Choose an English audio or video clip you think will interest your learners–it can be a news report, a 5-10 minute scene from a movie or TV show, a recording of a story, etc. Be creative and choose a listening selection that you’d enjoy teaching about. Share why you think this listening selection would be appropriate for your learners.
Then, list the following information:
- What is the age of the students you are planning this listening passage for?
- Describe your students’ language proficiency.
- List the title and speaker(s) or characters (if fiction) of the listening.
- Discuss why you think this listening would be appropriate for your learners.
Keep in mind that you’ll be asked to create a lesson plan in the next module based on the listening passage you select in this module.
Review criteria
The questions that your classmates will use to review your submission are:
- Did the learner complete the assignment?
- Did the learner specify his/her students age?
- Did the learner discuss his/her students’ language proficiency?
- Did the learner list the title and speaker(s) or characters (if fiction) of the listening?
- Did the learner discuss why that listening would be appropriate for his/her learners?
Week (2):
Based on the listening selection you have chosen, create a lesson plan that follows the template attached. Make sure that you chose activities that demonstrate both intensive and extensive (or “top up” and “bottom down”) techniques. Feel free to adapt some of ideas from the reading (“Excerpts from 100 TESOL Activities”) into your lesson plan!
Click here for the lesson plan template:https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B59JnrpevVhtZlgzSWxXQy1oNWs/view?usp=sharing
Fill out the lesson plan template with your activities for a 50-60 minute lesson plan for a lesson about your chosen listening selection and save it for later. In the “My Submission” box, copy and paste the text of your lesson plan to submit for this peer-review assignment. Be sure to include all components and clearly label them for the peer reviewer assessing your lesson plan. If you need help, ask for help in the discussion boards.
NOTE: Be sure to save all of your work from each assignment in this course in a secure location so that you can refer back to them in the future. You are being asked to create a lesson plan for this peer-review assignment, but you will be asked to alter it in the next peer review to add ideas learned in the next module. Save each of your lesson plans from this course, as you may also wish to use this lesson plan in the Capstone 2 Project too.
Review criteria
The questions that your classmates will use to review your submission are
- Did the learner submit a lesson plan related to a listening selection?
- Did the learner’s lesson plan include all the important components as provided in the lesson plan template (business/materials, objectives, warm-up, objective discussion, instruct, model, guided practice, independent practice and assessment)? NOTE: If any are missing, the peer reviewer should answer “no” and comment about which parts are missing.
- Does the learner include some intensive listening (also referred to as “bottom up”) techniques
- Does the learner include some extensive listening (also referred to as “top down”) techniques?
Week (3):
In the last peer review assignment, you created a lesson plan based on a listening selection that you chose. Now, you’re going to edit it, deleting some activities and add in some new ones. Using some of the ideas related to speaking discussed in this module, add some interactive speaking activities (related to your listening selection) into your existing 50-60 minute lesson plan. Feel free to adapt some of ideas from the reading (“Excerpts from 100 TESOL Activities”) into your lesson plan!
Edit your 50-60 minute lesson plan template with your new listening and speaking activities and save it for later. In the “My Submission” box, copy and paste the text of your lesson plan to submit for this peer-review assignment. Be sure to include all components and clearly label them for the peer reviewer assessing your lesson plan. If you need help, ask for help in the discussion boards.
REMINDER: You DO NOT need to create a new lesson plan, you’re just editing and adding some new activities into your pre-existing listening lesson plan from the last module. You will need to delete some of the original activities in order to fit the time constraints.
NOTE: Be sure to save all of your work from each assignment in this course in a secure location so that you can refer back to them in the future. You are being asked to edit your lesson plan for this peer-review assignment, AND you will be asked to alter it again in the next peer review to add ideas learned in the next module. Save each of your lesson plans from this course, as you may also wish to use this lesson plan in the Capstone 2 Project too.
