It was not first time for me to observe students, but it was first time that I observed Danish students of course :). Before the observation day, I tried to find the school. Because we are the one group who goes to different school. The schools location is perfect! It is under the botanic park.
We didn't have any knowledge about our teacher. We didn't know he or she. We asked to UCSJ but they also didn't know. And then we went to school to find our teacher. We asked the school secretary, but she didn't know, and then fortunately the English teacher came to room and thus we found our teacher. She was so kind to us and all the time she was smiling. We waited the lesson in the staffroom and all teachers were very kind to us.
Our first class was 5th grade. They were so curiosity about us, who we are. we did small presentation about us, who we are, where we are coming from and why we are here. Then we sat behind the class. The students sat in groups, each group have 4 students. There were 20 students in the class. Our observation started after Autumn holiday, for this reason they talked about their holiday. They were good at speaking English when we think about their age. The teacher helped the students when they didn't know words, gave some clues or gave direct answer. Students were very relax in the class, they could go wherever they wanted, but if the teacher said it. Otherwise they were sitting on their chairs and they listened their teacher carefully. After they talked about their holiday, they started to study their course books. Their subject was daily routines and past time. As a practise they wrote in colorful papers their daily routines. They did some practice with them in the class or school hall. Then they came to the class and read their routines as a poem. The teacher didn't speak only English, she also spoke Danish. Then without any break we went with teacher to other class.
This time we were with 6th grade students. The students sat in groups, each group have 4 students. There were 25 students. In this class we did same presentation about us. They were not as curious as the other class. Although teacher spoke most Danish than English, the students English speaking language, understanding, listening and reading were very good. In the class there were two students that the first one was usually interrupt the lesson with speaking. The second one was siting alone, and he was playing with his Ipad all the lesson. For first student teacher used eye contact to stop him, and the second one teacher did nothing. They listened about their subject, filled in the blanks and then read in the class. And thus our first observation ended.
To be honest, I liked the pupils they are so cute. And the class atmosphere is totally different when I compare with Turkey. Students are more active in Denmark, and they eager to learn. And aşso the sitting plan is different because in Turkey students sit in lines as a couples.
I look forward to next observation day.
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