ESL class observation report

Communication plays a vital role in human interactions with each other around the world . Due to the diversity of the human race , a variety of languages emerged since the dawn of human civilization . In our contemporary times , the English language is the one commonly used since it is comprehensive yet basic in terms of how fast one can learn it International businesses need communication technology in to survive in the very competitive market today . Cross-cultural interactions today grew more than double since the early 1900s with the aid of the Internet , web

links , and global communication tools . It would be a futility to say that the world will survive without the English language , hence different countries with a non-English language as their major mode of communication put up English language school to develop the communicating ability of their citizens and prepare them in dealing with international modes of interaction on whatever aspect

One of these countries who have put up language schools for English is Japan , in which it has grown increasingly aware that the English language is a very important tool in improving the situation of the country , whether economically or politically

As was required , an observation report is to be made of a particular language school hence , I enrolled and joined a class in a school named as ECC Foreign Language Institute . As is common in Japan , technology is a part of their daily living , and that this school is equipped with technological tools to facilitate the learning of their students . In fact they have a website , HYPERLINK "http /www .ecc .jp " www .ecc .jp which allows Japanese to assess the school in terms of quality and standard before enrolling in one of their classes . Mainly , ECC Foreign Language Institute is a Japanese school teaching some Japanese courses yet one of their courses is an English language learning curriculum . And the said latter course I enrolled in

We might presume that their professors hired for the particular purpose are foreigners who are equipped with English language mastery . However this is not so because their English language teachers are Japanese themselves , native speakers proficient in the English . It is better this way since students can relate with their teachers better because of the fact that the latter are fellow Japanese who knows their culture and their behavior

To ensure fast learning and full comprehension , the number of students per class is limited only to a maximum of four students . Through experience and observation , we have learned that a class of twenty or more students is sometimes very difficult to handle given the myriad behaviors , characters and personalities each student has . A class of four students gives ample opportunity and time for a teacher to attend to the different needs of a particular student , and will be able to focus his or her attention to a particular area of a single student 's knowledge that needs improving

Although class time is limited only to forty minutes per class and...