ICELT LESSON PLAN FORM Electronic Version

Name of teacher: Darío Alejandro Rico Candidate Number:

Institution: Universidad Santo Tomás

Date of Observation: DAY MONTH YEAR ___16th __ 11___ ___2013

Time of observation Length of class2-4 p.m 1.30 hours

Class/grade: English I Room: 204A

Number of students: 12 Average age of Students: 17

Number of years of English study (students):3

Level of students

Elementary Intermediate AdvancedLesson Number

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Reading strategies

-Scan-Skim- True and False Cognates-Synonyms in the context- Comprehension check- True and False- ReferentsAims:By the end of the lesson students will be able to:

• Students will be able to recognize the main idea of a text• Students will be able to find specific information of a text.

Personal aims:

• To master the use of technology for teaching• Lessen TTT

Materials :Hot potato, podcast.

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Rationale

Profile of learners:• describe ages and language level

They are university students who are studying their first semester of law . They are in average 17 years old. Most of them have studied English in their high school and just two have not studied English in high school.

• outline linguistic and affective needs

- This group shows an average level of A1.2. Most of them a high level of proficiency for the level and just two are behind. This is their last class of the day, so they are tired, sleepy and with rush to go home early.

• explain how learners’ needs relate to aims of the lesson

-Reading something about a home at sea, will make them imagine and think in an ideal home.

Anticipated problems

Students will use dictionary in the first reading

Planned solutions

Teacher will remind them when they are reading for finding the global idea it is not important to use dictionary

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Stage Aim ProcedureTeacher and student activity

Time and interaction

Tutor’s comments

Warm-up

Global idea

Cognates

Synonyms in context

Comprehension activity

True and False

Students will be introduced key vocabulary

Students will find the global idea of the text

Students will identify both true and false cognates

Students will identify synonyms in context

Students will answer questions about the text

Students will check which information is false

Student will solve a hot potato match puzzle individually. They can use online dictionaries( www.thefreedictionary), google in order to solve the activity.

Students will read the text through moodle platform and find the global idea among the options given.

Students will be explained through moodle platform the concept of true and false cognates. Also, they have to identify both true and false cognates through a multiple choice activity

Students will identify the synonyms of certain words based on the context

Students will solve the comprehension activity of the text.

Students will answer a True and False activity. In the true sentences they have to justify their answer

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Outcome Students will discuss about the text

and in the False ones they have to correct the sentences

Students will make a podcast of a minute answering the question Do you want to live in ResidenSea?. They post it in a forum and then they comment each other post in the same way, with a podcast.

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