Putting It All Together: Lesson Planning
Putting It All Together: Lesson Planning
We have come to the end of this course, and it is lesson planning time!
To end our TESL 110, we are required to submit a grammar lesson plan with a focus on writing.
Before getting started in the planning, we explored three main lesson plan approaches.
First, PPP (Present, Practice, Produce) which is a traditional lesson and for its sequential way, it's appealing to language instructors, in particular, new ones. This method is easily controlled, and the instructor can adequately prepare. Finding resources is more comfortable through this approach. One negative thing about PPP is that has little focus on fluency, it is teacher-centered, and presumes that language is learned in pieces.
Second, Task-Based approach consists of having the students begin and end with a targeted task. The teaching of grammar and other language components happen in the middle of the lesson, which it will depend on the needs of the students. One of the benefits of this approach is the way language can be used in the real world. Some instructors find Task-Based to be somehow difficult to teach because it is unpredictable and possibly challenging for new instructors. Also, tasks are difficult to monitor.
Third, Skill-Based can integrate grammar into the teaching of all four language skills (S, L, R, and W). The instructor provides examples of grammar in a particular context, and the target and teaching are specific to that example. Students have the opportunity to elaborate a model similar to the instructor. The benefit of this approach is that it is pretty easy to plan and it is very engaging for students. The only drawback of the Skill-Based is that it tends to be time-consuming when delivered.
I know all three approaches can perform at its best depending on what context they are used. In my case, I am drawn toward the Task-Based approach as I like to use language that is communicative and meaningful of real-life situations.
We have come to the end of this course, and it is lesson planning time!
To end our TESL 110, we are required to submit a grammar lesson plan with a focus on writing.
Before getting started in the planning, we explored three main lesson plan approaches.
First, PPP (Present, Practice, Produce) which is a traditional lesson and for its sequential way, it's appealing to language instructors, in particular, new ones. This method is easily controlled, and the instructor can adequately prepare. Finding resources is more comfortable through this approach. One negative thing about PPP is that has little focus on fluency, it is teacher-centered, and presumes that language is learned in pieces.
Second, Task-Based approach consists of having the students begin and end with a targeted task. The teaching of grammar and other language components happen in the middle of the lesson, which it will depend on the needs of the students. One of the benefits of this approach is the way language can be used in the real world. Some instructors find Task-Based to be somehow difficult to teach because it is unpredictable and possibly challenging for new instructors. Also, tasks are difficult to monitor.
Third, Skill-Based can integrate grammar into the teaching of all four language skills (S, L, R, and W). The instructor provides examples of grammar in a particular context, and the target and teaching are specific to that example. Students have the opportunity to elaborate a model similar to the instructor. The benefit of this approach is that it is pretty easy to plan and it is very engaging for students. The only drawback of the Skill-Based is that it tends to be time-consuming when delivered.
I know all three approaches can perform at its best depending on what context they are used. In my case, I am drawn toward the Task-Based approach as I like to use language that is communicative and meaningful of real-life situations.
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