Teaching IELTS Assignment
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Ming Liang Nov. 21st, 2021
Analyse the information in the class summary. What are your learners’ strengths and weaknesses?
(max. 100 words)
On a class level, their biggest strength is in reading, where many students have a band 7 grade; however, their listening,
writing and speaking are all averaged below a band 6 grade, with writing being slightly higher with an average score of 5.8
band grade, while listening and speaking both averaging 5.75 band grade.
Which two skills have you chosen to teach in this lesson? Why? (minimum 150 words)
I have chosen to teach speaking and listening skills in this lesson. After analyzing the class summary, it seems these are
the two areas in need of improvement the most, for most of the students. The class averaged at 5.75 band grade for both
skills, lower than both their speaking and reading average scores. The IELTS final grade is weighted on the four different
skills and so, in order for the students to achieve a higher overall band grade, it is important to practice the areas they are
weaker in. Furthermore, these two skills are vital for good communication, and to have productive discussions in all topics,
students need to be able to express ideas clearly, concisely, and confidently. In addition, it is unusual to teach a whole
lesson in speaking alone, unless it’s near to a test day, which this class is not, so to combine it with listening skills should
make for an effective and efficient topic-based lesson.
As an immigrant myself, based on my personal experience when first arriving in the United States and starting high school,
listening and speaking were my weaknesses as well, yet both of these skills are so important for studying and working.
Therefore, I have chosen to teach speaking and listening skills in this lesson.
Which lesson topic have you chosen? Why? (minimum 100 words)
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I have chosen health and fitness as the topic for this lesson rather than work, education, and the environment because I
believe that almost everyone has some interest, opinions and knowledge in this subject. Furthermore, health, in particular
ill-health, is something we all have to deal with at some point in our lives, so having the necessary skills to discuss health is
important. It can be daunting to speak to a healthcare professional even in our native language, so it is important to
empower students to be able to talk about health in English too. Additionally, due to the current ongoing pandemic, health
and fitness has been a high-trending topic, with a great deal of information, both factual and nonsense, being shared online
and in the media. It is important to give students the vocabulary and knowledge to talk about this, so they can discuss ideas
and opinions, and help to dissect and understand facts. Furthermore, Ana, who has specified that she wishes to become a
nurse in the UK, making the subject of health even more relevant.
Lesson Aims: Lesson Outcomes:
By the end of the lesson, students will be better able to… By the end of the lesson, students will have…
● Understand and use health vocabulary ● Reviewed and practiced idioms regarding health
● Listen for specific information in the realm of health ● Practiced listening for specific information in the
and diet context of listening to an IELTS listening practice test
● Discuss their own experiences relating to health and ● Practiced discussing how they can improve their own
fitness. health
Anticipated difficulties: Suggested solutions:
1. Students' ages range from 19-37, meaning they will 1. It is important to choose topics and activities that are
have different backgrounds, motivations for learning interesting, and to vary the activities used.
and interests. 2. As it is a small class, it will be easier to work with
2. Students all have a different L1, meaning that there individual students during the lesson on these topics.
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will be areas that will be easier or harder for each Someone who is stronger, for example, in speaking
student, in terms of pronunciation, grammar and can also be paired with someone who is weaker.
vocabulary. 3. Topic-based classes mean that multiple skills will be
3. Students have varying ability levels, meaning that not practiced in one lesson, encouraging all to learn and
all tasks will be as useful to every student. take part.
Stage Name Stage Aim Length of Interaction Procedure
Stage Pattern
(minutes)
Warmer To get students 8 mins S-S Teacher asks students to discuss in pairs,
thinking about the S-T ‘What does health and fitness mean to you?’
lesson topic. To see
what students already Teacher then asks students for answers and
know about health and writes down key vocabulary on the board.
fitness
Pre-listening To introduce the sub- 10 mins T-S T to ask S if they know any words related to diet
task (speaking) topic. S-S and health. A focus on academic words if
students have the prior knowledge.
To give students the
meaning, form and T then pre-teach vocabulary by writing on the
pronunciation of key board, explaining meaning and pronunciation
vocabulary that could (e.g. diet).
be used in the context
of health. 1. Spread S out around the classroom.
2. T says one of the words on the board,
then throws a ball to a S, asking for it’s
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