Food! Food ! ( Ele 3 Tues/Thurs 2010)

The lesson focused on the topic of food and also recipies of the students'favourite dishes.
There weren't many students today.
Most of the interactions were by Samia,Sadri,Akrem and Allesandro especially when they were talking about their recipies and how to make the dish.
Bassem could interact more but often remains quiet.
Kais,Mouldi and Anouar could also interact more but their low level in thier grammar and vocabulary seems to prevent them doing the activities as quick as the other students and therefore interact more with their peers.
From the book Reflective Teaching in Second Language Classrooms,Richards,J.C.,in the chapter,approaches to classroom investigation,some important procedures are recommended:
Bailey 1990,Porter et al.1990,Walker 1985 state that it's important to make entries on a regular basis and immediately spend time after the lesson in writing up about the lesson
In addition to review the journal entries as some things which were not obviously apparent might appear so later on.

On page 16 Richards,J.C. mentions some reflection questions to guide thé writing of the journal:
What did you set out to teach?
Were you able to accomplish your goals?
What teaching materisls did you use?
What grouping arrangements did you use?

Did anything amusing or unusual occur?
Did you discover anything new?
Did students contribute actively to the lesson?
Were the students challenged by the lesson?
What do you think the students really learned from the lesson?
What did they like most about the lesson?
What didn't they respond to?