Task-based teaching practicum

Lesson plan of our teaching practicum

Class: TESOL F2012

Name: Lilian (9859504) and Nicole(0159810)

Class unit	Traveling around the world : Giving and asking direction
Class Period	60 minutes
Class level	Grade 6-7 in elementary and junior high school
Class size	20 students
Teaching Objectives	1.      Promote learners’ vocabulary acquisition through task-based activities. 2.      Promote learners’ acquisition to make correct sentence patterns about asking and giving directions. 3.      Enhance learner’s willingness to answer teachers’ questions in English. 4.      Enhance learners’ listening and speaking ability in English. 5.      Extend learners’ social interaction to work together to accomplish a task. 6.      Extend learners’ ability to apply what they learn in the real world.
Teaching Materials	1.      Teacher-made reading materials 2.      Teacher-made map 3.      Teacher-made worksheet adapted from Internet
Assignment	Finish the target sentences practice on the worksheet
Assessment	No assessment
From Theory to Practice	1.      Communicative approach: Experience sharing allows students to explore their linguistic ability and express their living experiences. 2.      Task-based approach: Sentence patterns and related vocabulary learning about the target task allows students to fulfill the task and apply what they have learned to their real life. 3.      The activity part about social interaction invites students to extend their thinking and enhance their engagement with the task. 4.      Cognitive approach: Students finish the practice part and assignment. It could lead students to expand their ideas and confirm their cognition toward linguistic part.
Teaching Procedures		Time(mins.)	Teaching Aids
Step 1 Warm up: 1. Students are divided into two groups. Use lollipops as an extrinsic motivation. The winner group would get two lollipops in the end of the class. 2.      Show students pictures about landmarks in different places and ask students what they are and where they are.    3.      Ask students to share what countries they have ever been to and what they did in the country. Q: What counties have you ever been?  Please share your experience in the countries. Ask students what they could do while they get lost in the foreign countries.     Q: What will you do if you get lost in the foreign counities?   Step 2 Presentation: 1.      Teach vocabulary. First, ask students to repeat each vocabulary after me and give English-English explanations of each word. Students need to make sentences. New Vocabulary: direction, particular, withdraw, avenue, boulevard, block, arrive at, kitty-corner from  2.      Reading part.  Teachers use the top-down strategy to go through the dialogue on the worksheet with students. Ask students to read the dialogue aloud together. Then, pose the following think-aloud questions about the dialogue to the students to make sure the students’ understanding of the text. Questions:  Q1. Where is Bob going to first?            Q2. What should Bob do when he comes to the stop sign? Turn right or turn left?            Q3: Where is the bank Frank is telling to Bob? Across from the traffiic light, next to the traffic light or kitty-corner from the traffic light?            Q4: Where is Bob going to next?            Q5: Where is Healthy hospital?            O6: What could we say when we hope others have a good time in their trip? 3.      Sentence patterns and practice part.  Before teaching students patterns, teachers will tell students that these patterns are needed to carry out the final activity so that they can increase their motivation. Pattern: 1. How could I get to_______? 2. What's the best way to get to_______? 3. Do you know where I can find a _____?   Step 3  Activity: 1.      Teachers will attach a map on the board. Students do not know what kinds of stores will be in the map.   2.      Diffeent groups are given their own to do list and should guess which stores they can buy and do what they want . The winner group will be the one who can fulfill the to do list first . To do list 1.      Post office 2.      Home- Do the homework 3.      Supermarket-buy vegetable 4.      Convenient store-buy a hotdog 5.      Bookstore-buy book 6.      Coffee shop-buy coffee 7.      Restaurant-buy Hamburg 8.      Bank-withdraw money 9.      Movie theater-see a movie 10.  Police station 11.  Railway station-take a train 12.  Hospital 13.  Park 14.  Library 15.  Bakery-buy bread 16.  Museum 17.  Bus stop 18.  School 19.  Church 20.  Department store-buy clothes 21.  NO Group A List 1.          Restaurant-buy Hamburg 2.          Railway station-take a train 3.          Coffee shop-buy coffee 4.          Bakery-buy bread 5.          Movie theater-see a movie Group B List 1.      Bank-withdraw money 2.      Supermarket-buy vegetable 3.      Bookstore-buy book 4.      Department store-buy clothes 5.      Convenient store-buy a hotdog   Step 4 Wrap up: Teachers review vocabulary and patterns and remind students their assignment. Check which group is the winner. Distribute the reward: lollipops. Assignment:  Finish the sentence patterns practice in the worksheet. Do you know where I can find a _____? ex. A: Do you know where I can find a Chinese restaurant?     B: Yeah. Why don't you try Ming's Dynasty?         It's on 3rd Avenue across from the high school.  Practice: A: _________________________________(high school) B:__________________________________		5 minutes                                                   3 minutes       2 minutes       10 minutes           10 minutes                           10 minutes               15 minutes                                                                                 5 minutes	Pictures and i-pad                                                             Teacher-made material, pictures                                     Teacher-made worksheet             Teacher-made Map                                                                               Teacher-made worksheet

