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Introduction to Classroom Observation (Education 425)
Professor Kathleen M. Bailey, PhD
Monterey Institute of International Studies
This one-unit course in classroom observation is designed as a pre-practicum
course for developing TESOL/TFL candidates’ skills in and understanding of
observation as a fundamental professional development and research activity.
The course has six main goals:
1 - to provide students with frameworks for observing language teachers,
language learners, and the interaction among them;
2 - to provide opportunities for guided practice in observing classes;
3 - to develop students’ skills in observing and in recording data generated
during observations;
4 - to prepare students to conduct themselves professionally before, during and
after class observations;
5 - to introduce students to language classroom research; and
6 - to familiarize students with the requirements of graduate school writing.
The course will also provide a rudimentary introduction to some of the major
observation instruments and observational procedures used in language
teacher training, supervision, and classroom research. A number of experiential
assignments will be completed in class, so it is important that you attend each
class meeting. If you must miss class for any reason, it is the student’s
responsibility to get a classmate to take notes or tape-record the lesson and to
collect any handouts for you. Additional make-up observations outside of class
will be required for those that are missed during class activities. It is also your
responsibility to check the class conference at least every other day.
This course lays the foundations to prepare students for observation tasks they
will encounter in a number of MA classes and seminars (Sociolinguistics,
Principles and Methods, Practicum, Applied Linguistics Research, Teacher
Supervision, etc.). Class activities will include reading assignments,
discussions, role plays, video-tape viewing, use of various observation
instruments, transcript analysis, and actual “live” observations of
teaching/learning events. There are two required texts for the course: Ruth
Wajnryb’s Classroom Observation Tasks, and Allwright and Bailey’s Focus on
the Language Classroom.
In completing the one-unit “Introduction to Observation,” students will observe
and document ten teaching/learning events (approximately ten hours of actual
observing time). They will compile and submit an “Observation Notebook” in
three installments. This three-ring binder will provide a record of students’ initial
and subsequent observation experiences for their MA coursework.
Professor Kathleen M. Bailey, PhD
Monterey Institute of International Studies
This one-unit course in classroom observation is designed as a pre-practicum
course for developing TESOL/TFL candidates’ skills in and understanding of
observation as a fundamental professional development and research activity.
The course has six main goals:
1 - to provide students with frameworks for observing language teachers,
language learners, and the interaction among them;
2 - to provide opportunities for guided practice in observing classes;
3 - to develop students’ skills in observing and in recording data generated
during observations;
4 - to prepare students to conduct themselves professionally before, during and
after class observations;
5 - to introduce students to language classroom research; and
6 - to familiarize students with the requirements of graduate school writing.
The course will also provide a rudimentary introduction to some of the major
observation instruments and observational procedures used in language
teacher training, supervision, and classroom research. A number of experiential
assignments will be completed in class, so it is important that you attend each
class meeting. If you must miss class for any reason, it is the student’s
responsibility to get a classmate to take notes or tape-record the lesson and to
collect any handouts for you. Additional make-up observations outside of class
will be required for those that are missed during class activities. It is also your
responsibility to check the class conference at least every other day.
This course lays the foundations to prepare students for observation tasks they
will encounter in a number of MA classes and seminars (Sociolinguistics,
Principles and Methods, Practicum, Applied Linguistics Research, Teacher
Supervision, etc.). Class activities will include reading assignments,
discussions, role plays, video-tape viewing, use of various observation
instruments, transcript analysis, and actual “live” observations of
teaching/learning events. There are two required texts for the course: Ruth
Wajnryb’s Classroom Observation Tasks, and Allwright and Bailey’s Focus on
the Language Classroom.
In completing the one-unit “Introduction to Observation,” students will observe
and document ten teaching/learning events (approximately ten hours of actual
observing time). They will compile and submit an “Observation Notebook” in
three installments. This three-ring binder will provide a record of students’ initial
and subsequent observation experiences for their MA coursework.
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