Course for international guest/part time students
- Faculty
- Faculty of Humanities
- Organization
- BTK Department of English Language Pedagogy
- Code
- OT-ANG-270
- Title
- Introduction to Classroom Observations
- Usual semester
- Spring
- Published semester
- 2026/27/1
- ECTS
- 2
- Language
- en
- Learning outcomes
- The course aims to familiarize students with classroom observation and its role in teacher development. While it aims to raise students’ awareness of the different areas of planning lessons and managing classrooms by means of observation, it wants to sensitize them to the specific problems emerging in a lesson (e.g.: problems related to group dynamics, learning- and behaviour -related problems).
- Course content
- Aims and methods of classroom observation Applying various methods of classroom observation as a tool to learn about teaching Applying various methods of classroom observation as a tool to recognize problems in a lesson Characteristics of effective lessons Analysis of different teaching styles
- Assessment method
- Evaluation is based on the following elements: tasks and written assignments, lesson observation reports, reflections and continuous coursework
- Bibliography
- Allwright, D., & Bailey, K. (1991). Focus on the language classroom. Cambridge University Press. Burns, A. (2010). Doing action research in English language teaching: A guide for practitioners. Routledge. Edwards, C., & Willis, J. (2005). Teachers exploring tasks in English language teaching. Palgrave Macmillan. Kostoulas, A., & Lammerer, A. (2015). Classroom-based research. Karl Franzens Universitat. Ryan, C. (2015). Basic techniques for classroom-based research. ELTE BTK Course handouts.