CEP Lesson Plan Template

Teacher/s: Wenwei Li
Level: Advanced Conversation A2 Date/Time: Apr 11

Goal: Learn the procedures of applying for a college in U.S.

Objectives:
Students Will Be Able To
1. Reflect on and describe personal experience in college application
2. Know the procedures of applying for a college in U.S.
3. Learn the pragmatics of requesting for a recommendation letter and practice
4. Compare and contrast college application across countries

Theme: College application

Extensions: Compare and contrast education under different cultural settings

Aim/Skill/Microskill Activity/Procedure/Stage Interaction Time

Review or Preview (if Linking & Transitioning to rest of

applicable) lesson:

Review lesson of food Requirements for final presentation? T-SS 5min

What was last lessons topic?
What about food did we compare and
contrast?

Activity 1: 1.1 Pre-Stage:

1. Introduce theme: todays topic
College application is education.
(Check SS topic knowledge) T-SS 5min
Did you enjoy your education?
Was it successful?
Whos an expert of education?
Transition to #2:College Whats your expertise? (Satoshi
application check-list & Ozden)
2. Now, lets reflect on (pause)
How did we get admitted to the
college? (When? Hard?)
Was attending college one of
the biggest T-SS/SS-T
decision/commitment youve 5min
ever made?
Why did you apply for that
college? Major?
 What were the requirements of
your dream school? Was it
stressful?
3. Introduce College Application
in U.S. SS-T
Have you applied to any 5min
college in U.S.? Is it as difficult
as in Japan? China? Turkey?
Easier? Harder?

1.2. During Stage:

1. Listen to a senior student

reporting her story of college Listening
application. (Introduce theme
of listening)
2. How many years has a senior
typically been in college? How T-SS
do we call a
first-/second-/third-year 10min
student?
(Freshman/sophomore/junior);
How many years does a college
student need to graduate in
your country? In U.S.?
3. Give comprehension question: T-SS
1) what did she do during
application? 2)who had helped
her during application? (Play
listening)
4. Check comprehension question. SS-T
5. Give out script. Fill in the
blanks. (Play it again.)

1.2 Post-Stage: 5min

SS-T
Check answers of the script.

Tangible Outcome & Assessment

Activity 2: 2.1 Pre-Stage:

1. Did you have check list for your
Request for a college application? Do high school
recommendation letter students from your country usually T-SS 5min
have a plan for college application?
2. Heres the college application
 check-list of U.S. High school students.
Which looks familiar/unfamiliar to
Transition to: wrap up you?
Which one looks like a pain-in-the-
neck for you.

During my graduate school

application, the most painful
experience was to ask for letters of
recommendation. T-SS/SS-T 5min
Do people from your country ever ask
for recommendation letter? When?
Why? How?

2.2. During Stage:

1. Lets look at a reading of how to
request recommendation letter
Match each instruction with a category SS 5min
it belongs to.

2. Check answer.

3.Now lets create a profile for one

another.
(Give instruction) Pass on the profile
papers, so everyone can complete one SS 10min
part of one profile. And everyone can
get the profile he/she originally
created.

4.Read your profile. (Give instructions

for the role-play activity)

5.Do the role-play activity: suppose

you are requesting a recommendation
letter from whom sitting next to you. SS 15min
While listening to others speaking,
check which requirement(s) he/she
might satisfy from the reading.

2.3 Post-Stage:
Peer give comments after each T-SS/SS-T 5min
conversation.
 Tangible Outcome & Assessment

Wrap-up What did you learn today?

Whats your impression on college

application in U.S.? Hard? Easy? T-SS/SS-T 10min

Whats your opinion on

recommendation letter?

What do you learn about requesting a

recommendation letter?

Materials:

Listening-Break it into steps (a senior speaking about experience in college application)

Reading- How to request a recommendation letter