My Observation Of ESL Classroom

During my observation of an ESL push-in classroom, I have come across with

many pedagogical issues and concerns that were brought in the Methods of Teaching

class. Such topics include the use of cooperative Learning, classroom setting, adapting

lesson plan and differentiated instructions by incorporating visuals, hands-on activities,

simulations of real life situations etc so that students can nurture their skills academically,

linguistically, socially as well as emotionally. The purpose of this report is to focus solely

on the two major components of teaching-learning environment, and the components are

relatively described as the classroom environment and the participation of students in

relation with what I have learned in this class.

When I entered the classroom, the first thing fascinated me was that all the four word walls were well labeled in both the languages(English and Spanish) with appropriate pictures. The setting of the room was safely configured, and convenient as well as appealing to the kids. The desks …show more content…
In her class, she used classdojo.com, and it was a behavioral website where teacher created her classroom and entered students’ names. Students were given points when they behaved, participated and helped others. It would take points away when students called out of turn, were off task or disturbed others. There was an option to call on students randomly which she used to call on students. She allowed students to respond and express their ideas in the class. She paired English speaking students with the non English speaking students so that they would be benefitted in a low risk environment. It also ensures cooperative learning which is very helpful for building cognitive, linguistic, and social