More interviews and planning the action stage

DAY 12 3 May 2011

Last lesson of this stage observed. The lesson bit I was interested in only lasted 10 minutes and the teacher prepared nothing. She just covered the page with whatever was there. Great because it supports what emerged from the interviews, that the coursebook is unappealing to both teachers and students. Fue un trámite. I also noticed, well it may be part of all this later, that in this class (year 2), teacher-led activities cause more noise and lack of attention than when stu assume a more active role thru stu-centred activities. We need to address this during the action stage when we develop the materials and activities, provided that we teachers don’t change them when actually using them.


DAY 13 4 May 2011

Decided to interview A today rather than yesterday. Both were more relaxed today and we had more time at our disposal. We met in the teachers’ room at school. We started and finished talking about other stuff, but the good stuff was in the middle. She didn´t say much because she doesn´t find any motivation from the coursebook. This time I talked more. Somehow I also need to record what I think and I must share it with the others so that they know what I think.
Because we started planning the action stage in this interview, it occurred to us that next week we can ask our stu to suggest some possible topics so that we start from there next time we meet to develop materials. The three of us will ask our stu next Tue, and we agreed that we’ll do it in Spanish, the what after all is far more important than the how this time.