Unit 15

WORKSHEET – UNIT 15


Task 1 – Imagine you are a student in the class on the CD-ROM. How would you have felt during:

Lesson one?
We would have felt disconnected from the material, confused, not entirely sure what the objectives are, bored as the teacher repeats the same material many times on the board. There was definitely a lack of encouragement to answer questions after the teacher had shot down several students for doing so.

Lesson two?
Lesson two definitely felt far more engaging, interesting and easier to understand.

Task 2 – Which lesson was the more effective? Why?
Lesson two was without doubt more effective than lesson one for many reasons, the teachers communication was far superior (most notably his body language) and the material was produced in a more interesting manner.

Task 3 – What main differences did you note between lesson one and two in the following areas?

The teacher’s attitude to the students:
1)Very negative, disinterested and again very negative
2)Teacher was very energetic and observant, learned the students names and progressed through the material at a suitable speed

The students’ attitude towards the teacher:
1)The students looked very confused and unsure of what the teacher was saying
2)Students were very connected to the teacher and obviously taking a lot in, they were trying much harder than in lesson one and were more open during the activities

Student participation:
1)Students weren’t really given an opportunity to do anything except listen or attempt to guess the answer to questions that weren’t taught properly in the first place
2)Students were obviously more encouraged to participate as they were in a comfortable situation and were more confident in what they had learned

The teacher’s voice (clarity, complexity, speed etc):
1)The clarity in lesson one was very bad, the teacher did not appear happy to be teaching the class. The complexity was next to none and the speed of the words was often just muttered to the class
2)The teacher seemed very friendly, receptive of students answers, of course his clarity, complexity and speed were all very good and all of the students were able to hear him properly

The teacher’s instructions and explanations:
1)Possibly the worst point of the entire lesson was the teachers explanations. He didn’t use any body language to help describe animals for the students and his instructions weren’t clearly understood by any student
2)Lesson two was very easy for students to understand what was happening as the teacher was far more engaged and the lesson seemed to flow better, especially between stages

Monitoring of the students:
1)There was definitely a lack of eye contact from the teacher and he often forgot their names, he often spoke to just one student instead of across the whole class
2)The teacher was the centre point of the class at all times, he always knew their names and was very receptive when the students had input

Engage stage
In lesson one he kept repeating himself on areas where the students didn’t understand, therefore going nowhere. Students were far more engaged in lesson two especially when they were required to give as many animals as possible

Study stage
During lesson one the students did not participate well at all because the teacher had not clearly explained what they should do. In lesson two they were clearly more comfortable and willing to involve themselves with the material

Activate stage
The teacher in lesson one began reading a book during the activate stage which we think is a big no-no, he also did not let the students have enough of a go at producing their answers to the class before cutting the lesson short. In lesson two the teacher clearly produced the material, assisted the students and allowed them the freedom to answer the questions properly

Task 4 – How would you change/adapt lesson two to make it more effective still?

We think that there was too much material for such a small period of time and the teacher should pay more attention to pronunciation as every time a student said ‘fly’ it sounded like ‘fry’

Task 5 – What level do you think the students are? Was the language point appropriate for this level?

It depends on which lesson, in lesson two the students appeared to be beginner-intermediate as they seemed to understand what the teacher was saying yet were still using basic material such as what animals can or can’t do, lesson one the students appeared to be far outside their levels. Our answer is that with suitable teacher they were at the correct level.