Teacher's Notes
- Lesson
6 -
REMIND STUDENTS TO FILL IN THEIR ATTENDANCE SHEETS
FOR THIS AND EVERY LESSON.
Student's book page 82. "Performance" - Project-work:
| Materials: | Student's book (Click here); |
| Students: | Groups |
| Rationale: | Project performance. |
| Method: | Students perform whatever they have prepared. They also evaluate their own and the other groups' performances. All students should be able to perform something by this stage of the course, even if it is based on the Alternative Schedule |
| Notes: | It can be productive to video the Presentations and to play them back (edited versions) at another time. Students then gain confidence from seeing something that they have produced, as well as thinking about what could have been done better. |
Student's book page 81. "Cassette Journal" ? Homework:
| Materials: | Student's book (Click here); Cassette tape; |
| Students: | Individuals or pairs. |
| Rationale: | Self-assessment; ongoing personal record. |
| Method: | Students expand their Cassette Journals by recording their own input to the Presentation. |
| Notes: | Each student will say part of a Presentation when it is performed and will therefore have something to record. This speech, however short, should also have a structure, even though it is a sub-section of the whole. The activity should help students to rehearse their parts, as well as adding to the record of their ongoing development in spoken English.. |
Evaluation Session-
| Materials: | Student book; Sign-up sheet; Marking sheets and Marking criteria (Teachers' Resources); Cassette recorder; Student books; Cassette Journals. | ||||
| Students: | 3 or 4 at a time | ||||
| Rationale: | This is a "Student conversation" in which students talk about their learning needs, goals and achievements. The conversation is thus authentic, in that it directly addresses the needs of the students. They report on their progress during the semester and use the target language to do this. | ||||
| Method: | At least two weeks before the Session, Students sign-up for the Evaluation Session. (Teachers' Resource). In the Session they talk about their learning in two parts. Information on the Session is in the Students' book: | ||||
| Notes: |
Students need to bring these things to the evaluation:
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Evaluation Part 1 (up
to 5 minutes): Students give their Cassette Journals to the
teacher. They then talk together about some of these topics:
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"Language Learning" ("Chat Show" Project - homework). |
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"How is my learning?" (assessment unit). |
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"Class Minutes" (Individual versions). |
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"Feedback" ("Chat Show" Project & homework). |
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"Cassette Journal" (Cassette tape) |
Evaluation Part 2
(up to 5 minutes):
Students talk together about the English course, referring to the
"Time Management" sheet in the book ("Introduction"). They can use the
following as a start:
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"Has anything changed (since doing the original activity)" |
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"What are our goals now?" |
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"What are our plans for future learning?" |
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"Do we have anything to say to the teacher?" |