ICELT LESSON PLAN FORM Electronic Version

Name of teacher: Darío Alejandro Rico Candidate Number:

Institution: Universidad Santo Tomás

Date of Observation: DAY MONTH YEAR __28th __ 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

1 2 3 4 5Language Item:

Landscape vocabulary

Aims:By the end of the lesson students will be able to:

• Students will be able to describe their own country.

Personal aims:

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

Materials :PPT,Spelling city , cacoo, Microsoft word

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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

-Describing their own country will raise their awareness how beautiful it is.

Anticipated problems

Students will not know how to use spelling city

Planned solutions

Teacher will provide a short tutorial for that purpose.

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Stage Aim ProcedureTeacher and student activity

Time and interaction

Tutor’s comments

Warm-up

Vocabularypractice

Listening

Vocabulary reinforcement

Australia video

Students will be introduced the key vocabulary of landscapes

Students will reinforce the key vocabulary of landscapes

Students will make a listening for specific details

Students will learn the different adjectives related to landscapes

Students will identify key features of the landscape of a country

Students will see a Power Point Present which introduces the key words of landscapes.

Students will play a series of spellingcity.com games in order to identify the key vocabulary of landscapes and countries

Students will listen to five people describing the common landscapes in their countries

Students will make diagrams through cacoo of the different landscapes with 3 adjectives for each one among these options: beautiful, busy, cold, dry, famous, green, high, hot, huge, noisy, popular

Students will see a video of “down under” by men at work.They will take notes which landscapes they could see it with their adjectives. After they saw it, they will describe the landscapes that they could see it.

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10 minutesS-S

15 min

10 min

10 min

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Australia e-mail

Key features of their own country

Writing

Students will identify key landscapes in Australia

Students will talk about the main landscapes in Colombia

Students will describe their country

Students will read an e-mail which describes the key landscapes in all Australia. In order to identify new vocabulary they can use their mobiles. After they read it, they will make a comprehension activity

Students will talk about the main landscapes in Colombia by cardinal points. They can use internet or their mobile devices in order to get additional information

Students will write an e-mail to an imaginary foreign friend describing their country. At the end, they will send it to the tutor in order to get his feedback. Teacher will make emphasis that students should check grammar and spelling through word applications.

10 minutes

5 minutes

20 minutes

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