UL05

(a) What was/were the main aim(s) of the lesson?

Give examples of the lesson aims you identified:

• grammatical
• lexical
• phonological
• functional/skills-based

(b) The lesson structure

Note down the main stages of the lesson with an estimate of time taken, a very
brief sentence or description of each stage and the interaction pattern.

(c) Which (if any) language points were revised from the first two lessons?

(d) Was the amount of new language covered appropriate for the learners?

(e) What was the proportion of individual work, pair work and group work?

(f) What was the balance of STT and TTT?

(g) Which new techniques for teaching or learning were demonstrated?

(h) How did the learners respond to the new techniques?

(i) How effective were the techniques in presenting or practising language?

(j) What did you see/hear/experience that could be relevant to you as a teacher?
Make a note of at least 3 points that you will take forward into your own teaching.

Based on the three experiences so far as a learner in an unknown language, the above notes and the post-lesson discussion, along with what you have learnt from the input sessions you have attended, reflect on the following….

Write about 200 words.

• how to stage a lesson effectively
• how to gauge an appropriate learning load for a lesson
• what to consider when organising interaction patterns
• the effectiveness of techniques for presenting or practising language
• what else you have discovered about teaching and learning from this experience
• how this unknown language experience might help you in your own teaching