Paired lesson recordings: A study of English language lessons across different age groups of learners in the primary classrooms
Paired lesson recordings: A study of English language lessons across different age groups of learners in the primary classrooms

Summary/Abstract: Lesson observations are a method of collecting data on what happens in the classroom while the process of teaching and learning is in progress. The Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) (Pianta & Hamre, 2009) assumes that interaction between the teacher and learners contributes to the effectiveness of the process of learning. The scheme is composed of three domains: emotional support, classroom organization, and instructional support. The paper presents the results of a small-scale study involving eight lessons which were video-recorded in primary school. The subjects of the study were two teachers who planned and conducted four lessons, two of which were in one class. After the lessons, the teachers were interviewed in order to reflect on the lessons and to share their experience of teaching at this educational stage. The lessons were transcribed and analyzed with the use of the CLASS observation scheme. The study aimed at investigating the language used by both teachers, the functions of teacher language as well as the presence of indicators of particular domains of the CLASS observation scheme in the lessons under investigation.

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