( DISTINCTION PASS) The TEFL Academy Assignment A Text 1 Lower-Intermediate Fortnite Solutions

Text 1 – Lower Intermediate This part of the assignment focuses on stage 2 of a lower-intermediate reading lesson. You should show what you would do for the vocabulary pre-teaching stage of the lesson. Include any references necessary in the bibliography template. See 'Referencing' document for advice on what is required. Read 'Advice on Approaching this Assignment' before you begin work on this template. Class: Lower intermediate (B1), 13 young learners, age range 12-14. These students attend EFL classes because their parents are keen for them to have extra English lessons in addition to what their state schools provide. Many of them resent having to come to language school, but you have found you can engage them if you make the lessons fun and interesting. Fortnite – a pleasure or a problem? Lesson Aims: To extend and practise productive use of vocabulary for talking about computer games and associated topics. To further develop reading skills through short reading activities on skimming and intensive reading. Lesson Outline: These children are not keen on reading, but quite enjoy learning new vocabulary and interactive games. You have decided to place more focus on the vocabulary and speaking activities and will allocate timings roughly as follows: 1. Lead into topic (warmer) - 10 mins 2. Vocabulary pre-teaching (Presentation and short practice task) - 25 mins 3. First reading - 4 mins 4. Second reading - 9 mins 5. Follow-on activity (communicative speaking task) - 12 mins You need to select 10 vocabulary items for pre-teaching and show how you would present two of those items in stage 2. 1. Vocabulary Pre-Teaching Planning Table In this table, show ten items from the text to pre-teach. Please complete every section of the table for all ten items. The table is not a handout for the students. Read 'Advice on Approaching Assignment A' before you begin work on this table. Maximum word count for the vocabulary table: 1000 words. Item Meaning (General definition) How Meaning will be Conveyed to Students, including Language-Graded Definition Grammatical and Other Information Concept Questions Pronunciation IPA transcription AND word stress pattern Item Meaning (General definition) How Meaning will be Conveyed to Students, including Language- Graded Definition Concept Questions Grammatical and Other Information Pronunciation IPA transcription AND word stress pattern Concerns (Worry) a matter that engages a person's attention, interest, or care, or that affects a person's welfare or happiness: important relation or bearing: Three generic emoji images will be used, they will represent ‘worried’, ‘nervous’ and ‘concerned’. The students will be asked to match the word with the emoji. Once correct, I will explain the differences with examples and in context of the reading (Using example sentences with the word ‘concerns’ specifically’ The emojis will also serve as a ‘meaning’ reminder to the students… “The words do have similar meanings, but like the emoji’s there are some slight differences”. Concept checking maybe required. language graded Definition for B2: a worried or nervous feeling abo ut something, or something that makes you feel worried: Are having concerns and being worried the same? (No) Can concerns make you feel worried about something? (Yes) Transitive verb: a verb that has an object. Adjective: Concerned (about) Adjective: Concerning (making you feel slightly worried) /kənˈsɝː.nz/ kənˈsɝnz Stress - oO