LESSON PLANNING FOR A COMMUNICATIVE
CLASSROOMUVG Altiplano EFL Teachers´
Conference
Warm up Colors: Chain activity
Person #1: “I like blue.”Person #2: “She likes blue. I like red”.Person #3: “She likes blue. He likes red. I like yellow.”
Why do we teach English?KNOWLEDGE? JOBS, COMMUNICATION?
Call Center Job
How do we have to teach?FOR UNDERSTANDING? FOR USE?
Can I help you?
Can I help you?
yes
We have to teach students to use/communicate in the language
Describe to your partner what is different about the two classrooms?
Watch videos
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 2 CLASSES?
100% student speakingPair workTeacher as
Facilitator/Monitor
Which class do you want to be in?
Class #2 - Communicative Classroom
Who should be speaking in a language classroom: the teacher or the students?
STUDENTS!!!!!
Cooperative LearningPAIR GROUP
Communicate
• Leaner should interact with other people; either face-to-face, in group or pair work, or in writing.
Groups for CommunicationGROUPS OF 4 WHAT IS THIS COLOR?
THIS COLOR IS ________.
Purpose is to use REAL communication
• Ex. Objectives are focused on communication
• Student asks another student what colors are in the pictures.
Lesson ObjectivesWhat is an objective?
Lesson Plan
Objective: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Background links/Motivation/Review(5): ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ Presentation(5): ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Exercise 1(oral)(5): _____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Exercise 2(5): _______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Exercise 3(Pair/Group Work)(10): _____________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Exercise 5(Evaluation)/Review(5): _____________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Homework(2): ___________________________________________________________________________________
What do you want your final activity to look like?
THIS? OR THIS?
What does your objective look like?
Objective: I will teach colors.
Objective: Students will ask each other “What is your favorite color?” and answer “My favorite color is………”
Which one is a final communicative activity?
Lesson Plan
Objective: Students will ask each other “What is your favorite
color?” and answer “My favorite color is ________.” Background links/Motivation/Review(5): ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ Presentation(5): ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Exercise 1(oral)(5): _____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Exercise 2(5): _______________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ Exercise 3(Pair/Group Work)(10): _____________________________________________________ Exercise 5(Evaluation)/Review(5):
Students will ask each other “What is your favorite color?” and answer “My favorite color is ________.”
Homework(2): ___________________________________________________________________________________
Writing a Communicative Objective
Objective:
I will…..Or Students will…..
Which one is communicative?
Students will copy from the board…
Students will repeat after the teacher…
Students will speak with a partner….
Example of Communicative Activities
PAIRSRunning reading/description – video
Small GroupsSs speaking in small groups = video
Entire ClassMingle – video
Running Description
PairsThere is…… There are…….
Small GroupsSurvey
What is your name?
What do you love?
What do you hate?
1.2.3.4.
Which is communicative? Ss will learn color vocabulary words. Ss will know color vocabulary words. Ss will describe the colors in a picture to
a partner. Ss will write a list of colors.
#1 Objectives should be communicative.
Do you want to learn Chinese/Mandarin?
1. yi = 12. er = 23. san = 3
Hold up fingers= observable
Observable1st Person: Ni hao?2nd Person: hao!
Then have them talk to each other- communicative.
Objectives must be Observable
Observable Objective I will teach students ….
Can I observe myself? Can I observe my students?
Students will …..
What the STUDENTS WILL DO
What is the difference between the verbs in the left column and the verbs in the right column according to learning objectives?OBSERVABLE NOT OBSERVABLETellRank
AnswerCreate Evaluate
List Categorize
Ask DescribeUse
Point Give
Identify
Write
Understand Appreciate Learn know
Rank Colors #1-5From most to least
Rank- What colors do you see?Rank from biggest to smallest
1. Orange 2. Red 3. Yellow 4. Brown 5. Black
Rank Colors #1-5From most to least
Which is observable? Ss will learn color vocabulary words. Ss will know color vocabulary words. Ss will describe the colors in a picture.
Objectives should be communicative and observable.
Math objective Ss will learn algebra
OR Ss will learn how to graph a point on a
line.
Ss will learn division27/ 3 374273482374/6.49384038
Students will learn about clothing
Statements: You are wearing a blue dress.Questions: What are you wearing?Conjugations: I am wearing. You are wearing. Etc.Vocabulary:Belt dress hat pants skirt shirt blouse shoes sandals sneakers tie scarf socks boots shorts tank top polo shirt long sleeved shirt short sleeved shirt jacket cap high heeled shoes stilletos gloves coat hoodie sweatshirt sweat pants suit underwear bathing suit robe pajamas slippers loafers pantyhose stockings …With colors: blue, white, red, Using the articles: a, an, the
Objectives must be Specific
Specific ObjectivesObjectiveLanguage
USE:
TO:
IN:
What that means……
Grammar
Communicative Action
Final Activity
Examples
“She/He is wearing…”
“describe”
“small groups”
Students will use “She/He is wearing….” to describe a partner’s clothes in small groups.
ExamplesStudents Will Use: 10 colors and “this” and “that”To: tell what is in a picture(“That is blue.”)In: a pair activity
Students Will Use: 20 clothing items and “She/He is
wearing.”To: describe a classmate’s clothesIn: in small groups
Communicative? Observable? Specific?
1. Students will use furniture vocabulary and next to, in, between, by, on, over to describe a picture of a house in an information gap activity.
GOOD
Not achievable in one lesson
Not observableNot specific
2. Students will use their speaking and listening skills to improve their English.
3. STUDENTS WILL USE PAST TENSE QUESTIONS,
NEGATIVES AND AFFIRMATIVES TO STUDY.
Not specificNot observable
No communicative use
4. STUDENTS WILL USE FUTURE TENSE WITH “WILL” AND “GOING
TO” CORRECTLY.
Not observable
Write objectivescommunicative, observable, specificStudents Will(grammar) Use: 10 colors and “this” and “that”(communicative)To: tell what is in a picture(“That is
blue.”)(final activity) In: a pair activity
Topic: Family
Use:To:In:
Reflection Questions What are the most important things you
have learned about objectives?