# Review criteria
The questions that your classmates will use to review your submission are
- Did the learner show evidence of including listening AND speaking activities for this lesson plan?
- Did the learner’s lesson plan include all the important components as provided in the lesson plan template (business/materials, objectives, warm-up, objective discussion, instruct, model, guided practice, independent practice and assessment)? NOTE: If any are missing, the peer reviewer should answer “no” and comment about which parts are missing.
- Did the learner include interactive speaking activities?
Week (4):
In the last peer review assignment, you edited your original listening lesson plan and added in some speaking activities. Now, you’re going to make changes to your lesson plan again, this time by adding some speaking activities related to the techniques and strategies discussed in this module (like mnemonic devices, mind palaces, etc). During this revision of your lesson plan, you will probably want to delete some activities as well. Feel free to adapt some of ideas from the reading (“Excerpts from 100 TESOL Activities”) into your lesson plan!
Edit your 50-60 minute lesson plan template with a few new speaking techniques and strategies and by deleting some listening activities. Be sure to save it for later. In the “My Submission” box, copy and paste the text of your lesson plan to submit for this peer-review assignment. You might want to consider highlighting or underlining the new techniques/strategies so that your peer reviewer can effectively review your submission. Be sure to include all components and clearly label them for the peer reviewer assessing your lesson plan. If you need help, ask for help in the discussion boards.
REMINDER: You DO NOT need to create a new lesson plan, you’re just editing and adding some new activities into your pre-existing listening/speaking lesson plan from the last module. You will need to delete some activities in order to fit the time constraints.
NOTE: Be sure to save all of your work from each assignment in this course in a secure location so that you can refer back to them in the future. You are being asked to edit your lesson plan for this peer-review assignment, AND you will be asked to alter it again in the next peer review to add ideas learned in the next module.
Review criteria
The questions that your classmates will use to review your submission are
- Did the learner show evidence of including listening AND speaking activities for this lesson plan?
- Did the learner’s lesson plan include all the important components as provided in the lesson plan template (business/materials, objectives, warm-up, objective discussion, instruct, model, guided practice, independent practice and assessment)? NOTE: If any are missing, the peer reviewer should answer “no” and comment about which parts are missing.
- Did the learner include some speaking techniques/strategies as discussed in this Module?
Week (5):
In the last peer review assignment, you added some speaking techniques and strategies to your existing lesson plan. Now, your going to make changes to your lesson plan again, this time by choosing one part of your lesson plan where you could incorporate a brief pronunciation “moment” or discussion, related to either your listening or speaking activities. You may need to delete some pre-existing exercises in order to make room for your pronunciation activity.
Edit your 50-60 minute lesson plan template by integrating one, small pronunciation lesson/discussion somewhere in your lesson. Be sure to save it for later. In the “My Submission” box, copy and paste the text of your lesson plan to submit for this peer-review assignment. You might want to consider highlighting or underlining the new pronunciation information so that your peer reviewer can effectively review your submission. Be sure to include all components and clearly label them for the peer reviewer assessing your lesson plan. If you need help, ask for help in the discussion boards.
REMINDER: You DO NOT need to create a new lesson plan, you’re just editing and adding some new activities into your pre-existing reading lesson plan from the last module. You might need to delete some activites as well.
NOTE: Be sure to save all of your work from each assignment in this course in a secure location so that you can refer back to them in the future. You are being asked to edit your lesson plan for this peer-review assignment, AND you will be asked to alter it again in the next peer review to add ideas learned in the next module.
Review criteria
The questions that your classmates will use to review your submission are
- Did the learner show evidence of including listening, speaking AND pronunciation activities for this lesson plan?
- Did the learner’s lesson plan include all the important components as provided in the lesson plan template (business/materials, objectives, warm-up, objective discussion, instruct, model, guided practice, independent practice and assessment)? NOTE: If any are missing, the peer reviewer should answer “no” and comment about which parts are missing.
- Did the learner include a pronunciation point in some part of the lesson plan?