Hi all,
I'm currently taking the CELTA exam, and would be greatful if a teacher could give me feedback on a short lesson (30 mins) on reading.
Main aim:
to develop students' skills of reading for specific info in a newspaper article about a visual dictionary.
Subsidiary aims:
- to develop students' skills of reading for gist
- to develop students' skills of question building
Stage 1 - Lead in (3 mins)
T -> Ss 1 - T asks for a stapler
2 - T asks and mimes stapler
T -> Ss 3 - Feedback - language :
stapler (choral/ind drill)
Ss -> T
S -> T
T-> Ss 4 - Feedback - content :
what helped understand meaning?
Ss -> T mime
Stage 2 - 1st reading (8 mins) - reading for gist
T -> Ss 1 - Instructions:
in pairs, find another way to explain meaning better than mime? Why? Why not?
Ss 2 - Ss read text
S -> S 3 - Ss check in pairs, justifying their choice
Ss -> T 4 - Feedback
Stage 3 - Question building (8 mins)
T -> Ss 1 - Instructions (board example):
using key words, build question
S -> S 2 - Ss build questions in pairs
Ss -> T 3 - Feedback
Stage 4 - 2nd reading (10 mins) - reading for specific information
T -> Ss 1 - Instructions (change pairs):
in pairs, find answers to questions
Ss 2 - Ss read text
S -> S 3 - Ss check answers in pairs, justifying their choice
Ss -> T 4 - Feedback
Many thanks,
Cedric