Unknown Language: Post-Lesson Reflection 4

How was your last Unknown Language lesson?

Unknown Language: Post-Lesson Reflection 4: Task 1

Make brief notes now on your experience of the fourth Unknown Language lesson using the pro-forma provided.

These notes will form the basis of our reflection session and will also help you to complete the Unknown Language Journal Entry 4.

Click on the image above to download the pro-forma.

Unknown Language: Post-Lesson Reflection 4: Task 2 (Materials Analysis)

(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) What materials were used in the lesson? How was the material related to the aim(s) and the learners’ language development?

(c) At what point or stage of the lesson was the material introduced or used?
How was it introduced? What instructions or explanations were given?

(d) Was the material authentic and/or unadapted from its original source, adapted and/or personalised from an existing resource or new and created by the teacher for this lesson?

(e) 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.

Unknown Language: Post-Lesson Reflection 4: Task 3 (Contrastive Language Analysis)

Having now received the four lessons in an unknown language, consider any similarities or differences you have noticed between the unknown language you have studied and English.

Under each heading compare and contrast at least two aspects of the languages.

Grammatical (e.g. gender)______________________________
Phonological (e.g. sounds)______________________________
Lexical (e.g. similarities)______________________________

Unknown Language Journal Entry 4: The Lesson – Reflections and Conclusions

Based on the four experiences 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.

your personal experience of particular teaching strategies, materials and activities
your ability to make comparisons between another language and English
what else you have discovered about teaching and learning from this experience
how this unknown language experience might help you in your own teaching