English Demo Lesson (with commentary)
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- Опубликовано: 3 ноя 2016
- In this lesson, I will demonstrate how to give a student centred demo lesson with a focus on speaking and reading, give a few personal tips on classroom management, and also show how to employ jig-saw reading technique.
Teaching materials used in the lesson: drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Soundtrack:
Hammock - "You Lost The Starlight In Your Eyes" (Schoolcraft Trap Remix)
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Cane someone tell me what the photo on the bord about what?
@@englishlanguage7834 Do you mean the photo at the beginning of the lesson?
I'm an English teacher in China and today I have a demo class I'm sure your video will be helpful for me, thank you so much.
Hey Golden Hadi, I'm happy my channel has been useful. Good luck with your lesson!
The editing is perfect! You skim all the unnecessary parts of the lesson and focus on the points you want to make. And comments help a lot! If you shot more videos like that, I would even pay to watch them 👏
Interesting, thanks for the comment.
You had to do a demo lesson not only for the staff at the school, but the parents of the children also?
Good on you for handling the pressure so well. I would be way too nervous!
Hello Froakadoke, it was a demo lesson for a school accreditation. There were parents, staff, and official evaluation committee.
I would die right on the spot 🤣🙆♀️
Such an amazing demo class. This is exactly what we have trained to do during the CELTA training course ❤
Yeah, this lesson was recorded a few months after I completed my CELTA training :)
It was such a great lesson I hope such teachers exist im my country to help students to enhance their performances in English or anything else..
THANKS 😊 A MILLION FOR YOUR HELP.
Thanks for taking your time to leave a comment.
Focus on Speaking and Reading it is something essential, thanks for sharing your tips, you seem to be a pretty good teacher.
Greetings from Mexico
Hello Ana, thanks for taking your time to leave a comment! In fact, all two receptive skills of reading and listening as well as productive skills of speaking and writing are important in developing foreign language proficiency.
This is incredible! I've learnt so much from you. Thank you for sharing this. :)
No problem. I have an idea of releasing couple of lessons with commentaries soon.
Thank you! Very useful.
The idea to add text with the explanations was great, and overall, the class is amazing, thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the comment, Alisa!
This is a great lesson and excellent teaching! The only thing I would say is to ask ICQs before handing out the reading texts as it is easy to lose their attention once they have texts in their hands 🙌
Hello Zara, that's absolutely true- ICQ's should precede the handing out of materials.
I'm also doing a report of this class. I'm a future English teacher and this is really helpful.
Your class was amazing. Greetings!
Thanks for the comment Sarai!
A great video and great lesson . Keep it up and thanks for sharing . really helpful .
Hello tareq, thanks for taking your time to view the video and leave a comment.
I was searching for a topic to give a demo lesson online.yours is a nice topic.Your lesson is also flowing very smoothly. nice lesson
Hello Bijal, thanks for your comment. I am glad you have found some inspiration in the lesson.
As an American I am humbled that a teacher who might be an American immigrant or a proficient English speaker from another country but definitely not a native American speaker is teaching a class of non native english speaking kids a lesson about the American holiday Thanksgiving. Only in a top private school or at a University level language class would American students be exposed to another culture this way. Man do Americans understand how much American culture is the center of the world universe?....At least for now.
Hello Alex, thanks for taking your time to leave such an interesting comment. Indeed, American culture has a profound impact on learners of English as a foreign language worldwide. You cannot deny it - English is a global lingo franca, and as students around the world learn English as a foreign language, they inevitably learn American realia, culture, and even some dispositions. Once again, thank you for your interesting comment.
I was surprised, too, that a non-native English speaker was teaching non-native English learners about Thanksgiving, an American holiday. The kids seemed to be very knowledgeable about the holiday and quite interested in it. As an American, I like seeing this interest in my country. Keep up the great work.
@@nataliamiles7109 just like spring festival in China, its just a holiday, interesting to get to know,it doesnt matter which language you speak as long as you can learn frm it.
Your talent inspired me to quit teaching. Damn, I'll never reach that level of skill you have.
This was a semi-staged lesson, so do not overestimate my skills.
Nice class. Regards from Argentina. I really enjoy your teaching style. It seems that you are a Neurosciences' follower.
Hello Milagros, thank you very much for your comment. What did you mean by Neurosciences' follower :)?
ruclips.net/video/NUS1R7eiSHM/видео.html Have a look at it. She is from Argentina. Hope you enjoy it! and congrats for your new job!
Best Demo.... Thank you very much
Thanks for taking your time to leave a positive comment.
What a great lesson.!
Thanks!
