Lesson plannings for listening and vocab

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Hi everyone,I'm wondering, how can I make a super-great lesson plan. I have to teach from 'Natural English' book upper-int, pages 112-113, but I'm completely lost about it. The topic is absent-minded, and the amount on exercises don't make me very confident that this teaching lesson will leave the students with THE knowledge that I would like. Furthermore, I'm not able to come up with a good explanation to 'things like that/that sort of thing' (they serve coffee, juice, and that sort of thing)....So, if anyone here has done any teaching with that book, and eventually came across with these pages, I would love to get some good reply about it.Thanks in advance!!!_Manu

Dave Phillips · Accepted Answer

How long is yor lesson Manu?

Emanuel Guerra · Answer

45mins only... It's part of my CELTA course, but 2 lessons to finish, and it seems that I'm having more pressure now than at the start of the course <img class='emoticon' style='Width:19px;Height:19px;' data-delaysrc='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/82.gif' src='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/82.gif' alt='Emotion: headbang'/>

Dave Phillips · Answer

Of course you are. That's how the CELTA is!

OK. Do a warmer maybe get them to tell you some jokes (have a couple yourself as a backup). That leads you into the reacting of a joke with activated schemata. Then you have to pre-teach absent minded. Elicit? Consider drilling it often gets missed at the higher levels. You could show them the pictures and get them to do a prediction task (as per the book). This provide you a purpose for the listening for gist task. I don't know if this tape is in 2 parts they often are in this book stop after the word reminders if not and get feedback. Then tell them there is a joke coming and play CD from the beginning and see how they react. Forget the natural English box they are always s**t. Do the memory section - I would have cards in 3 colours. Colour one is the first part of the sentence, the second colour has the sentence part with the blank in it and the third colour has the absent word. Put these in envelopes and let the Ss rearrange them in groups/pairs. This works well for the tactile Ss - if your group is very mixed you can make some envelopes of cards easier for the weaker Ss by only having 2 cards for them to match and do as per the book. Follow this by Controlled/Freer Practice by describing a person they know who is absent minded, even any antidotes they have about that person.

Emanuel Guerra · Answer

That looks very good! Very... reassuring!

Will my hands on the job, and will let you know of my success.

Thanks very much!!

_Manu

Dave Phillips · Answer

Ok.  Good luck.  I'm watching all my fellow trainees finish their CELTA, I knew that I couldn't fail over a week ago.  I love the teaching it was the grammar that killed me (I have been teaching/training for 18 years just not English).

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