A Lesson Plan of Grammar Translation Method

2014 Fall Semester- Lesson Plan 1

Step OneMake a clear introduction of Grammar Translation

with a PPT (20 minutes)—You can use any material from internet to help you explain this method.

Tell the classmates (10 minutes)1. your students’ age2. The activities (at least 5 activities) you have

designed3. The reading passage (from a literature work) you

want to teach

Step TwoActivity 1: Read aloud the passage and

translate it into Chinese. (10 minutes)During the activity, you have to1. explain the vocabulary in Chinese2. explain the grammar rules of the sentence

structure in Chinese3. stop to ask students if they can follow you

from time to time

Step Three Activity 2: Ask students to answer the reading

comprehension questions (10 minutes)During the activity, you have to

• design the comprehension questions

• lead the students to answer the reading comprehension questions you have designed

• Provide the correct answers to your students

Step Four Activity 3: Ask student to answer the other

types of question based on their understanding on the reading passage (10 minutes)

During the activity, you have to design the inference questionsask students to answer the inference

questions you have designed

Step FiveActivity 4: Teach your students to know the

antonyms/synonyms of the vocabulary showing in the reading passage. (10 minutes)

During the activity, you have to • prepare the handout for the antonyms/synonyms

vocabulary list• teach your students to know about

antonyms/synonyms and you have prepared

Step SixActivity 5: Give a list of target language vocabulary

words (of the reading passage) and their native language equivalents and a list of the grammatical rules and ask your students to memorize them. (10 minutes)

During the activity, you have to

• teach the grammar deductively

• give your students a quiz to make sure they have learned the grammar rules

End of the lesson plan!