Unit 15

WORKSHEET – UNIT 15

Task 1 – Imagine you are a student in the class on the CD-ROM.  How would you have felt during?

Lesson one?

Bored, not focused on the lesson, not clear about the purpose of the lesson. Tired of the teacher repeating the same thing on the board. Not confident at all about asking/answering questions after seeing the teacher shot down other students

Lesson two?

Gets your attention because the purpose of the lesson is clear. Easier to understand.

Task 2 – Which lesson was the more effective?  Why?

Lesson two was more effective than lesson one. The material was clear, the attitude of the teacher was encouraging and the purpose of the lesson was clear.

Task 3 – What main differences did you note between lesson one and two in the following areas?

The teacher’s attitude to the students:

Lesson 1: No interested what so ever in the class, Rude.

Lesson 2: fluent lesson, good interaction with students, good attitude.

The students’ attitude towards the teacher:

Lesson 1: not sure what the teacher was saying.

Lesson 2: fluent lesson with a clear purpose made the students more receptive to the material. More effort from the students.

Student participation:

Lesson 1: participation was not encouraged at all by the teacher. When the students talk they are guessing more than participating.

Lesson 2: the teacher attitude and the clear purpose of the lesson gave the student enough confidence to participate.

The teacher’s voice (clarity, complexity, speed etc):

Lesson 1: the teacher attitude showed no interest in teaching the class. The lesson was very complex and the teacher language and expression did not make it nay simpler.

Lesson 2: Good pace, good tone, clear purpose, very fluent. Lots of clarity and good attitude by the teacher.

The teacher’s instructions and explanations:

Lesson 1: the teacher’s attitude showed no interest in teaching the class. No expressions or body language. The student didn’t appear to understand what he was explaining.

Lesson 2: good fluent lesson with a clear purpose, good simple explanations by the teacher have the students involved.

Monitoring of the students:

Lesson 1: not the proper attitude for teaching a class by the teacher. No body language, eye contact, didn’t speak to the class, didn’t engage the students.

Lesson 2: The teacher had the student always focused on him and the lesson. Calls them by their names, good positive attitude.

Engage stage:

Lesson 1: not engaging at all, the teacher is only repeating things the students do not understand at all.

Lesson 2: students are engaged and encouraged to participate.

Study stage:

Lesson 1: the lesson had no clear purpose and was going nowhere so the student didn’t have a clear idea on how to participate the teacher also wasn’t engaging and didn’t help at all.

Lesson 2: teacher attitude generated enough confidence for the students to participate.

Activate stage:

Lesson 1: the teacher didn’t give the students confidence to make them participate. The lesson was cut short.

Lesson 2: good material, engaging attitude by the teacher gave the students the confidence to answer question properly.

Task 4 – How would you change/adapt lesson two to make it more effective still?

More focus on pronunciation correction. Less material to cover, if there is to much material the classes purpose won’t be so clear.

Task 5 – What level do you think the students are?  Was the language point appropriate for this level?

On lesson one the students appeared the students don appear to be in the correct levels, the teacher doesn’t give you clear picture about the level of the students..

On lesson two the students appeared to be beginner-intermediate, they use basic lessons and material but understand what the teacher is saying.