Lesson Planning for a Communicative Classroom

LESSON PLANNING FOR A COMMUNICATIVE

CLASSROOMUVG Altiplano EFL Teachers´

Conference

Warm up

Colors: Chain activity

Person #1: “I like blue.”Person #2: “She likes blue. I like red”.Person #3: “She likes blue. He likes red. I like yellow.”

Why do we teach English?

KNOWLEDGE? JOBS, COMMUNICATION?

Call Center Job

How do we have to teach?

FOR UNDERSTANDING?

FOR USE?

Can I help you?

Can I help you?

yes

We have to teach students to use/communicate in the language

Describe to your partner what is different about the two classrooms?

Watch videos

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 2 CLASSES?

100% student speakingPair workTeacher as

Facilitator/Monitor

Which class do you want to be in?

Class #2 - Communicative Classroom

Who should be speaking in a language classroom: the teacher or the students?

STUDENTS!!!!!

Cooperative Learning

PAIR GROUP

Communicate

• Leaner should interact with other people; either face-to-face, in group or pair work, or in writing.

Groups for Communication

GROUPS OF 4 WHAT IS THIS COLOR?THIS COLOR IS ________.

Purpose is to use REAL communication

• Ex. Objectives are focused on communication

• Student asks another student what colors are in the pictures.

Lesson ObjectivesWhat is an objective?

Lesson Plan

Objective: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Background links/Motivation/Review(5): ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ Presentation(5): ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Exercise 1(oral)(5): _____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Exercise 2(5): _______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Exercise 3(Pair/Group Work)(10): _____________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Exercise 5(Evaluation)/Review(5): _____________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Homework(2): ___________________________________________________________________________________

What do you want your final activity to look like?

THIS? OR THIS?

What does your objective look like?

Objective: I will teach colors.

Objective: Students will ask each other “What is your favorite color?” and answer “My favorite color is………”

Which one is a final communicative activity?

Lesson Plan

Objective:

Students will ask each other “What is your favorite color?” and answer “My favorite color is ________.”

Background links/Motivation/Review(5): ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ Presentation(5): ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Exercise 1(oral)(5): _____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Exercise 2(5): _______________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ Exercise 3(Pair/Group Work)(10): _____________________________________________________ Exercise 5(Evaluation)/Review(5):

Students will ask each other “What is your favorite color?” and answer “My favorite color is ________.”

Homework(2): ___________________________________________________________________________________

Writing a Communicative Objective

Objective:

I will…..Or Students will…..

Which one is communicative?

Students will copy from the board…

Students will repeat after the teacher…

Students will speak with a partner….

Example of Communicative Activities

PAIRSRunning reading/description – video

Small GroupsSs speaking in small groups = video

Entire ClassMingle – video

Running Description

PairsThere is…… There are…….

Small GroupsSurvey

What is your name?

What do you love?

What do you hate?

1.

2.

3.

4.

Which is communicative?

Ss will learn color vocabulary words. Ss will know color vocabulary words. Ss will describe the colors in a picture to

a partner. Ss will write a list of colors.

#1 Objectives should be communicative.

Do you want to learn Chinese/Mandarin?

1. yi = 12. er = 23. san = 3

Hold up fingers= observable

Observable

1st Person: Ni hao?2nd Person: hao!

Then have them talk to each other- communicative.

Objectives must be Observable

Observable Objective

I will teach students ….

Can I observe myself? Can I observe my students?

Students will …..

What the STUDENTS WILL DO

What is the difference between the verbs in the left column and the verbs in the right column according to learning objectives?

OBSERVABLE NOT OBSERVABLE

TellRank Answer

Create Evaluate

List Categorize

Ask Describe

Use Point

Give

Identify

Write

Understand Appreciate Learn know

Rank Colors #1-5From most to least

Rank- What colors do you see?Rank from biggest to smallest

1. Orange 2. Red 3. Yellow 4. Brown 5. Black

Rank Colors #1-5From most to least

Which is observable?

Ss will learn color vocabulary words. Ss will know color vocabulary words. Ss will describe the colors in a picture.

Objectives should be communicative and observable.

Math objective

Ss will learn algebra

OR Ss will learn how to graph a point on a

line.

Ss will learn division27/ 3 374273482374/6.49384038

Students will learn about clothing

Statements: You are wearing a blue dress.Questions: What are you wearing?Conjugations: I am wearing. You are wearing. Etc.Vocabulary:Belt dress hat pants skirt shirt blouse shoes sandals sneakers tie scarf socks boots shorts tank top polo shirt long sleeved shirt short sleeved shirt jacket cap high heeled shoes stilletos gloves coat hoodie sweatshirt sweat pants suit underwear bathing suit robe pajamas slippers loafers pantyhose stockings …With colors: blue, white, red, Using the articles: a, an, the

Objectives must be Specific

Specific ObjectivesObjectiveLanguage

USE:

TO:

IN:

What that means……

Grammar

Communicative Action

Final Activity

Examples

“She/He is wearing…”

“describe”

“small groups”

Students will use “She/He is wearing….” to describe a partner’s clothes in small groups.

Examples

Students Will Use: 10 colors and “this” and “that”To: tell what is in a picture(“That is blue.”)In: a pair activity

Students Will Use: 20 clothing items and “She/He is

wearing.”To: describe a classmate’s clothesIn: in small groups

Communicative? Observable? Specific?

1. Students will use furniture vocabulary and next to, in, between, by, on, over to describe a picture of a house in an information gap activity.  

GOOD

Not achievable in one lessonNot observable

Not specific

2. Students will use their speaking and listening skills to improve their English. 

3. STUDENTS WILL USE PAST TENSE QUESTIONS,

NEGATIVES AND AFFIRMATIVES TO STUDY.

Not specificNot observable

No communicative use

4. STUDENTS WILL USE FUTURE TENSE WITH “WILL” AND “GOING

TO” CORRECTLY.

Not observable

Write objectivescommunicative, observable, specificStudents Will(grammar) Use: 10 colors and “this” and “that”(communicative)To: tell what is in a picture(“That is

blue.”)(final activity) In: a pair activity

Topic: Family

Use:To:In:

Reflection Questions

What are the most important things you have learned about objectives?