My refflection on Lekcja Angielskiego w Szkole Żagle (English lesson at school sails)

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   My refflection on Lekcja Angielskiego w Szkole Żagle

(English lesson at school sails)

  The first scene I watched from the video made me feel pity for the teacher. The kids are fidgeting here and there, and he needs to deploy so much effort to catch their attention. I can imagine what the situation can be, because that is almost how my French lessons were. In fact, back then, I was teaching French to the whole school at different periods, and when you entered the school compound, you could easily tell in which class Mme Lydie was, just because of the noise. Anyway, that's how I got the to make the students love French and eagerly wait for my period. It was like break before/after break, from their other boring subjects. I was always exhausted at the end of the day, but at the same time, I was satisfied to see that the English-speaking kids would go home to say one or two words in French. I am sure this teacher enjoys his job like I do.  I felt somehow relieved by his huge size, so he will not lose weight fast with so much work to do in such a noisy class.

   Also, it was smart on his part to have instituted the group movement with the children, I find it interesting. When they talk in chorus and act together, it makes them have some focus in all the chaos, though not everyone is actively participating. It brings some order in class. While playing with the kids, he makes use of comprehensible input with adjectives and numbers, and throughout the lesson, they are not bored. This is very important because it is obvious that the affective filter is very low, or practically absent, and learning is very effective in such context.

    Moreover, I like the way he does revision on wild animals; the activities with pictures are good to refresh or boost their memory, especially the part where he removes one cart from the set and asks the kids to guess the missing animal. Added to this, the teacher's body movement makes the lesson very lively and funny, and the kids cooperate with him. That reminds me of when I was teaching the kindergarten, and how they looked surprised that I would play like that.

    Another thing that I admire about this teacher is that, from the disposition of learning materials in his classroom, I can say he is an organized person. There are portraits and also charts all over the walls, so realia are readily accessible. The books are well arranged on the shelves, there are flowers in the classroom, with a watering can just beside a flower pot, and l love greenery, nature! I would have even added more colorful flowers, besides the green. I must admit that it's surprising for me to see such orderliness from a male teacher. The learning environment is so convivial for me. 

    However, there is no transition between the activities, and he does not give clear instructions to the kids. But I assume it is a routine, so, from past lessons, the children must be aware of what to do. He jumps from one activity to the other without preparing the students for what is coming next, and they discover it at different intervals, and I think that is why all the students don't participate fully. There are some who are either watching others perform, or distracted watching the camera. At the end of the day, it is not clear if all the children know all the numbers and animals that he has mentioned, because he has not evaluated anyone individually, like just asking some -especially those who were not participating- to name at least two animals from the lesson or revision to the day.    

    Furthermore, if I were in his shoes, I would have changed the position of the tables, and arranged them in a U-shaped manner, such that I can freely move in the middle and make sure every student is active. Besides, the kids on the middle row are not comfortable, they must twist themselves or turn their chairs to see the teacher.  I would also go closer to the ones who are not performing well to encourage them to follow, with my own movements. It is important they all repeat the words for fluency, and that some kids are not left behind. 

    In a nutshell, I love the teaching-learning atmosphere which is not tense, tiring for the kids, and not boring. They would not mind continuing learning for another extra period in my opinion.

 

Lekcja Angielskiego w Szkole Żagle - YouTube





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