Unit 20

WORKSHEET – UNIT 20

Task 1 – You are about to take your first lesson with a group of monolingual students in their own country. 
Write a lesson plan for the class, including introduction, warmers, an activity/exercise/test that will indicate students’ different levels, and finishing with a game or other activity that involves all the class. Use the same lesson plan format as all previous lesson plans (page 6/7 of unit 14).

Date - time	May 27, 2009
Teacher:	Marcos Blass	Room:	969
Number of students	16	Level	Intermediate
Teaching aids	Current news articles “Oil Plummets To $64”; “California Downgraded By Fitch” Vocabulary sheet Computer with OHP               Question sheet Audio file Practice Quiz
Objectives	Improve the students listening level Practice listening and the combination of listening and reading. Make the students SPEAK. Have them learn new vocabulary
Personal Aims	Encourage students to verbally participate in class. Learn the new vocabulary Learn the correct pronunciation. Improve listening.
Anticipated Problems (students)	Lack of interest, lack of concentration. Difficulty in getting them to pay attention.	Solutions	Use as many aids as possible. Make the class fun for the students,
Anticipated Problems (teacher)	Frustration due to the lack of concentration	Solutions	Make the class dynamic and fast paced. Patience.
Procedure			Phase	Timing	Interaction
Begin conversation by greeting the class; proceed to discuss the previous day’s news. Ask who knows about it. Ask them to tell the class. Have other students give opinions. Read out loud the news article			Engage	5 min	T - S
Read out loud the news article, have the students take note about the subject for latter discussion in the class.			Engage	5 min	T - S
Give a brief presentation on “transportation”. Types of transportation and your experiences with transport.			Engage	2 min	T
Discuss with students their experience with “transportation”			Engage	3 min	T - S
Use the ppt presentation and the OHP to give the students their new vocabulary and the combination with different verb tenses.			Engage	5 min	T
Hand to student the vocabulary sheet. Let them use the dictionary to find out the meaning of the words. Write them down.			Study	5 min	T - S
Short quiz on transportation and the vocabulary of the days lessons.			Activate	5 min	S
Play the audio for the students, have them take notes. Play it several times. At least 3 times.			Study	5 min	T  - S
Hand out a question sheet based on the audio			Activate	5 min	S
Play a game of “Simon Says” its fun and it stimulates the kids listening and coordination			Activate	5 min	T - S

Teaching Aids

News Article:

Oil Plummets To $64

Jay Yarow Jul. 6, 2009, 2:49 PM

The price of oil closed today just above $64, a 5 week low. The price of oil has been moving slowly, but steadily away from its high at $73.

What's changing? The global recovery that was supposed to be on its way looks like it's going to be put off. Without the recovery, it's looking pretty unlikely that demand for oil returns anytime soon.

California Downgraded By Fitch

Joe Weisenthal  Jul. 6, 2009, 4:39 PM

This just in, via CNBC, Fitch has downgraded California's debt two notches, though it's still barely above junk. As usual, the ratings agency is coming to a conclusion the market has reached some time ago.

State Treasurer Bill Lockyer is on TV, talking to Maria Bartiromo, saying there's little risk of a default.

For now, California IOUs are still trading at parity to the dollar, but we're on the lookout for any signs of slippage. When we see the first, big transactions going through at sub-$1, that'll be big.

Vocabulary sheet:

1. Use the dictionary to find out what part of speech is each one of the words listed below. Using this information build a sentence with the word.
2. Continue to fill out the chart with what ever new words you find in the news articles.
Word	Meaning	P.o.S.	Sentence
Ex/:    IOU		Noun (N)	I can pay you, so I will give you an IOU.
Steady
Recovery
Supposed
Likely
Unlikely
Demand
Return
Soon
Put off
Away
Plummet
Downgraded
Fitch
Notch
Debt

3. Question Sheet:

1. Use the news articles to answer the following questions.

1	Q/:	What is the current price of oil?
	A/:
2	Q/:	Is it higher or lower than before?
	A/:
3	Q/:	Why is the price changing?
	A/:
4	Q/:	What does the price need to go up?
	A/:
5	Q/:	What is the main idea of the article?
	A/:
6	Q/:	What is Fitch?
	A/:
7	Q/:	What is Fitch downgrading?
	A/:
8	Q/:	What is default risk?
	A/:
9	Q/:	What is the name of the treasurer?
	A/:
10	Q/:	What is the main idea of the article?
	A/:

Task 2 – Summarize what you have personally gained from this course, and how you plan to put into action what you have learned.

I got many things form this course:

Even though I speak English everyday, the grammatical side of the language is usually neglected. I learned and remembered lot of grammar I had forgotten.

More important than grammatical issues, what I find more useful about the course is the practical knowledge on how to teach a class in a systematic way. How to classify your students, how to properly use the material. What material is the right one with respect to the student and the lesson. What aids are the most effective and how to use them.

How to plan a lesson, measure progress and deal with discipline and confidence issue that can arise.

Another thing is the material, its great material, simple, clear, short and practical. No matter what you do, as long as the language doesn’t change the material will be current, relevant and useful.