CLASS STEPS

DESCRIPTIVE PARAGRAPH
Throughout this video, I could observe a English class about the lesson "The deadliest animal" directed by the
teacher Chris Westergaard to Czech students with an intermediate English level. Starting from the topic about
the most dangerous animals, this teacher works a series of activities in which the students had to describe, ask
questions, draw, create new elements and learn vocabulary related to the topic.

ROLES
TEACHER´S ROLE STUDENTS´ROLE
 To select the teaching material and plan the tasks  Have little influence on learning content.
the students are going to do.  Active participants.
 Develop the activities proposed by the teacher.
 To serveas a modeland givesfeedbackto
thestudents.  Have a collaborative Culture

DETECTED METHODS
FEATURE  English as the target language is used all the time during class.
 Timely correction.
S  Instructions with examples (first demo then development).
  The theme of the class is announced from the beginning.
 Comfortable learning atmosphere to lower the affective filter and to help learning.
 Grammar teaching takes a background place.
 CCQ -Concept Checking Questions- .
TECHNIQ  Team work.
UES  Repetition (pronunciation words).
 Use of electronic dictionary.

PRO AND CONS

ADVANTAGE

*Good class planning.

DISADVANT
*Excellent attitude and -Not work of
S

willingness of the teacher kinesthetic

and students.
intelligence.

AGE
*Varied activities
*Timely correction
*Pleasant learning
environment. -Classroom
lighting.

DIDACTICS TERMS
The excellent planning of the Chris Westergaard teacher's class should be highlighted, since it is noted that
there is a functional order for the class, since the beginning to the end of his class the activities possess clear
and pertinent objectives and indications. Although it is not a very kinesthetic-oriented class, the students
managed to carry out different cognitive activities such as drawing, questioning, imagining and creating
new elements according to the topic. The evaluation was constant and assessing the process, since Mr.
Westergaard, during each activity, walked around his students, watching, observing and correcting them at
the right time.