Worksheet

Giving Directions

Bob: Excuse me,I have no sense of direction. How could I get to a bank?
Frank: Well, there are a few banks near here. Do you have a particular bank in mind?

Bob: I'm afraid I don't. I just need to withdraw some money from either a teller, or an ATM.
Frank: Well, in that case, go straight along the street until the third traffic light. Turn left there, and continue on until you come to a stop sign.

Bob: Do you know what the name of the street is?
Frank: Yes, I think it's Jennings Lane. Now, you should turn left when you come to the stop sign. You'll be on 8th Avenue.

Bob: OK, I go straight along this street to the third traffic light and turn left. That's Jennings lane.
Frank: Yes, that's right.

Bob: Then I continue on to the stop sign and take a right on 8th Avenue.
Frank: No, take a left at the stop sign on 8th Avenue.

Bob: Oh, thanks. What's next?
Frank: Well, continue on 8th Avenue for about 2 blocks, past a supermarket until you come to another traffic light. You'll see the bank is kitty-corner from the traffic light.

Bob: Let me repeat that: I go up for about 2 blocks, past a supermarket to the traffic light. Then, the bank is kitty-corner from the traffic light.
Frank: Yes, that's it!

Bob: OK. After I arrive at the bank, how could I go to Page Two bookstore?
Frank: After you leave the bank, turn right and go along the street for about 10 minutes. You’ll see Healthy hospital on the corner of 9^th Avenue and Lincon Boulevard. Take a left on Lincon Boulevard and go along the road for about 2 blocks. You can see a police station on your right and the bookstore is across from the police station.

Bob: Oh, thanks. Could I repeat again to show how I could go to Page Two bookstore?

Frank: Sure.

<!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]-->Bob: Turn right after I leave the bank.Walk along the street for about 10 minutes to Healthy hospital and turn left on Lincon Boulevard and go up for another 2 blocks. Stop at a police station.
Frank: Almost, you'll see the bookstore across from there.

Bob: Well, thank you very much for taking the time to explain this to me!
Frank: Not at all. Enjoy your visit!

Bob: Thank you.

Vocabulary Part:
1. direction noun  the ways someone or something moves

2. particular adj  special

3. withdraw  verb  take money out of a bank account

4. avenue   noun  used in the names of streets

5. boulevard  noun  a broad avenue

6. healthy   adjective  body is strong and without any sick

6. block    noun  a square formed by four streets

7. arrive at   verb phrase  get to a place you are going to

8. kitty-corner from   adverb  on the opposite corner 

9. about directions:

Picture	English sentence
<!--[if !vml]--> <!--[endif]-->	Go straight along the Street.
<!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]-->	Turn left into Oxford Street.
<!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]-->	Turn right into Oxford Street.
<!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]-->	Take a right on the road.
<!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]-->	Go/Walk along the river.
<!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]-->	The bookshop is across from the church.
<!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]-->	The bookshop is between the church and the pet shop.
<!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]-->	The bookshop is on the corner.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->B.   <!--[endif]-->Sentence patterns:

1. How could I get to_______?

ex. A:Excuse me, how could I get to the post office?

    B:You can go straight for three blocks and then turn right.

       The post office will on your left side.  

Practice:_________________________________    <!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]--> (Coffee Shop)

<!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]-->

2. What's the best way to get to_______?

Ann's Bakery

<!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]--> <!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]-->ex. A: What's the best way to get to the star hotel from here?

    B:Go down Pine Street to Broadway.

      Turn left on Broadway and it's on your right.

Practice:

A:______________________________________(Ann's Bakery)

B:______________________________________

<!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]-->3. Do you know where I can find a _____?

ex. A: Do you know where I can find a Chinese restaurant?

    B: Yeah. Why don't you try Ming's Dynasty?

        It's on 3rd Avenue across from the high school.

 Practice:

A: _________________________________(high school)

B:__________________________________