The Integration of Biology Content Lessons in the English Curriculum through

participate?
X
Students were allowed to participate during a great 
portion of the class. It was evidenced during the Chinese 
whisper activity, where students reviewed the topic 
covered during the previous class; the brainstorming 
activity, where students provided as many ideas as 
possible about the experiment, and the reading activity, 
where answered some scanning questions. 
Does the student teacher 
use different strategies to 
grouping learners?
X
Students were asked to group by their own in groups of 
4. It was not implemented during the lesson any grouping 
strategy due to time management issues. 
Does the student-teacher 
manage disruptive 
behavior appropriately?
X
This was evidenced during the explanation of the reading 
activity. One of the students was speaking aloud with 
another student, and the practitioner managed the 
situation saying the name of Ss. aloud, and using his facial 
expression to let the student know that he was 
interrupting the development of the class. 
Are the standards to 
teach English 
appropriately included in 
the lesson planning?
X
The general as well as the specific standards are included 
in the lesson plan. 
Do learners show 
progress in the language 
learning process?
X
Learners showed progress in terms of language 
proficiency, focused on descriptive adjectives, however, 
focused on comparative adjectives, students did not 
evidence a notorious progress. It was possible to observe 
this during the fill in the blank activity. 
Does the student-teacher 
provide a relaxing 
atmosphere to his class?
X
The practitioner respected allowed students’ 
participation an opinions during the class.
Does the student-teacher 
use strategies to fulfill the 
learners needs based on 
their learning styles?
x
It was evidenced the use of the 3 learning styles (visual, 
aural and kinesthetic) during the lesson during each of 
the class stages (Engage, Study and Activate). The 
kinesthetic learning style was evidenced in the 
development of a Chinese whisper activity during the 
Engage stage while the visual and aural learning styles 
were evidenced during the reading and writing activity. 
Do students react 
positively to the 
x
As this project is focused on the reviewing of the biology 
content lessons, Ss. have already a background 

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integration of biology 
content lessons in 
English? 
knowledge about the topics, which facilitate students’ 
comprehension of the topics. Therefore, during the 
implementation a great amount of students enjoy the 
class participating and discussing about the topics. 
Specifically, it was evidence during the brainstorming and 
reading activities. 
Do students filled the 
student-teacher’s 
expectations focused on 
the learners’ language 
proficiency? 
x
It was not possible to fill the expectations due to the fact 
that the length of the class was 45 minutes, what reduce 
the time to accomplish at all the learning aim expected. 
In this sense, students interact and learn the language 
expected, but it was not possible to measure their
production. 

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