The Parts of a Lesson

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 Motivation
…introduces the topic
…creates a need for the new language

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 Techniques for Motivation
 Warm-Up:
Small talk, announcements, “How was your weekend? What
did you do?”
 Review:
“What did we learn to do last time? Did you try it at work / at
the store / at your children’s school? How did it go?”
 Introduce the topic:
“Today we are learning to understand medicine labels.”
 Ask learners about their own experiences:
“Do you take medicine?” “ Where do you buy medicine?”

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 Practice
…gets learners using the new language in
controlled circumstances
…is the core of the lesson

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 Application
…gets students using the new language for
their own real reasons
…is the reason for the lesson

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 Two More Techniques

In which phase of the lesson could you use

these?

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 Real Conversations
 Record real conversations you hear in public.
Include real language: slang, reductions
(whaddyathink?), incomplete sentences, fillers (um,
well…).
 Put together a short conversation on an area you’re
working on in class (health, employment, basic
communication, etc.)
 Limit your conversation to 4 lines.
 Use these conversations as basis to build-on using
the information students learned during this class

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 Share

 Tell your home group about the lesson plan

you studied.

 Compare the lesson plans.

 Which lesson plan does your home group like

best? Why?

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