CELTA

Lesson planning

Lesson Plan Detail

Time /
Procedure Tutor’s Comments
Interaction
10.00
WC
Lead In to the topic
Introduce the learners to the topic by talking very briefly about how long it took
me to get from my parent’s house in the country to the institute that morning
and how advantageus it is to live in the city in order to get to my appointments
P
on time. Tell the students to get into pairs to discuss about the advantages and
disadvantages of living in the city. Listen to their conversations. Next, tell each
pair to share their ideas with the rest of the class.
WC
Give them feedback on content and language they use and might have problems
with.

10.05

WC Gist task
Give the handouts to the students. Tell them to listen to the audio about Mike
I and Emma discussing city life and to answer the question ‘how do they feel
about living in the city?’ from exercise 1b. Play the tape.
Then tell the students to check answers in pairs. Listen to their conversations.
P Tell the students to get back again in order to correct the exercise as a class.
Give feedback on content and language. Try to elicit vocabulary and grammar as
much as I can.

WC
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10.10

Specific info task

WC
Hold the exercise sheet on my hands and tell the student to look at exercise 1c.
Tell them that they will hear the audio again but this time they will have to
decide which person says each sentence. Play the tape and do the first example
I
together. Tell the students to work individually and play de entire tape. Ask the
students to get into pars to check their answers and then check answers as a
P
class.
WC

10.20

WC Test

Hold the exercise sheet on my hands and tell the students to look at exercise 2b.
Tell them that they have to use the phrases in the box to complete the sentences
I below. Do the first example together. Ask the students to work on their own. To
monitor, walk among them to see how their progress goes and to take notice of
P their difficulties. Tell them to check answers in pairs.

WC
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Teach
Check answers as a class. Give feedback by clarifying problems of meaning (by
10.25
asking CCQ’s such as: ‘if I’m going on business does it mean that I’m going to
work or to buy something?’), pronunciation (by drilling chorally and individually)
WC
and form (by eliciting part-of-speech and stresses). Finally, write the
pronunciation and form of those words on the board.

Test
10.35 Tell the students to get into pairs. Tell them to take turns to ask and answer the
P questions from 2b. Choose a pair of students and tell them to ask/answer the
WC first question in order to give an example.
Give feedback on language and content.