Lesson Plan Sequence

Language-based lesson (a): Presentation Practice Production (PPP)

Lead-in
Set context (e.g. story / anecdote)
Language clarification
Elicit TL
Clarify meaning using the context
Check meaning using the context
Highlight form and pronunciation
Drill
Controlled practice of TL
Freer practice of TL
Language-based lesson (b): Test Teach Test (TTT)
Lead-in
Test (e.g. s do gap!fill" definition!matching" categorising" ordering" discussion" role
play)
Feedbac to test (language clarification)
#o o$er task and clarify and check meaning using the context" highlight form and
pronunciation" and drill
Test ! Controlled practice of TL
Freer practice of TL
Language-based lesson (c): Text-based presentation
Lead-in
"eading ! Listening
%rientation to text
&re!teach $oca'ulary (if necessary)
Content focus (gist task)
() on content
Focus on language fro# text
Clarifying and checking meaning using the context" highlight form and pronunciation"
and drill
Controlled practice of TL
Freer practice of TL
*ll the su'types of Language!'ased lesson ha$e three stages in common+ lead!in" controlled
practice of target language" and freer practice of target language. * lead-in is the initial stage of
e$ery lesson that last for a'out fi$e minutes ,hen ELT esta'lished the topic and raises student
interest in it. Controlled practice focuses on meaning and accuracy- it pro$ides exercises that
limit the students. attention to the target structure or function so that it can 'e accurately
produced. These exercises should 'e meaningful and realistic (not isolated" unconnected
practice sentences). Freer practice is the last stage of a language lesson" after controlled
practice" in ,hich students should use the target language in a communicati$e task.
ELTs should pro$ide pair/group ,ork ,here$er possi'le. During pair/group ,ork" ELT should
,alk around the classroom and check students. ,ork and help if needed- it is called micro-
teaching+ the process of /monitoring. accuracy 0 focused stages" asking guiding 1uestions"
helping students recall rules" encouraging peer teaching.
kills lessons can 'e di$ided into+ (a) 2ecepti$e skills lessons" (') peaking lessons" and (c)
3riting lessons. There are the stages of each su'type gi$en 'elo,.
"ecepti$e sills lessons ("eading% Listening)
Lead-in
&rientate Ss to text
'ist tas
et task
s read or listen
s confer
() ans,ers
Pre-teach $ocabular(
)etail tas
et task" s read or listen" s confer" () ans,ers
Follo*-up acti$it(
peaking acti$ity (e.g. discussion" role play)
Speaing lesson
Lead-in and set context for speaing
Content preparation
s generate ideas (e.g. listen to a model" 'rainstorm" note!taking)
Language preparation (e.g. functions" $oca'ulary" grammatical structures from model
or from teacher)
Speaing
Content feedbac
Language feedbac
+riting lesson
Lead-in and set context for *riting
,&ptional: "eading (to pro$ide a model of text type)
Language preparation (e.g. layout" $oca'ulary" fixed expressions from model or from
teacher)
Content preparation
s generate ideas (e.g. 'rainstorm" note!taking)
+riting
Content feedbac
Language feedbac
Let us analy4e a typical recepti$e skills lesson since speaking and ,riting lessons are usually
included ,ithin the stages of this type of lesson. *s in case of language!'ased lessons" a
recepti$e skills lesson starts ,ith a short lead!in phase. Then ELT should /orientate. students to
the text that is going to 'e read or heard. Orientation to text is also a short stage ,hose aim is
to get students ac1uainted ,ith the topic of the text 0 it can 'e demonstrated 'y pictures"
discussing the setting or characters and so on. Gist task applies to reading and listening stages
in recepti$e skills lessons and text!'ased presentation only. 5t is ,here the learners listen or
read for general understanding" ,ithout getting 'ogged do,n in details. * gist task should 'e
lo,!demand and not focused on a specific area of the text. 3ithin pre-teach vocabulary stage
ELT introduces $oca'ulary items needed for the listening / reading tasks. These ,ould 'e
$oca'ulary items that could 'e easily identified as 'eyond students. le$el" 'ut necessary to
understand the passage. Difficult $oca'ulary items that are not rele$ant to understanding the
main point of the passage" or are not related to key information should 'e ignored. * detail task
stage is set 'efore the listening to / reading the same passage a second time and then students
are asked to listen for more specific" 'ut rele$ant information. 5n the end" there is a follow-up
activity stage ,ith some sort of feed'ack" and usually in$ol$es the students speaking or ,riting
a'out the topic of the text.