Lesson Planning II- Procedure

Possible stages…..

Beginning

Middle

End

Possible stages…..

..of a receptive skills lesson

Set a gist taskRead/listenPeer check

Class feedback

Warmer/ lead in(Pre-teach vocabulary)

Set a second task Read/listenPeer check

Class feedback

Language work/ productive skills practice

Possible stages…..

of a language lesson

Controlled practice

Warmer/ lead in

Language presentation

Freer practice

PPP

Restricted output

Warmer/ lead in

Clarification

Authentic output

ARC

(Scrivener)

Different models

eg…

PPP TTT TBL

For a video presentation on different models of language presentation, look

under the ‘methodology’ section at elt-training.com

Stage aims.

Why bother with them?

They help to clarify the purpose of an activity.

Remember they are the..

‘Why?’NOT the ‘What?’

Warmer

Authentic task

Language clarification

Controlled practice

Freer practice

TestTeachTest

Warmer

Authentic task

Language clarification

Controlled practice

Freer practice

To ensure learners have a good understanding of the meaning, form and pronunciation of the target language

TestTeachTest

To allow the teacher to judge how well the learners can use the target language

To give learners an opportunity to consolidate their understanding of the target language

To give learners an opportunity to use the target language in a more authentic way

To engage learners and activate schemata

Teacher(T)

Teacher Students(T-Ss)

Closed pairs (S-S)

Students working individually (S)

Group work – teacher monitoring

(Ss)

T

T-Ss

T

S-S

T

T

T-Ss

Set a gist taskRead/listenPeer check

Class feedback

Warmer/ lead in(Pre-teach vocabulary)

Set a second task Read/listenPeer check

Class feedback

Language work/ productive skills practice

Set a gist taskRead/listenPeer check

Class feedback

Warmer/ lead in(Pre-teach vocabulary)

Set a second task Read/listenPeer check

Class feedback

Language work/ productive skills practice

Controlled practice

Warmer/ lead in

Language presentation

Freer practice

PPP

Controlled practice

Warmer/ lead in

Language presentation

Freer practice

PPP

The answer?

Be conservative with your timings….

….and keep an extra something up your sleeve…

2 mins

5 mins

10 mins

2pm

2.06

2.16

2.19

How much detail?

Lesson Planning I Aims & the front page

Lesson Planning III Anticipating problems