The Example of Observation Report Rusnadi Ali Kasan

The Example of Observation Report
 
 
 
 
Rusnadi Ali Kasan 
Observation Reaction/Analysis to ESL Writing Class (Level 5) 
This observation was conducted at ESL Writing Class level 5, at the Institute 
International Studies (IIS) of Murray State University. The class consisted of 15 students, came 
from different national background. They are mostly from China, Saudi Arabia, and some 
other Asian Countries, like Japan, Vietnam, and Korea. I noticed a Latino student who 
perhaps came from Central America. The class was quite small, so for 15 students it was hard 
for students to move freely in the class. The class was arranged in traditional arrangement 
where the students were sitting in rows.
I was quite interested in how to teach writing class in ESL setting, since I had 
experienced in teaching some writing classes in my country before studying here at the 
university. I want to know how the teachers teach a writing class in ESL context, what the 
contents are, and how the writing or the essay of the students assessed. Specifically this 
observation will focus to the method of teaching, the class activity 
and students’ collaboration, 
teacher-
students’ interaction, and teacher’s assessment. Therefore, this observation was 
focused on those four aspects I mentioned before, and will be explained as the following.
In this lesson, the teacher wanted his student to review their first draft essay which 
they have written in the previous meeting. To reach his goal, I think the teacher employed 
communicative approach, and applied some method such as task-based learning, 
communicative language teaching method, and multiple intelligence techniques. These was 
clearly seen, when he asked the students to take out their first draft writing and showed him 
the essay which I believe that this was based on task-based learning. He also asked the 
students to analyze their own essay, and then work in peer and collaborate with other 
students. The use of this pair works and collaboration of the students showed us that the 

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