UNIVERSIDAD SANTO TOMAS DE AQUINO VICERRECTORIA DE UNIVERSIDAD ABIERTA Y A DISTANCIA

FACULTAD DE EDUCACIÓN- BACHELOR IN TEACHING ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGERESEARCH FOUNDATIONS IN LANGUAGE TEACHING

CLASSROOM OBSERVATION FORMAT

The objective of the following tasks is to identify through classroom observation teaching and learning aspects you consider relevant to draw the beginning of a personal research interest or a research situation which emerges from the context you have chosen.

Complete the information required about the context you have selected:Institution _____________________________________________________________________Course ________________________Level ___________________________________________Number of students________________ Students’ age _________________________English teacher’s name (institution)_________________________________________________Student teacher’ name ___________________________________________________________Date________________________ Clasroom observation No. ____*Pre observation activity:

*While observation activity: Take notes of all the issues you may consider meaningful.

*After observation activity:

*Remember, that your own notes or comments will be revised later on when you come back to the setting you have chosen.

Describe the research interest or research topic you determined before:

Describe those aspects you found out and captured your attention which are related to your research interests or research topics

Submit relevant conclusions of the observation session and describe how these ideas modify or re-direct your research proposal.