You’ve gotten really invaluable lessons. I wish i had some to up my tutoring level. Get sub and like, my friend
Thank you for the comment.
Love the background music thing. I've never seen that before.
I like to have some light piano / guitar in the background before the lesson starts, during group-work, and during recess. One of my favorites: ruclips.net/video/IP8vBL5Q8Ac/видео.html
Thank you a great job
Thanks for the comment!
Very nice 👍 Thankyou from India. This video was helpful
Thanks for the comment!
WOW!
Thank you so much
You're welcome!
It was amazing. 👍
Thanks for the comment!
Thank you sir for this video.
You're welcome!
Hello sir! As s future educator. This video means a lot. You are truly an inspiration for us. And I'm looking forward for your upcoming videos.
I just want to ask some questions sir.
What are your daily routines before starting the proper discussion and what is your students seating arrangement and why do you prefer that kind of arrangement?
May you notice me. It's a great help. 😊 THANK YOU nd GOD BLESS, SIR!
I will answer your question in the upcoming video.
Hi sir, this is a great lesson and an excellent teaching style. Sir a humble request, could you make 2 videos on how to teach the English language for a pre-primary or for a primary class that is done for a demo and first time teaching in a class?
I will do so soon. Thanks for the reminder.
More grammar and vocabulary classes please
Can you please make videos on the practice stage and the production stage 😢 and activities on how to apply them
How did u start ur lesson?By greeting the students and adults?then?...
I definitely love teaching lessons like this, but I was most surprised by how you turned the music on so flawlessly!! How'd you do that?
Hello, and thank you for your question. The music was integrated into the slide. In other words, the track started playing once I got to slide #10. Does it make sense?
no sh*t your English is perfect
Thanks ! 🙏
Hey, I‘d love to analyze this lesson for my termpaper on multimodality in classroom teaching. Could you please provide information on the pupils’ grade of that time and the institution?
Hello Niels, thanks for your question. The students are from grades 7,8, and 9. The school name is Shanghai Oriental Ladder Bilingual School.
I love the video
Thanks!
Great lesson.
Please share some lessons about English grammar.
I will soon!
Hello sir, as I watched your video, I was struck by how well you handled and managed your class. I really like your film since it shows how well-organized and managed your classroom is. As a student currently enrolled in field study 1, I would like to ask you a few questions; What was the name of the school where you did your demo teaching? What are your daily routines, procedures and rules as a teacher?
I am hoping you'll read my message because it will be really beneficial in my course. Thank you so much! Have a nice day ahead!
Hello Krizza, I will be posting a video series of lessons with commentary, which should answer your questions.
Thank you so much, sir!
great
Thanks!
Nice video! I'm a 2dn year student of english language teaching and now I'm doing some homework, can you tell me the answer for the next question?
Define the Institution where the observation is to be developed, provide the general history, location, organization chart, grade responsible, etc.
pleaseee!
Grade is a combination of 6,7 and 8
Shanghai is the place where he was working when the video was recorded, this information is in the comments.
Hello Kenia, thank you for your question. I wonder how answers to these questions help you develop your teaching capacity?
The lesson was recorded at Shanghai Oriental Ladder Bilingual School in China. Here is more information to help find answers to your questions: www.ladder-school.org/files/11-1000-261.php?Lang=en
There are sooo many adults in the back :D looks like when our student teachers have their final demo lesson before becoming full teachers. Although then there's only about idk 8 people watching.
Hello Alex, thanks for your comment. It was a ministry inspection, that's why there are so many observers.
Thanks for the upload. The background music during the activity time was a nice touch. How long were these lessons? And how long did it take you to prep these lessons?
Hello Peter Chin, thanks for your comment. I believe the lesson was about 40-55 minutes. Because of the importance of that demo, it took quite a white (a couple of days) to put the lesson together :) Think of a demo lesson as a speed test - show off the best possible performance, which will not necessary be 100% replicated in everyday life.
When you said you want to know how much they already know about the topic, What did you give them ? What type of activity?
Hello, Sir! It was indeed an excellent demo teaching. I just want to ask if what was/were your main lesson objectives? Also, I wanna know what TLAs (teaching-learning activities) and assessment tasks did u use? I was wondering if I missed one of those. Hope you spend some time answering my questions. It would be very much appreciated. Thankyouu! ☺
Hello Melisa, and thank you for your question. The main lesson objectives were to further develop students' receptive reading skills in the context of the USA holiday of Thanksgiving.
For the TLAs, you can refer to my commentary throughout the lessons.
I would recommend you scroll through the previous comments and my extended answers.
@@edtechii thank you sir! Is the commentary you are referring to were the subtitles you added at the bottom?
