TEFL - Structuring a Lesson

What can you do to help avoid mistakes?

prepare instructions before the lesson making sure you're using clear and simple language

What is modelling?

provide examples to explain the point (ie have 1-2 students do an activity then class watches then practices)

What are warmers?

short activity used at beginning of a lesson

What are coolers?

short activity used at the end of a lesson

What are the 8 teaching methodologies?

1. audio-lingual 2. direct method 3. communicative approach 4. natural approach 5. total physical response (TPR) 6. grammar-translation method 7. community language learning (CLL) 8. the silent way

What are 3 things to include when ending a lesson?

1. brief review of points in practice (common errors as group) 2. recap of language covered (embed in students brain) 4. clear summary of expectation (homework)

What are 4 controlled practice teaching techniques?

1. chorusing 2. CIC (Chorus, Isolate & Confirm) 3. drilling 4. worksheets

What 4 things make a good warmer?

1. engage students interest 2. raise energy levels in room 3. involve all students 4. get students thinking in english

What are the 6 things to have in your lesson plan and each of their purpose?

1. lesson plan item - what info to include 2. time - start + finish time OR length of activity 3. stage - part of the lesson you're covering 4. activity - what you will be doing 5. interaction - who will be involved in this part of the lesson 6. resources - what you will need to delivery this activity

What are the 5 teaching techniques?

1. presentation, practice and production (PPP) 2. task based learning 3. text based learning 4. guided discovery 5. test, teach, test

What does PPP stand for? What is each purpose?

1. presentation: to present in clear context to get across meaning 2. practice: controlled stage where students repeat + practice appropriate items to ensure they're using it correctly 3. production: final stage where students do activities to help them explore in a freer way

What are 4 things coolers & warmers should be?

1. relevant to lesson 2. quick (no more than 5-10 mins max) 3. topical 4. fun

What are 6 techniques that can be used in production (aka free practice)?

1. role-plays 2. debates 3. quizzes / games 4. ranking 5. planning a task 6. writing

What are 8 elements a PPP lesson would include?

1. stage 2. intro to lesson 3. warmer 4. presentation 4. practice (aka controlled practice) 5. production (aka free practice) 6. summary & review 7. cooler & next steps

What 4 things make a good cooler?

1. sum up lesson 2. provide reminder of language students just learned 3. calm down over excited students/if lesson gets overheated 4. ensure students leave on positive note

What 3 techniques can be used in a presentation?

1. visual aids (ie flashcards, film clips, images) 2. involve students by elicitation (ie quick-fire questions; can use pics, props, movements, facial expression to help students respond) 3. keep explanations simple (avoid words not in vocab and slang)

What does CCQ stand for?

Concept Checking Questions

What does WALT and WILF stand for?

WALT: We Are Learning To WILF: What I'm Looking For

What is CIC?

a method of chorusing entire sentence structures to help students produce sentences more fluently

Why is production (aka free practice) important?

allows students to explore their language skills and to practice a more natural form of communication

Why are worksheets a good teaching technique?

allows teacher to focus on specific pieces of language

List some ideas you can use for warmers or coolers?

games, movies, online clips, short discussion

What is controlled practice?

involves teacher setting a task for students that uses clearly defined language and targets

What are common instruction-giving words?

stand up sit down listen repeat ask me answer go stop open your book look at the board

How should 'teacher' and 'student' be abbreviated?

teacher > T students > Ss

What is drilling?

teacher and students repeatedly go through a process until the students can use the language perfectly

What is chorusing?

the repetition of words and expressions

Why is the purpose of CCQ (Concept Checking Questions)?

to check students understanding via question vs asking "do you understand?"

What is the aim of the Presentation stage in the lesson?

to explain the topic / language you are teaching

Why is a board a useful visual aid?

wide range of purposes: setting out classroom aims, put up pics to help explain topic, interactice games