Mahidol University International Demonstration School

Pre-Observation Form

Name: Lin Cai Administrator: Dr. Stephen Coryelle

Date of Preconference: November 21, Date/Time of Observation: November22, 2018
2018 Period 3 (10:10-11:05)
Grade Level: 12 Subject Area: Mandarin 1
Observational Student engagement
Focus:

Directions: To the teacher: Write the area of instruction that will be the focus of the observation on the line
above. Be prepared to answer the questions on this form when you attend the pre-conference with the
Administrator.

1. Briefly describe the students in this class.
Beginner level
It is their first year learning Mandarin.
Their listening and speaking skills are far better
than writing skill.
6. How do you plan to engage students in the
content? What will you do? What will the
students do?
 Variety learning activities
 Verbal praise
 Participation points and group points
 Feedback on learning and progress

Teacher –proper plan, whole class and

differentiated instruction, demonstration, guided
practice (from whole class to group and individual)
and assessment.
Meaningful input and always link to learning
objectives.

Students- understand their own learning needs and

2. What are the goals for the lesson? What do
you want students to learn?
Apply the sentence structure to describe the
time in speaking and writing.
Apply the sentence structure to describe the
daily routine with time in speaking.
connect them to learning objectives, participate
actively and contribute to the class, reflection and
self-evaluation on their own learning outcome and
how to improve learning, and feedback to
teaching.
7. What difficulties do students typically
experience in this topic, and how do you plan
to anticipate these difficulties?
 A lot of new phrases
 Apply phrases in the sentences to
produce meaningful output.

3. Why are these goals suitable for this group of 8. What instructional materials or other
students? resources will you use? (Attach any sample
materials you will use in the lesson.)
High frequency words and real life skills
PowerPoint and authentic information

4. How do these goals support the school’s
ESLOs, standards and benchmarks?
Strategic learners
Articulate Communicators
Altruistic Global Citizens
Leaders for the future
5. How do these goals relate to broader
curriculum goals in the subject area as a whole
or in other subject areas?
Students will be able to understand and
interpret information, concepts and ideas from
culturally authentic sources on a variety topics
in Mandarin.
To the teacher: List any items below that you wish to call to the attention of the Administrator. Share your
lesson plan at least a day prior to the observation.
9. How do you plan to assess student
achievement of the lesson outcomes? What
procedures will you use? (Attach any tests or
performance tasks with rubrics or scoring
guides)
Formative assessment
Quiz
10. How do you plan to use the results of the
assessment?
Feedback to students
Teacher reflection—progress of each student,
How to improve and which activities are
effective