Lesson plan
Name of teacher Date Level of the class Length of lesson
05.05.23 Upper-intermediate 60 minutes
Rilynn
Lesson type: Four skills - Reading
Lesson topic: Social Media is Warping Our Perception of Reality
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…
To recognize and understand certain words that are essential to Practiced reading for gist by working in pairs to identify the appropriate
understand the content of the text. summary that best describes the text from the summaries provided.
To engage with the text by utilizing the two reading strategies,
Exhibited their comprehension of the text by discussing and answering
skimming, and scanning, in order to acquire a comprehensive and
questions regarding the finer details of the text through reading for specific
contextual knowledge of the assigned text.
information.
Demonstrated an improvement in their reading ability by displaying an
increased overall grasp of the text.
Anticipated difficulties: Suggested solutions:
1. Language 1. Explain the importance of using English and get your students excited about
Due to the class's monolingual nature, students may be the idea from the very beginning. Allow them to negotiate the ground rules for
using English and L1 in the classroom, one of which is that they must use
pressured to speak in their L1 when they encounter a
English instead of their first language while in class and explain to them how
challenging situation, which could impede their learning this will benefit their language development. Use English posters to decorate
process. Furthermore, they may have little opportunity and surround your students with an English-speaking environment. Create a
to practice their L2 outside of class, which could welcoming environment where using English is expected and where criticism,
significantly reduce their exposure to and use of the particularly from other students, is strictly forbidden. Encourage every attempt
language. at using English.
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2. Age 2. At the start of the lesson, remind students that making mistakes is a normal
Students of this age range may be inhibited in their aspect of learning a language. If the teacher notices a mistake that a student
participation because they are self-conscious and worry has made, they will record it and discuss it with the class or privately with the
about looking foolish in front of their peers and they lack the student to avoid any student from being singled out, this will increase student
confidence to speak up when they have something to confidence and, remember to applaud your students for a job well done to
contribute. boost their self-esteem.
3. Vocabulary 3. When teaching English to French students, emphasize the similarities between
There are many terms that look and sound alike but have the two languages to give your French-speaking students more confidence to
different meanings in French and English, known as false spread their linguistic wings and embrace English as an extension of their own
friends, and this can cause confusion for French students language. Encourage them to speak and write even if they don't always get it
learning English. exactly right.
4. Pronunciation 4. Model pronunciation when teaching new vocabulary, refer to the phonetic
There are a few sounds in English which are not present in chart and drill key words when need arise but a greater focus will be placed
French or are pronounced differently in French so French on text comprehension and enabling students to express themselves with
speakers will have problems pronouncing them such as the confidence than on perfect pronunciation.
‘r’ sound versus the English /r/, the /Ɵ/ sound, as in Thursday
and thirsty and /i/ versus /i:/
Authentic Text (insert reading text here or link to the listening recording)
Social Media is Warping Our Perception of Reality
(By Harry Chafer 12th June 2020)
In a world of digital transparency, we’re losing our grip on what’s real.
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“By giving people the power to share, we’re making the world more transparent.’ — Mark Zuckerberg, 2012.
In many ways, Zuckerberg, founder, and CEO of Facebook (which has almost 2.5 billion monthly users), is right with this quote. However,
the real question is, what kind of world has social media made more transparent? I ask this question because nowadays, no matter who
you are — even if you do not currently have a social media profile — you are only a few taps of a screen away from being able to spectate
the lifestyles of some of the wealthiest people in the world, their million-dollar mansions, primed and perfect bodies, expensive cars, and
beautiful scenery. There is only one problem. You are not living these lives you are just watching other people live them and doing nothing
to improve your own situation.
It’s inevitable that the most famous people on the planet have the most followers on these platforms. Cristiano Ronaldo has, at the time of
writing, 220 million followers on Instagram. At any one time, at least 3% of the global population could be scrolling through Ronaldo’s
Instagram, gazing at his pristine lifestyle — the result of a supposed £26 million-per-year deal he has with his current club, Juventus. The
kind of money that, realistically, a huge proportion of his follower base could never even dream of having.