@@melisamirando1066 Not exactly. I meant going through the previous comments below this video, which other teachers left. Do you know what I mean?
Thank you for sharing! Can you tell me what students answer when you tell them 1 2 3 ...!!
Hello Rachida, thanks for stopping by the channel and leaving a comment.
The original version of this attention getter goes like this:
Teacher: 1, 2!
Students: Eyes on you!
Teacher: 1, 2, 3!
Students: Eye on me!
Hello good day ! As I watched your video, I am amazed and interested on how you handle and manage your class. I really love your video for having such organized and well- manage classroom. As a student currently taking field study 1, I just want to ask you some questions; What are your daily routines before starting the proper discussion and what is your students seating arrangement and why do you prefer that kind of arrangement.
I am hoping that you will notice my message and your answer will be a great help for my course. Thank you and have a nice day.
Hello Diane, thanks for your questions. I will be releasing more video lessons with commentaries where I will be talking about questions you brought up in your comment. Stay tuned.
@@edtechii thank you sir for your active response. I will patiently wait for that new video lessons. Keep safe 🙏😇
@@dianerizarri2817 You too!
Hello! I really love your video and your way of handling your class. I have some questions which i hope you will answer.
Do you have any Classroom Rules? What are they? How will you Handle misbehaviour / off-task behaviour? And, do you give reinforcement of Positive behaviour?
Sorry for the questions and thank you for sharing this kind of content😊
Hello Marvin, and thanks for your feedback.
Re. Classroom Rules:
Rules and procedures are the cornerstones of classroom management. The general rule of thumb for devising effective classroom rules is to keep them short and simple. An example for grade 3 ESL class may be:
1. Speak English
2. Raise your hand
3. Do your best
4. Listen and look
5. Clean up
Re. Misbehaviours:
I am happy you asked this question because the classroom rules are meaningless without reinforcement/rewards/consequences. I used token economy to gamify the learning and incentivize students to follow the rules. If you do not know what token economy is, look it up and then ask clarifying questions. I will provide more specifics and resources if needed.
@@edtechii I really appreciate your reply sir. Actually, this is the first time I heard about token economy and I found it really useful. Is that also applicable in high school? Because most of the examples I saw were about elementary.
@@marvinsyrintenebroso3960 This could work for high school: www.classcraft.com/
Hi sir. I just like to ask, I am currently having a discussion with a friend and we can't seem to agree with what type of method you used😅, he said that you used a collaborative learning approach, but I said this is cooperative learning which is an offshoot of socio-constructivism. Please enlighten us. Your response is much appreciated. Thank you.
Btw, this one is a really good demo. Thank you for posting.
Hey, thanks for your question. This is a generic student-centered lesson using test-teach-test framework. I've used jig-saw reading strategy as a backbone of the lesson, so yes you could say it's collaborative / cooperative learning. I don't see much semantic difference between these two words. Hopefully this will help you guys in your debate.
Thank you sir. I guess I'll be winning the argument. Lol kidding, but I agree with you, I actually find it hard how to differentiate those two methods 😅.
thank you again and keep safe.
How long were the articles that you had hanging up?
Hello Laurie, there were relatively short so students can retain most of it.
It would be nice if you explain what gravy is to the students. Most Chinese students have no idea what that is.
Hey Lynn Q, thanks for comment. Yeah, I totally missed that ;)
hi , nice vedio . can you tell me please, what do you use in the final of lesson to finish it ? and what the sub-skills that you used in the whole lesson .
Could you clarify your questions, please?
what are the sub-skills or techniques that are used in this lesson
@@hindkhadir9909 Let me throw this back at you? What have you observed? I will tell you whether you are on the right track or not.
A big thx! The demo is very useful, I'm looking forward to watching some extraordinary class clips, how the teacher guiding and monitoring, giving feedback.....I used to be a tutoring teacher in the New Oriental(xdf), and now I go back to university to further education majoring in foreign language teaching as a graduate student, but sadly there's a gap between what I learn in the graduate program and what I will use as a pre-teacher. hope to have a Class bank to see the excellent teachers' real classroom discourse and videos.
Hey, thanks for the comment! Do I understand correctly that you worked at this school?
nice video!
but i didn't really got one thing: who organized small groups? you or your students by themselves?
Hello, thanks for your question. Could you tell me a time stamp of the video when it happened. I will try to explain.
Love ur teaching design. And also I think this is a primary school class,right?
Thanks for your comments. The students are a mix of middle and high school.
Hey, it's really nice to wach your lesson. What grade are these children in？
Hello Ko Ko, thank you for your question. There are a combination of grade 6,7, and 8.
