Name of the Teacher Date Level of the class Length of lesson
Rochelle Venter 15 August 2019 Pre-intermediate (A2) 60 minutes
Lesson Type:
Listening Lesson - Listening for specific Information & detail
Lesson Topic:
Ten Wild Facts about the Big Five
Assumed Prior Knowledge:
Learners have learned some vocabulary words before, and can speak it confidently. Learners have a vocabulary of +/- 1500 words, and can read and understand
basic grammar structures
In this lesson an assumption is made that learners have learned 10 x new vocabulary words associated with sport (as per a previous lesson plan)
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…
Students will be able to better identify several nouns associated with an Students will use a predicting technique to predict what the lesson
African Safari. topic is about.
Students will have developed their listening skills Students will listen to the audio recording numerous times to identify
Students will have developed their speaking sub-sill through use of a note- new vocabulary and its meaning and form
taking activity Pronunciation of various words will be easier. Students will feel
Students will understand the words within context (E.g. A lion, is a large confident enough to speak to each other using these words.
tan coloured wild cat, that mainly lives in Africa, with a flowing mane and Pronunciation will be drilled numerous times, and students will be
likes to sleep and hunt) asked to further practice at home. Recording can be send to their
At the end of the lesson, students will know the meaning and form of the phones.
word, have practiced pronunciation numerous times, and can correctly
identify it to picture and sound.
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, Communicative listening will help students not only with
pronunciation, but also to gain the confidence to speak in front of each
other, and also help with meaning and form
A fill-in-the-gap worksheet activity will help to see if students
understood the listening piece, and if new words learned can be
identified
Concept Checking Questions will further help students to see if they
understood the listening piece, and also give the teacher a chance to
test various listening techniques like re-organising and the appreciation
technique that is used to answer the questions.
Anticipated difficulties: Suggested solutions:
Students might not be familiar with some or all of the new vocabulary in the This can be solved by pausing and showing flashcards when the students
listening piece listens to the audio piece. Also explaining within context will help with
meaning (E.g. A lion, is a large tan coloured wild cat, that mainly lives in Africa,
with a flowing mane and likes to sleep and hunt
Adult learners can lack the self-confidence to speak in front of others Use elicit methods when practicing pronunciation, within the group before
asking students to speak individually can help build confidence
Not signaling out mistakes made by the individual when speaking, but rather
addressing it again in a group discussion, can help to prevent the student from
further shying away.
Drilling pronunciation beforehand, can help students feel more confident
before speaking in front of the class.
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, Considering that, Turkish is a phonetic language and English is not, one of the It is important here for students to listen to the phonemic chart, and to listen
biggest problems that occur during a lesson when pronunciation is learned is how each section of the word is pronounced. Drilling will be a focus point.
saying the silent letter words. Rhinoceros: /raɪˈnɒs(ə)rəs/
E.g. Rhinoceros has a silent “h” sound Pronunciation:
E.g. Elephant is a silent “p” and “h” sound https://www.macmillandictionary.com/pronunciation/british/rhinoceros
Elephant: /ˈelɪfənt/
Pronunciation:
https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/elephant
Another pronunciation difficulty in the Turkish language is the difference Let students listen to each section of the word on the phonemic chart and
between the sounds /æ/ and /e/, since the letter E in Turkish, almost stands further drilling (http://www.macmillanenglish.com/pronunciation/phonemic-
for both sounds. Due to this, the students ability to distinguish the two sounds chart-in-british-english/
is very low and while speaking it, is often hard to understand which sound they
are trying to produce
E.g. Words like elephant, buffalo, hyena pronounced with the /e/ instead of
the /æ/ sound
I further anticipate pronunciation problems with the following words, as I also I intend on drilling all words numerous times throughout the lesson to help
struggle to pronounce them, being a proficient English speaker, I can anticipate with pronunciation.
that these words might prove some difficulty for pre-intermediate students I have also made an audio clipping that students will listen to, and can even be
Veterinary (Pronounced: veh-thu-ruh-nuh-ree) send to their mobile devices, where they will be encouraged to practice at
Superficially (soo-puh-fi-shus-lee) home (see below audio clippings)
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