1.- Was there one particular type of interaction that seemed to predominate?
Yes, it was. Teacher talk and individual work. This is school is a public school, so the class is in Spanish and students tend to work individualy. The teacher doesn’t give them work in groups or something more entertained. They just learn vocabulary, tenses, and that’s it. They do exercises given by the teacher, he goes around monitoring them and assisting them if it’s necessary.
2.- Did teacher activity predominate? Or student activity? Or was the interaction more or less balanced?
The interaction here is minimum. Teacher talks, students write in their copybooks. Then, teacher gives some exercises about what he have said, and students work on it. They don’t interact in English.
3.- How appropriate did you think the chosen interaction patterns were for the teaching objectives in the different activities? Perhaps look at one or two specific examples from your observation.
I’ve been talking to the teacher about it, and she says that students don’t know, they don’t pay attention, etc. This kind of interaction patterns does’t help to the teaching objectives. They are not appropriate. They have resources to do other kind of activities, but they don't do it.
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