Lesson Plan for B1 students
Diary submitted by Natalia W. Madrid
Topic: Accents in English
LESSON PLAN
Teacher trainee’s name: Natalia W.
Topic: Culture: Accents in English
Time: 45 minutes
Level: B1
Date: 27.03.2018
Students’ aims:
General aims of the lesson:
- gaining knowledge about different varieties of English language
- developing vocabulary
- practising reading skills
Specific aims of the lesson:
- by the end of this lesson student will be able to distinguish British and American accent
- by the end of this lesson student will be able to enumerate words which differ in British and American English
- by the end of this lesson student will be familiar with term native language and accent
Lesson Plan
| Stage | Procedure | Sub-aim | Inter. Patterns | Materials | Timing | Anticipated problems & solutions |
| Introduction | Introducing topic of the lesson (write it on the board) and checking homework | Checking students knowledge from previous class | Individual work | Notebooks, board | 5 minutes | —————- |
| Lead-in | Explain term accent, native language Ask students where do people speak English as a native language. |
Introduce new terms | Lecture and dialogue | ——————— | 3 minutes | Students will enumerate many counties where people speak English if they don’t understand what native language means Teacher will need to explain the term using different examples (e.g. Poland and Polish language) |
| Presentation | Explain students that American and British English differ in terms of pronouciation | Make students aware of differences in American English and British English | Lecture |
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2 minutes | ————————— |
| Second presentation | Play video clip which shows the same sentence read by American and British speaker Ask students which accent is British and which is American |
Back theory up with examples | Presentation | projector, computer, Internet connection | 3 minutes | |
| Practice | Write down on the board 2 sentences form video and practise it out loud Later ask for volunteers to read it alone |
Improving students pronunciation | drill | board | 5 minutes | Students can be shy, teacher can encourage them by making contest for the best pair |
| Practice | Tell students about different words in American English and British English Ask students for examples |
Make students aware for differences in vocabulary | dialogue | ——————— | 3 minutes | Students don’t know any examples, then teacher needs to give some |
| Produce | Teacher distributes handout Students need to match American English word with British English word and also match words with a pictures Then teacher checks it together with students |
Practising theoretical knowledge | Individual work | handouts | 12 minutes | For some students this exercise can be too difficult so they can work in pairs |
| Produce | Teacher asks students to open book at page 13 and read text from exercise 3 about accents | Practising of reading and understanding | Individual work | Course book | 7 minutes | |
| Homework | Teacher gives homework (filling gaps in exercise 3) and “pluses” for active participation to some students | Motivate students for active participation in classes | ——— | Course book | 5 minutes |
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