CLASSROOM OBSERVATION

CLASSROOM OBSERVATION

CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

A.    Background Of Study

Since it is accepted as one of the international languages and being widely spoken for daily communication, business and academic purpose, English has been vigorously taught in countries around the world and not to mention Indonesia. Indonesia is one of the countries, which has put serious concern on the importance of English for communication. With respect to this, therefore government has a commitment to teaching this foreign language to all levels of education and keeps developing the teaching methodology for a great number of reasons for the shaking of goodness of language teaching quality.

The developing of the education quality of Indonesia has to do by all of the components which are to be subsystem in a system of education quality. The first one and only in developing of education quality is a teacher factor. In theirselves that the result of teaching will be determined that is  good quality or not. More than it, without a professional teacher in teaching, it is nonsense for getting a main goal of the education. Because of it, to fulfill of this requirement to get the purpose of the education, the teacher has to fulfill the qualification and ability to be good teacher, one of them is the way to teach in class

There are so many kinds of students in class, they come from the other countries, the other village, different background, and different families. The teachers have to know their skill first, the teachers have to know theirselves, and their capability before being their teacher. What will they do to be the best teacher and lecturer? How if their students can’t understanding their lesson? Then that question always stays in their mind as a teacher and lecturer. The important thing to be good teacher or lecturer is they know the manner “how they learn and how they teach”. There are many methods in this case but in this material, writer will explain more about classroom observation. By this problem the writer makes this paper. Then hopefully will be useful for the readers.

B.     Purpose Of Study

 Writer makes this paper for several purposes, there are the purposes;

1. To make the classroom observation understood among the English department students in TEFL Methodology I.

2. To make English department students know how to implement and practice The Classroom Observation before we are going to teach English language.

C.    Problem Identification

Problem identification needs to make this paper understood easily among the readers of this paper.

1.What is the meaning of Classroom Observation?

2. What is the aim of Classroom Observation?

3. What is the step in classroom observation?

4. What is the strengths and weaknesses?

CHAPTER II

DISCUSSION

A.Classroom Observation

Classroom observation is one of the important things to learn because; classroom is the main and minimum element in a school or college. Because of a teacher or lecturer will get a line with students, classroom is the place to build that relation. What is the meaning of classroom observation? Before we learn about classroom observation, we have to know about the meaning of classroom and observation first. Based on the Oxford Learner’s Pocket Dictionary, Classroom is room in a school in which a class of students is taught. So more explanation of classroom is a room where students learn and teacher or lecturer teaches them. How about observation? Based on the Oxford Learner’s Pocket Dictionary Observation is an activity of watching somebody or something carefully for a period of time to make a notice about that and have a goal. After we have known about the definition of each word, then how about the definition of classroom observation.

Some experts explain about classroom observation they are H. Douglas Brown from San Francisco State University (2000:3) tells his classroom is in a private language school in a metropolitan area in the US. The other opinions said that classroom observation is a quantitative method of measuring classroom behaviors from direct observations that specify both the events and behaviors that are to be observed and how they are to be recorded

With the explanation above it means that classroom observation is the method in interaction process in a class for getting a goal itself to improving the quality within it. Classroom observation is very important because gives the first stimulus from the condition in class to make a good interaction learning, Because the teacher tries to recognize the students even from background, ability etc. So make the teacher more easy to choose the method what will they take.

B. The Aim of Classroom Observation

Every activity have goal, not except this observation. The important thing in an activity is the purpose, back on our getting started tells that ho we learn well it becomes reason “why we have to know the purpose” so we can maximum to teach students, and purpose be the element of observational system.

There are some purposes of classroom observation:

1.    To know our student’s skill before.

2.    Built close relation between teacher and students.

3.    To be a professional growth among teachers..

4.    The lesson can be accepted by students well.

C.Steps In Classroom Observation

1.      Greets the students

Before the teacher or lecturer teaches the lesson they always say something for students (some small talk). It’s has big advantage to make teacher or lecturer more close with the students.

Example: ‘Good morning students? ‘

                ‘Have you had your breakfast? ‘

2.      Present list

Calls on individual students and asks them some question about their live. Student will feel glad if teacher cares with them, it makes them feel being respected. Example: ‘ how do you spent your holiday last week ? ‘

3.      Brush up on the material last week

Ask students close their textbook and give them some questions and example to remembering them about the material.

4.      Give students questions

Chose some students to answer that question, if students had understand, teacher can continue the next material.

5.      Beginning

Explain the new material to students, like the key words and asks them to open their textbook.

Example: we learn about noun we ask the function of noun, form of noun and others.

6.      Ask students to make example of that material

Example: teacher asks students to make example of noun in a sentences.

7.      Give questions foe students

As a teacher we have capability to make question for our students, every meeting we give students some questions, give time to do that.

8.      Discuss together

After teacher asks students do their task, it’s be better discuss it together, share their mind, and give chance students to ask something that they not understand yet.

9.      Time is over

If the time is over the teacher or lecturer have to say good bye and wassalam to students.

D.    Strengths and Weaknesses

Everything has strength and weakness, not except this observation. As one of method in teaching, classroom observation has strength there are:1)The teacher has well planning to teach.2) Make the teacher more innovates in teaching.3)Make using the time efficiently .In the other hand if the teachers do not  have enough in knowledge to face and observes the student those all are difficult to do. It is the weakness of this material.

CHAPTER III

CONCLUTION

From the explanation above we can get conclution that is classroom observation is kind of the method in teaching English as foreign language  in interaction process in a class for getting a goal itself to improve the quality within it with the purpose to make easily the student and the teacher for sending and getting the messages what will they learned.Why we have to know this material because it is very important thing for beginning class in each teaching for better teaching. There are some purposes of classroom observation:

1.    To know our student’s skill before.

2.    Built close relation between teacher and students.

3.    To be a professional growth among teachers..

4.    The lesson can be accepted by students well.

In the other hand this material has strength and weakness there are :1)The teacher has well planning to teach.2) Make the teacher more innovates in teaching.3)Make using the time efficiently .It has weakness that is if the teacher does not enough in knowledge to face and observes the student those all are difficult to do. 

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