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Studying two lessons with the same teacher and the same class with different approaches and outcomes is very interesting. It is obvious to me that what the teacher puts in he/she gets out. The fact that the teacher in the first lesson sample seemed uninterested in the students he was teaching, ignorant as to what he needed to do to create a good learning environment and at times quite abusive, speaking over their heads was disturbing. In the second lesson sample the teacher was positive, kind, interested when he came into the class as he introduced himself to each and every student getting their names. He wrote on the board to demonstrate what they were going to work on. However I would have taken it a step further and written and said "today we will be working on the verbs "have, can and do" and we will make phrases, using the negative and making questions." or something similar and proceeding to write the samples on the board and then engaging with the class. It was a good progression in the second lesson video of the class and the students were involved, answering and feeling heard, not fearing that if they made a mistake the teacher would reprimand them. If the students feel safe they will talk and practice. Having the students work together in groups to find solutions is a great approach as they help each other as long as one doesn't dominate, which is where the teacher can, as they are monitoring, maybe step in and redirect. This is also a chance for the teacher to see how well they've understood the task and what things may have been misunderstood so that it can be re-taught to the whole class without pinpointing one student, but rather elliciting answers from students to clarify. I like the Activate phase with the BINGO "cocktailparty" and you can see the students enjoying this part too. The fact that there is a competition of who came first, is not always something I do, since it can make some feel awkward if they lose and doesn't really promote learning. The win/lose aspect in the first lesson video was awful since the teacher was playing referee and partial and unfair saying things like "I'm the referee and say this group wins because I like them" that's awful... In the second lesson video the teacher is writing who gets their Bingo sheet done first but he is fair and impartial. I've had students take on that role and just stand aside as they run the activity in the target language.
