ELT Lesson Observation and Feedback Handbook
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The book is one of the few practical books available for senior teachers / DOS / Teacher trainers.
Who the handbook is for
It is for anyone who observes and gives feedback on ELT lessons or intends to in the future.
The book is to provides highly useful and accessible advice, checklists and information for every stage of a full and formal lesson observation with written and oral feedback. The book will help you with:
- Managing and setting up observations.
- Decoding a lesson plan to understand and improve practice.
- Understanding from teaching practice a teachers strengths and weaknesses.
- Stating strengths and areas to work on in a constructive way.
- Giving face-to-face and written feedback.
Jeanette Barsdell has been in the language teaching business for nearly 30 fabulous years. She started out teaching as a means to travel but soon found that she loved being in the classroom. Every day brings something new and she says that she has never been bored in all that time! Over the years Jeanette has worked in many countries as a teacher, a CELTA and Young Learner trainer, a manager and an EFL entrepreneur.
As a CELTA trainer she believes that her role is to prepare candidates to be successful teachers, valued by their students and employers. Teaching should be stimulating and enjoyable for both learners and teachers. For her great teachers are learners in the classroom too, meaning that if you can keep learning how to help your learners, to work out their needs and how best to supply the language needed, you will always be in demand.Jeanette Barsdell used to run observation and feedback courses in Auckland. She has dual UK and NZ citizenship although she was born in the UK.
Featured in the August 2018 New Zealand newsletter.
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