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Lesson 26-27. Principles of teaching different age groups. Part 1-2

Module:	TEACHING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE TO DIFFERENT AGES
Topic:	Principles of teaching different age groups. 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

Duration: 80 min
Objectives:

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  to introduce the new course
  
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  to expose participants to a lesson on teaching different age groups
  
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  to familiarize participants with course syllabus and assessment specifications
  

Materials:
Course syllabus, Assessment specifications, handouts, and flipcharts.
Warm-up “Jokes” (10-15 min)
Distribute a handout with jokes and ask participants just to read them. (Handout 1)
After they have finished, ask the following questions:

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  What is the age of students described in these jokes?
  
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  How did you identify their ages?
  
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  What are the particular features of each age group?
  

Accept all possible answers at this stage. State that in this session participants will be exposed to a sample lesson on teaching different age groups and discuss the course content and assessment specifications.