Free English Language Dissertations - However, The Attached Are Two Lesson Plans That I Have Adapted To Suit This
However, the attached are two lesson plans that I have adapted to suit this class.
These are adapted to work on this classes particular understanding of certain collocations. Common patters are re-iterated:
verb + noun (fly a kite)
adjective + noun (a light snowfall)
adverb + verb (to boldly go)
adverb + adjective (totally different)
adjective + preposition (similar to)
noun + noun (a collocation dictionary)
(adapted from http://www.eli.ubc.ca/teachers/lexicon.html)
However, as Schmitt 2000) and Thornbury (1999) both stress, idioms, idiomatic phrases and expressions especially those with different meanings - are further developed. The aim is to provide the students with an all round lexical confidence supported by a good knowledge of vocabulary as well as lexical phrases. Where specific lexical approaches have been used, they are mentioned in the lesson plans and sequences.
Class of 22. Level
Intermediate - 02
TITLE: ARE YOU GREEN?
Adapted from Matters- Intermediate (Bell & Gower, 1998) Unit 6
Date
31st January 2006
Lesson duration
60 minutes
Resources: handouts, cassettes, audio-player, white-board, OHP and transparencies
Course text books
Lesson Aims:
Reading skills: magazine article on the ‘ungreen’ Moore family
Comprehension check.
Vocabulary and pronounciation skills
Develop familiarity with colloquial and informal spoken and written English.
Develop language for use both in and out of classroom.
Develop language around a major current topic environmentalism that is widely relevant
Awareness of word fields
Contribute to discussion
Contribute to brainstorming sessions
Work independently with confidence
Work confidently with lexical variations eg the ‘schwa /?/
Methods
Familiarisation with colloquial English publications (newspaper, magazines, journal excerpts etc)
Contact with everyday English
Teacher modelling
Raise student awareness eg of pronounciation and meaning changes through stress syllabuls.
Phrasal words
Language ‘chunking’.
Awareness of expression and collocations, their usefulness and frequency
Develop OHP transparencies or posters of mind maps and word fields
Anticipated Problems
problems with reading new vocabulary
technical problems eg OHP, audio-player
timetable fit
Recommended Solutions
have a ‘hit list’ of potential problem words and definitions ready
elicit and drill (time allowing) problem words where possible
encourage students to develop a ‘power word’ list (Cary, 2000) of their own.
Have English/Arabic dictionaries ready but use to note and refer to later
Stand-by handouts if OHP fails
Stand-by audio player
Ensure good time keeping
19.00
19.05
19.05
19.15
19.25
19.30
19.35
19.45
19.50
20.00
Introduction and warm up.
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