Appendix VII
LESSON 2
LESSON PLAN
Class
Primary 6
Time
45 min
Initial information
Date
20/10/2003
Title/Topic
A pyramid discussion about the
destination of a school trip
AIMS
To help students realise the use of spoken language as a tool for communication and for
solving problems.
To give them the chance to engage in a natural and meaningful conversation with a topic
which relates to their interests.
OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson students will be able to:
take under consideration their interlocutors’ feedback
use certain language functions to express themselves
support their arguments and accept or reject others’ suggestions
integrate speaking with writing
Students’ Background: There are 16 students in this class. They are all aged 12. It is a
mixed ability class with some students attending afternoon classes and others who do not.
There are many who underachieve and look indifferent. Students are usually asked to
produce controlled language with the teacher focusing on the production of grammatically
correct sentences.
Anticipated problems: Students are not used to producing long utterances or take part in
situations where they have to take under consideration the listener’s feedback. They also
tend to use their mother tongue when work in groups or pairs.
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