Observe an English language lesson. If possible, try to obtain term/topic plans and a lesson plan.

Make
notes about what the teacher does and photograph (with permission) and note what the children do in
each of the stages of the lesson. Create a table which clearly illustrates this.
Structure of What the teacher Language What the children comments
lesson does Teaching Method do
Start of
lesson Teacher starts with: The student replays It is important
greetings good morning, then *Communicative at the teacher to first start
asks what day is language questions , get with an
warm up today and what teaching involve and engaged interesting
month, she asks who “The focus of this to the lesson. story to get
independent
is absent, then she method is to the students
activity time
starts an enable the learner attention,
focus
introduction and to communicate because when
next a presentation effectively and you do the rest
about the bird nest, appropriately in of the lesson
what is made from, the various will continue
how he keeps the situations she successfully
bird warm etc. would be likely to
find herself in.”

*Input approach

Main activity Communicative

e.g. The main activity language The student make a Working in
consolidating was to build a bird teaching nest using materials pairs is useful
the target
language
nest, using materials “The focus of this he has , and the to teach the
through like feathers, papers method is to teacher walk around student how
activities. and cotton balls, in enable the learner and scaffold. to share and
pairs to communicate respect other
effectively and Colleagues
appropriately in
the various
situations she
would be likely to
find herself in.”

End of In the end of the Comprehensible

lesson/plena lesson the teacher input Students answer Letting the
ry take the bird that questions and think students
Review / made from play “It is described as about what nest comprehend
Assessment one level above that
e.g. Reviewing
dough, and try to could hold the bird and predict
of the learners if it
the session and put it in each bird can only just be
better and why? the answers is
‘finishing off’ nest the students an effective
understood.
the lesson. made, and see if it’s way to deliver
According to
strong enough to Krashen's theory of the input.
hold the bird or not, language
acquisition, giving
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she asks questions learners this kind of
while doing that. input helps them
acquire language
naturally, rather
than learn it
consciously.”

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