Reconceptualizing language teaching: an in-service teacher education course in uzbekistan

Classroom Setting:
C118 Classroom
6 students
1 teacher, 1 TA
Luce, 53, F
-Mexico
Sharka, 28, F
Check 
Republic
Izumi, 25, F
-Japan
Heather (TA)
Peter
Shaw
(T)
Maria, 18, F
- Mexico
Edan, 23, M
- Korea
Daniel, 18, M
- Columbia
Dave
Description of Lesson (Observations):
(0:00) Teacher X walks towards the front of the classroom and initiates 
the start of class with an announcement, “Bob Cole’s baby was born at 2:00 
in the morning.” Teacher X proceeds to return to each student their picture 
that they had started drawing from the last class. “Ok, you know what to do.” 
Students reach for the markers, colored pencils, and pens in the center of 
the table and start drawing pictures of Californian missions.
(4:00) Peter cuts strips of paper for the next activity and works on his 
own Mission picture. Maria and Edan work together, Daniel and Izumi both 
draw independently, and Sharka and Luce color their picture. 

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(20:00) Peter says, “Ok…let’s share. I will go first and Heather will go 
second.” Then each student, clockwise from Teacher X shares their picture.
(26:00) Teacher X says, “Ok, get into groups of three, and we’ll see how 
good your memory is.” He hands each group a pile of strips of paper with 
factual information about the history of Monterey. Students organize slips 
from the earliest to latest date. Teacher X reads out-loud the correct order.
(43:00) Students pair up: Daniel and Luce, Maria and Izumi, Sharka and 
Edan. Each pair receives from Heather a different fill-in the blank worksheet. 
Heather reads a three paragraph passage about Native Americans in Mon-
terey and students listen for the blanks and write in their answers. 
(50:00) Students move back to their original seats and group together 
in their historical timeline group. One by one each student, in their respec-
tive groups, reads a sentence from their fill-in the blank. Other students 
listen, comparing and contrasting. 
(57:00) Teacher X says, “Ok, stop. Once again we didn’t get to show the 
video. Now, go to classroom CF 434. Ok? We’ll see you there.”