What the MST

Does

Pre-Reading
Activities
Name the book / story.
Describe how
your MST gets
children
interested in the
story and
wanting to hear /
read it.

While-Reading
Activities
How your MST keeps
children interested and
actively involved.

What the
Children Do
The children say
what the conceder
as being healthy
food and what's a
non-healthy food

Comments

Some of the
The name of the
students
story wad " We love
make
healthy food " so the
mistakes in
teacher asked them
identining
do you like to eat
certain
healthy food And she
foods
asked them what
wethere
dose healthy food
theyre
means and what
healthey or
kind of food is
not heathey
considered healthy
and I think
so the chidren go
the teacher
engaged in the story
has to tell
them the
difference
If the teacher
I think that
finish the students
It would be
The mst reads the
raise their hands
better if she
story with different
quitly and wait for
didnt pic
sounds for each
the teacher to
the
character and then
choose one of them students
she selects some of
to read the story
and just get
the students to read
their names
each page when she
randomy
finishes
from a box
because
the
students
where
crying if
she didnt
choose
them

Post-Reading
Activities
How your MST
consolidates the
storyline and explores
opportunities for
developing language,
topic related and
personal, social and
emotional issues.

the teacher stops if

she found certain
words that are
difficult for the
students and she ask
them if they know
what it means and if
they didnt she
eplains it to them
she stops in some
pages in the story to
ask them "what is
this character doing"

The students ask

the teacher
sometimes for the
meaning of some
words that is
difficult for them
and it makes them
explore furthure
more into language

Observation Task 2: Reading a Story in the

local UAE School
Identify the type of pre-whilst and post reading activities employed
by your MST

Reflections on Observation Task 2: Reading a Story

in the Local UAE Preschool
1 What preparation (i.e. pre-listening activity) did the
teacher give the learners before they listened to the
text?
Discussing the topic to prepare the students for what they are
learning
Ask questions about the topic they will be studying
If they had some preparation, select (a) if they did not,
select (b).
a How did the pre-listening activity help students understand?
It helps the students understand because it prepares them for whats
the teacher is going to teach them
b What pre-listening activity could the teacher have used to
help students understand the target language better?
Yes she could've used it better by brainstorming the lesson and
telling them how is it going to go
2 Were the learners engaged in while listening activity/activities?
If they were, select (a); if they were not, select (b).
a

What were the aims of the while listening activity/activities? They

were trying to understand the lesson more by letting the students read
one page of the book

3 Did the learners have a post-listening

activity/activities? If they did, select (a); if they did
not, select (b).
a

What were the aims of the post-listening activity/activities? It was

when the teacher tells them the story then ask them questions about
what they have heard

4 How many times did the learners listen to the text /

recording? They have heard it multiple times because the
other students were reading it
a

Would it have increased their understanding if they had been

allowed to listen to the recording again? Explain. Yes because
they might not understand something the first time then if the
teacher explains it and they hear it again

Did the learners hear the whole text at once, or in parts? First, it was
once then the teacher let them hear it in parts

If so, which was the most helpful? When they heard it in parts because
she could ask them questions during it

Think about the advantages and disadvantages of using the

model of pre-, while- and post-listening activities to teach a
listening lesson. Write first from the perspective of the teacher
and then from the perspective of the learners.
The teacher can explain the lesson better to the students if she
gave them the pre-activity and it will increase their knowledge
about the lesson
The students will have better awareness of the topic they will be
learning, and they will answer more