TDA: Activity 1 “Sample Lesson on TDA”, Handout 5 Look at the photos of classrooms and teaching materials and decide what age group does each fit with.
TDA: Activity 2 “What is the course about?”, Handout 6 Fill in the table below
Name of the course:
How many hours are allocated:
What are the objectives of the course:
What topics are covered:
What approaches to teaching and learning are used:
What assessment tools are used:
LESSON 28-29. Taking age characteristics into account when planning lessons for teaching a foreign language to different ages. Part 1-2
Module:
Teaching a foreign language to different ages
Topic:
Taking age characteristics into account when planning lessons for teaching a foreign language to different ages. Part 1-2
Time:
80 minutes
Aim:
Materials:
to raise students’ awareness of issues in teaching different age groups
to familiarize students with a new course
to give students an opportunity to develop their critical thinking abilities through tasks and readings
1. Spratt, M (1994) English for the Teacher, Cambridge University Press
2. James, P. (2001). Teachers in Action. Cambridge and New York: CUP
Lead in Objective: to let students understand the importance of planning aims for a lesson
Time: 15 min
Materials: Handout 1
Procedure:
Distribute handout 1 to students and ask them to think individually to what extent they agree with the comments from teachers why.
Ask students get into groups of 4-5 and discuss their answers.
Elicit random answers.
Establish that it is important for teachers to plan ahead their aims. Say that when they start teaching it is particularly important to know where they are trying to get to (or get their students to) by the end of the lesson. Lesson aims should match with a syllabus, not necessarily a coursebook. A teacher can decide on how to adapt or supplement coursebook materials to match the lesson aims. After the lesson, teachers can look back at their lesson plans and reflect on whether they have managed to achieve their aims. This also helps to select the most appropriate aims for future lessons.
Teachers can tell their students what the lesson aims are at the beginning of each lesson. Teachers can also write them up on the board. Alternatively, teachers can ask students at the end of the lesson what they thought the aims were. It might be interesting to see what they say.
