TESOL Module 1 Assignment (after phase 5)

Attempt both questions:

Kindly note that you are free to refer to the course content or any other relevant resources,
however, your answer has to be original. Plagiarized answer is not expected from any
candidate.

A. Design a conversation activity (speaking skill) based on either “Learning a musical

instrument” ( for example Piano, Guitar etc ) or “Planning a trip to any one holiday
destination” ( for example – trip to Goa, trip to Paris etc )

Include a sample conversation, relevant support material (images and video links) and a list of
related vocabulary. An assessment based on the skill should also be incorporated.
Mention the points to be included and design a short activity on the above subject. Basic
parameters to be mentioned: Number of Students, Age, Level, Language spoken by students,
Duration, Terminal Objectives, Enabling Objectives, etc.

Lesson plan guideline -

Name of the Topic: Here you need to mention the topic that you
have chosen for the speaking skill

Time Duration: Specify the time taken to execute the lesson

for a day

Objective: The objective of a lesson plan should include

what the students will learn, how
(techniques/aids used) they will learn and the
accuracy level that the students will achieve by
the end of the lesson in terms of percentage.

The short-term objective will be the micro

 steps involved in the lesson implementation.

Enabling Objectives will be the micro steps

involved in the lesson implementation.

The purpose of each step should be explained.

Age: The specific age/average age of the students

that you would cater to.

Level: The level can be beginner/elementary/

intermediate/ advanced.

Warmer: Quick activity to set the tone of the class.

Ideally games make good warmers – especially
Time :(5-7 minutes)
those using known language.

Context setting or Pre-speaking Activating the Prior knowledge by using the

visual or audio aids to make the students guess
the topic thereby eliciting responses.

Actual content or While-speaking activity. Activities based on the topic enhancing the
speaking skills along with relevant assessment
based on it. The activities should be age and
level appropriate.

Recapitulation or Post speaking
Time: (10 minutes)
Activities based on the topic that would help
the students to reinforce what they have
learned. It can be a fun activity for the
students.
All the above-mentioned steps are mandatory:

Example of warmer: Chinese Whisper as a game, find the missing objects, simple introduction. It may
be linked to the topic/ or may not be linked to the topic. The purpose is to relax the learners.

Example of context setting: Depending on the topic the teacher can show pictures or videos and pose
questions about it. It is the students who would respond. The teacher can give clues. The discussion
would lead the students to a point where they can predict the topic of the lesson.

The questions asked by the teacher related to the particular place should be mentioned and how the
teacher is eliciting the responses from the students should be addressed in the answer. The responses
of the students should be shared.

Example of actual content or while speaking : As listening gives way to speaking, at this stage the
students would listen to something related to the topic (YouTube video/Audio recording) and this
would be done in an activity form. Based on that an assessment of the skill would be incorporated in
the form of role plays or extempore or any other activity which would assess the speaking skill. This
would be based on the passage and the names of the places in the passage. If it is a listening skill the
teacher can read the passage and the students will listen and respond. If it is a reading skill the
students can read the passage to complete the task. There can be role play, extempore or make
sentences or any other activity based on the topic. The purpose is to gauge the ability to comprehend
the topic using the skill set.

The content of the conversation/ speaking activity should be related to the information gathered
based on the places of interest, weather of the place, cuisine, information catering to the particular
place only and not information based on generic words related to travelling/ or learning of music.

Example of Post Speaking This stage would consist of an activity related to the topic that would
summarize the lesson. It could be a fun game done in pairs or groups depending upon the task
allocated. This would be based on the same passage and the students can write about the favorite
place, there can be group work or pair work depending upon the nature of the task allocated.

Mention the specific activities in each of the stages from the topic itself as that will reflect the ability to
comprehend the topic. Attach all the relevant support materials for reference purpose appropriate to
each stage.
The content of the speaking task should comprise of the words and the phrases related to the
particular place/ musical instrument only. It should not be generic.

The same concept must also applied for the lesson plan in the term end assignments.

B. Consider any 3 of the following situations and discuss how you might handle them.

(word limit for each situation should be within 200 to 300 words)

1. One or more student/s is/are not participating or engaged in the lesson.

2. A group of students come into the classroom after the lesson has begun.
3. One student has her head down on the desk and other students are looking at her.
4. The beginning of the class is delayed because two students are fighting.
5. You have assigned a task, and some of the students have already completed it, but
others are still working.
6. You have purposely counted off students to work in random groups of 5, but some
students want to stay with their friends and don’t want to join the assigned group.
7. One student is causing disruption (acting out).