@@edtechii Many thanks to your reply. they seems very cooperative and like you
Hi, i really liked this class, i am just curious that is this an english class in primary school and what’s the age group ? Thanks
Hello Maria, I have answered similar questions in the past. Please scroll through the previous comments and my answers.
What does (ICQ)mean?
And what do you think the best way finsh the lecture is it answer and reviews all information with students or leave them with question about what they learnt?
Hello Fatima, thanks for your question.
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Question #1:
ICQ stands for Instructions Checking Questions. These are questions you ask students after you set the instructions to see how well students understood the instructions. For example,
Teacher: "In this activity you are going to hear two people, Tom and Cathy, having a chat in an elevator. After the recording is over, turn to your shoulder partner and discuss what concerns Tom has about his new job?"
Teacher's ICQ #1: "How many people are you going to hear in the recording?"
Student1: "Two".
Teacher's ICQ #2: "Good, and what do you need to to do once the recording is over?"
Student1: "Discus what I heard with the neighbor?"
Teacher: "Can anyone help Student1, please?"
Student2: "We are to discuss with our shoulder partner what concerns Tom about his new job."
Teacher: "Thank you! Let's now listen to the recording."
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Question #2
While you should always have the end of your lesson planned in advance, the actual way you wrap up your lesson depends on what happens during the lesson. If by means of formative assessment you see that reteaching is necessary, then reiterate the concept taught. If you want to simply assess how well your students comprehended the content of the lesson (formative assessment) then exit ticket will be a reasonable action to do. I personally prefer to summarize the work they have done and how this work helps them meet the lesson objective.
I hope this helps.
@@edtechii Uh, good thank you!
@@user-bu8mv4xt2j No problem at all.
Excuse me I have some questions How long has it been taking to prepare you for the lesson? Is the presence of cameras worries students and lose their focus during the lesson? There are a large number of teachers attending the lesson Why? he asks only one question when the movie ended and does not ask more why? Finally Thank you for this wonderful lesson I have watched the video more than once and in every Once I discovered something new, I hope all the teachers will make an effort to make the lesson enjoyable, otherwise, they are better not to become teachers and I apologize on the many questions and my grammatical errors
Hello, thanks for your questions. Below are my answers:
How long has it been taking to prepare you for the lesson?
A couple of days.
Is the presence of cameras worries students and lose their focus during the lesson?
I was recording the lesson for my personal professional development. I don't think any of the students were borthered by the camera.
There are a large number of teachers attending the lesson Why?
It was a formal observation. There were parents and representatives of department of education.
He asks only one question when the movie ended and does not ask more why?
I don't know how to answer this question.
Evgenii Permiakov Well, thanks for answering my questions, keep up this creativity and wish you good health
@@user-qq7il2ed1u Thank you!
which learning theories are you using here?
Hello Greg, thanks for your question. Scroll through the comments to see my answer to your question. And good luck with your assignment!
Hi there, excellent class! I just would suggest to limit TTT. Also, although you had some advanced students the majority had some difficulty following through due to the speed of your speaking. And in a few occasions you speaking fade out making it difficult to understand the complete phrase. Overall great work. Regards. CDMX
Thanks for taking your time to leave such an extended comment! TTT is my area of concern for the rest of my life ;)
Sorry for my ignorance, I missed what TTT stands for, cheers
@@kpm25 TTT: Teacher talking time
@@barbarahormazabalmarin7317 ...Cheers:)
In the jigsaw reading did they shift places as expert groups and so on?
Yes!
Hi you classroom management is excellent, you´re a great teacher, just one thing I noticed, the word is prompt not promp :)
Hello Sean, thanks for your comment. Yes, I do spelling misteaks from time to time :)
@@edtechii clevre
Which level is?
Who is that chinese man recording your session? I notice that in every chinese class.what 's his job ? you're excellent 👌 that's for sure.
Hey, thanks for the comment. This lesson was attended and observed by a few government officials for school reaccreditation purposes. I assume that explains it.
hi, can I ask how long the original length of this class was? like 45 minutes or an hour? thanks:)
Hello Yuno, thanks for your question. It was 60 minutes.
@@edtechii thank you so much for replying to me!! could you tell me how old those students were? I can tell they are in primary school but not sure about the specific year/ grade, say Grade 4? and did you set the focus of that lesson as reading skills improvement or vocabulary or else? thanks:) really like your teaching btw!
@@hathawayhong6791 Hello Yunuo, thanks for your question. Those were actually middle school students, grades 6 to 8.
The focus was on reading comprehension and Thanksgiving related vocabulary.
I've answered tons of questions about this lesson in the comments before, so you might as well scroll through the previous comments and my answers to get more insight into the lesson.
