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Main Aims: By the end of the lesson the learners will be able to
Pronounce and use in context new vocabulary with the phoneme /ə/ and recognise the stress in new vocabulary
Subsidiary aims: By the end of the lesson the learners will also be able to
Materials (please include attributions)
A4 visuals on board to elicit story with TL
CD for pronunciation of TL
Handouts with students’ final speaking task (photo and story)
White board
Target Language
balcony, together, about, exhibition, photographer, computer, October
Assumptions:
Students will already know the target language but may have difficulty in pronunciation. They may put the stress on the wrong syllable or they may use the phoneme instead of /ə/
Anticipated procedural problems:
CD fails to work
Possible Solutions
Read text from book for pronunciatio
My personal aims: (NB refer to last lesson action points)
Plan use of the whiteboard (attached)
Plan 3 word instructions
Language Analysis
1. Meaning
balcony, visual of lady on balcony, questions – where is this lady standing? together, visual of a couple, “is this man standing on his own? (no, standing with a women) So the man is standing on his own or they are standing (gesture two hands, moving together) about, exhibition, visual may elicit gallery, ask instead of gallery, a place where an artist can show lots of his work photographer, visual computer
2. Pronunciation
/ə/ sounds photographer /ə/ computer /ə/
October /ə/ balcony, /ə/ together /ə/ about - /ə/ exhibition /ə/
3. Form
balcony,- noun together - adverb