains the new words that students may not know the meaning of it.
She uses the body language and voice tune.

b. What while-listening activity/activities could the teacher have used to

help learners understand better what they were listening to?

3. Did the learners have a post-listening activity/activities? If they did, select (a); if
they did not, select (b).

a. What were the aims of the post-listening activity/activities?

Yes, they have. Important to increase the students understanding

b. What post-listening activity/ activities might have helped the learners to

understand what they had heard better?

4. How many times did the learners listen to the text / recording?

b. Would it have increased their understanding if they had been allowed to

listen to the recording again? Explain.
Yes. Repetition reinforces the idea of the story in the child’s mind and
increase ability to understand it.
 c. Did the learners hear the whole text at once, or in parts?
If so, which was the most helpful?

Both. if the text is short they hear it at once, and if it long they hear it on parts.
In my opinion. Hear it on parts will be better. Because if the teacher read at once
students will be stressed.

Think about the advantages and disadvantages of using the model of pre-, while- and post-
listening activities to teach a listening lesson. Write first from the perspective of the teacher
and then from the perspective of the learners.

Teacher:

 Make the lesson smoothly.

 Help the teacher to make sure that students have a background knowledge
about the text.

Learners:

 Understand what the text will be about.

 Learning new words.
 Not to be lost during the lesson.