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Task Sheet for Unit 20 (Troubleshooting) Task 1 ? Lesson Plan: first lesson for monolingual students in their country. Include Intro, warmers, activity/exercise/test to identify levels; Finish with game or other activity involving whole class. Lesson Plan: Class Intro for first lesson, monolingual students Dee Knight. Student Level: Intermediate children & youth Instructor: Dee Knight Observer: n/a Date and time: June 18, 2017, 8pm Class level: 7-year-old beginners Expected number of students: 9 Language Points: Basic intro vocab Teaching aids: Pictures of numbers also spelled out. Pictionary cards, soft ball Learner objectives: For students to understand basic vocab Personal aim: Engage & activate students effectively Anticipated problems for students: understanding anything; getting involved Solution: Make intro fun; use lots of pictures Anticipated problems for teacher: Correcting effectively (enough but not too much) Solution: Have students correct each other Procedure Phase Timing Interaction Ball pass: teacher says ?Hello, my name is Dee. What?s your name,? then passes ball. Have students then pass ball till everyone is intro?d. Then do it again: ?I?m __ years old, how old are you? Then ?I know lots of English, how about you?? Engage 10 min T-S-T Introduce Pictionary. Demo a few identifications. Then form triplets, each with a game set, and instructions to take turns naming things. Monitor to identify knowledge level. Study 10 min S-S Invite each group to report: what we knew, what we need to learn Study 10 S-T Whole class, do call and choral response on Pictionary words not known. Activate 10 min T-S Check writing skills: re-form triplets to complete worksheet writing key words Study 10 min S-S Whole class review: call/response on all words learned today. Activate 10 min T-S Task 2 ? Summary of what I?ve gained and learned: The EFL teacher needs to find ways to make difficult and sometimes boring things easy and interesting. Students can learn together in pairs and groups, providing teacher with time to monitor and evaluate while they take some of the teaching load from the teacher. But the teacher needs to always be aware of students? specific learning needs and challenges, and adjust lessons and pacing accordingly, while always keeping it positive. By using the EST (Engage-Study-Activate) method, we can keep the lessons lively and fun, while still covering detailed, challenging material at various learning levels. We need to use the wealth of teaching aids available, especially games but also videos and recording devices. If students can hear themselves they will actively participate in correcting themselves. And if they can do that together, through role plays, news casts, etc., they can stimulate and correct each other. And stronger students can help weaker ones. These teaching aids and games should be used as supplement to course books, which, if carefully evaluated and properly adapted with fresh material, can help to structure the learning experience and guide in the coverage of learning requirements. I will in coming days and weeks be evaluating and adapting available lesson plans and teaching aids in order to be ready with a collection of solid plans and materials for my first classes.
