ELT:M&A II

UNITS 3 & 4: COOPERATIVE LANGUAGE LEARNING (CLL)

STUDENT PRACTICE TASK

Student’s name: RUTH VERA ALVARADO

GENERAL INFORMATION

 You have two weeks for doing this practice task. It must be uploaded through the
portfolio section of UNIT 4.

 Read the instructions for this practice task carefully before you do it. Remember that your work
should reflect the rationale behind it.

 Proofread your work before you submit it.

 Make sure you meet the deadline for this practice task.

 When you have finished your task, save the task-document in the portfolio of this course.

 Remember that if your task file is made of a Word document you don’t have to compress it in order
to upload it. However if your file is large, you may want to compress it before uploading it.

PRACTICE TASK PROCEDURE:

1. Objectives:
- The main aim for this task is to provide you with an opportunity to plan and implement a lesson
based on the approach you studied this unit that is, Cooperative Language Learning (CLL).
- Secondary aim:
* To develop analytical skills so as to be able to interpret and implement in a lesson the principles and
procedures of CLL.
- Personal aims may be:
* To recognize the principles of CLL in the personal teaching practice.
* To reflect on the personal approach to teaching in order to revise it and make any necessary changes to
improve it.
* To include new teaching techniques in the language classroom.

2. Steps:
- Once you have read the compulsory and optional material of units three and four, have gone
through the Power point presentations (it is very important to look at them), and accessed the web
links provided, please:
- Plan a lesson based on Cooperative Language Learning (CLL).
 - You may use the lesson plan format provided below to help you plan your lesson (you can modify
it to fit your personal context; however if you decide to do so you need to justify the decision)
- Include the materials (if any) you design or gather for the lesson
- Implement your lesson
- Include evidence of your work (e.g. students’ reflections on the lesson, pictures or video of
learners during the lesson)

3. Wrap-up: Report the experience and the outcomes of the lesson:

- Write a 200-word reflection on what you learned; the following questions will help you write your
reflection:
* What principles of CLL were taken into consideration for planning and implementing the lesson?
*What aspects did you take into account to form the groups?
* What techniques did you choose? Why?
*What type of activities did you use? Why?
* Did the lesson go as planned? Explain.
*What difficulties did you face? How did you solve them?
* What characteristics of the approach did you recognize in your regular teaching routines?
* Did you find anything you would like to change in your teaching approach as a result of this
practice task? What?
* How did your students respond? Did they enjoy the lesson? Was the lesson any different from
the lesson you usually teach?

***TIPS TO PLAN YOUR COOPERATIVE LANGUAGE LEARNING LESSON

 Access the power point presentation available in Unit 3 and follow the steps suggested:

There are six key steps involved in planning for cooperative learning (slides 27-48):
1. Choose an approach
2. Choose appropriate content
3. Form student teams
4. Develop materials
5. Plan for orienting students to tasks and roles
6. Plan for the use of time and space

 Access the Unit Resources to find the article: Cooperative Learning. Two heads
learn better than one By Roger T. and David W. Johnson.
https://www.context.org/iclib/ic18/johnson/
Follow the steps suggested below the STRUCTURING COOPERATIVE INTERACTION
section.
 Lesson Plan Template
Teacher: Ruth Vera Alvarado
Date: Unit: 7
Grade Level: 1 Grade
st
Topic: On the Restaurant
Language skill: Speaking Language focus: Vocabulary Social skill:
Age of the SS: 24 Students. 11-12 years old.13 boys.12 girls

Main aim(s): Throughout the lesson Ss will consolidate making polite offers by
performing in a role play in a restaurant.

Secondary aims: Ss will elaborate a menu by filling in the different courses that form it;
entrees, main course, dessert and drinks.

Personal aims: To make sure all students are included.

To recognize and apply the principles of CLL in the personal teaching
practice.
To reflect on the personal approach to teaching in order to revise it
and make any necessary changes to improve it.
To include new teaching techniques in the language classroom.

Materials/Resources
needed:
Possible Problem 3: Students might have L1 interference and have problems
problems/solutions: with word order to describe the farm animals.
Solution 3: Teacher will write the following sample on the board to help
students to produce correct sentences. This is a (farm animal)
Problem 4: Students will continue changing word order.
Solution 4: Teacher will insist on the sample board to correct students,
trying to promote peer’s correction to avoid hurting their feelings.
Problem 5: Some students will avoid participating.
Solution 5: Show them the flashcards that contain “easy” vocabulary to
 motivate them.
Problem 6: Some students might say I don’t know how to say it in
English trying to use L1.
Solution 6: Encourage them and explain I can help if they need it, but
they must try.
Problem 7: Some students might get distracted with the materials
under their tables (sharpeners, scissors, markers, etc.)
Solution 7: Nicely, I will take away the distractions put them on the
teacher ́s desk and let them know at the end of the class they can have
them back.
Problem 8: Students might have some trouble when they play the
memory game, taking turns, or skipping producing the chunks.
Solution 8: Teacher will monitor the activity and help if it ́s needed.

Lesson procedure
Before, During and After the lesson
BEFORE THE LESSON 1) Choose an approach: CLL
2) Select the groups' size: 4 students
3) Assign the students to groups:
Group 1 England Group 2 Germany Group 3 USA. Group 4 France Group 5
Japan. Group 6: Russia
Write:
Group 1: Marco, Martina, Rodrigo, Sam
Group 2: Oswaldo, Alexa, Jessica, José Armando
Group 3: Covadonga, Masayoshi, Jerónimo, José Carlos
Group 4: Montserrat, Axel, Clara, Martina
Group 5: Aimi, Alexei, Brenda, Ryussei
Group 6: Kokomi, Rodrigo C., Emiliano, Mitul

4) Assign student roles in groups (this will depend on the CLL activity they will perform); for instance:
monitor, recorder, summarizer, reporter, etc.
 Plan and briefly describe how the principles of cooperative learning are to be reached in your lesson.
 Positive Interdependence:
 Group formation:
 Individual Accountability:
 Social Skills/Face to Face Interaction:
 Structuring and structures:

DURING THE LESSON PROCEDURE

 Explain the task, the objectives of

the lesson, the concepts and
principles students need to know
to complete the
assignment/activity/task, and the
procedures they are to follow.
 Explain the Criteria for Success:
Student work should be evaluated
on a criteria-referenced basis.
Make clear your criteria for
evaluating students' work.

AFTER THE LESSON

Reflection:
 How did the lesson go?
(Adapted from Sprat et al. 2005 and http://edweb.sdsu.edu/People/tkopcha/ELL%20website/jss.html)

***Attach the material used and the evidence of the implementation of the lesson here