A real class has only students and a teacher. There are many variables that distort a class session, I think.
Hello Gerson, thanks for your comment. Think of this lesson as a demonstration of best practices and not your typical class. I agree, there are a myriad of things that set this session apart from a conventional lesson.
a pleasure to see a russian speaking person not speaking like ''zees eez e teecha''
I do sometimes speak like this ;)
@@edtechii
Your command of English is exceptional. I wish that more Americans understood the rules of grammar and used them. I am tired of hearing the Queen's English demolished. Example: "Me and him are gonna go swimmin'." Egads.
Natalia
Arizona, USA
Cane someone tell me what the photo on the bord about what?
Do you mean the photo at the beginning of the lesson?
@@edtechii ya
It was a picture of Native Americans offering food to English Pilgrims.
@@edtechii what kind of food thay offered?
@@englishlanguage7834 It is explained in the lesson.
can you please share the content of worksheet and passage to us?
Sure. I've added the link in the video description. Works?
Hello!I`m from Kazakhstan. I`m future English teacher. I need your help. Can you send me the plan of this lesson?Rely on your help
!!!
My e-mail adress aiko_nurgalieva_00@mail.ru
Hello Айгерім Нұрғалиева, thank you for your question. I don't think I saved it :( Try to base off your lesson plan from you see and my comments. Good luck!
Evgenii Permiakov thanks for your answer ☺️😊
No problem, good luck with your lesson.
Hi, I am talking from a remote island in Micronesia. You do look kind of like Matthew McConaughey. Did I spell it right?
Wow, what a remote place! What does the life look like in the middle of the ocean far away from the rest of the world?
This is for junior high or senior high? ESL/EFL?
Hello adelia Rahma, thank you for your question. As far as I can remember, those were grade 6-8 students, EFL class.
@Yaqin Xu Yes, these are Chinese students.
I doubt that those students speak english outside the school walls, which makes English their foreign language, doesn't it?
Is this the group work section or only the warm up section?
I didn't quite get your question - could you clarify your question?
I mean the talking at the beginning is it warm up ?
@@user-nh7gp4iu2o Could you tell me the timestamp of the video to which you are referring to, please?
i really like your video. can i ask some questions?
what grade are they in?
Yeah sure!
I teach high school at the moment.
@@edtechii Hello, Sir! SLR
May I asked what Grade, subject and school this classroom video?
I also want to know your real name sir. for my field study. if it is okay.
thank you!
Is this demi lesson taken in Australia?
China
SlideDog? :)
Thanks for watching my channel. It's Prezi ;)
Hello may I ask what school is this? Name of the teacher? What grade level, and what subject is this?? Thank you
Are you that lazy to answer these questions yourself?
What method did you use?
Hey, this is a very broad question. Method of what?
@@edtechii They must be mean Method of Teaching. For example, is it a Direct Method, Series Methor or the SIlent Way, or Suggestopedia. haha I am doing an observation report on this video too! thank you! a question though, when you said 1, 2, 3, did the students answered with "I love you"? to get their attention.
@@blvckjinju This is a typical student centered lesson with the emphasis on developing students' productive skills of speaking.
When I say "1, 2, 3", students need to reply with "Eyes on you". It's actually a shorter and slightly incorrect version of the actual attention getter. It should go like this:
Teacher: One, two, three - eyes on me.
Students: One, two - eyes on you.
I hope this answers your question.
hey sir may i know how old are these students? and the name of the school?
You could find this information in my previous responses.
what grade level or age is this?
Hello Hailey Lewis, thanks for your question. These are upper middle schools students.
Sir May I know your questioning techniques and How did you encourage students to participate? Thank you.
That was a semi-staged lessons - so I would not use it as a benchmark. Participation starts with your involvement as a teacher. Be 100% involved in the lesson during the preparation and actual execution. This is what I can recommend.
May I ask which grade this is?
Hey, please scroll through the previous comments for complete information about the kids.
what grade are they?
Hey, please check my previous responses to comments.
Where is the group time section ?
What does your question mean?
The class is divided into warm up. Group work and wrap up can you please tell us the timings the exact minute of these sections ?
@@user-nh7gp4iu2o I think I provided that in the comments, didn't I?
I’ll check again
are they high school?
No, grades 6-8.
You should decrease your teacher talking time
too much teacher talking time !
Hey Z Nostalgic Abode, thanks for the comment. Yeah, I could've done much better on TTT front ;)
@@edtechii The rest is perfect !
Too teacher centered and rushed.
Hello Brenda, thanks for your comment. Agree, I could've done a better job of making it more student-centered and well-paced.