TESOL Mid-term Assignment

A. Design a conversation activity (speaking skills) based on “Planning a trip to any holiday
destination”.

Name of the Planning a trip to any holiday destination.

Topic
Time Duration 45 minutes
Age 12- 13 years
Level Pre- Intermediate
Language Mother Tongue and English Ideally English should not be the Languages
spoken spoken as they are students of ESL/EFL class
No. of students 10
Teaching Aids Related videos, worksheets, flash cards.
Objectives At the end of the lesson, students will be able to
• Speak confidently by framing simple sentences with 60-70%
accuracy.
• Develop the ability to express their views by using correct
vocabulary.
• Pronounce correctly and analyze the importance of voice modulation
and intonation.
• Focus on particular grammar point on the base of language
proficiency.

Warmer Word Jumble Race

(5 – 7 minutes) This game requires some pre – planning.
• Write out number of sentences, preferably using different colours for
each sentence. At least, 3 – 5 sentences are required for each team.
• Cut out the sentences into words
• To keep it separate, put each sentence in different objects like
baskets or boxes.
• And then jumble the words in their respective baskets.
• Split the class into teams of 2, 3 or 4 depending upon the number of
sentences to go around.
• Teams must now put their sentences in the correct order.
• The first one to put the sentences into correct order will be the
winning team.

Context Speaking activity: SHOW AND TELL

setting or ( Requires initial planning)
Pre- speaking (Students were asked to bring a small item that can fit into their bag and is
(10 minutes) school appropriate.)
• Each student who has an item, one by one, comes in front of the
class and speaks about the item for at least 30 seconds.
• Voluntary participation.
 Inform the students at least a week ahead that they have to bring an item that
they would like to talk about. Emphasis on the Show and Tell activity,
which is about “The destination for holiday”. The item must be from the
place they have visited. Proper guidance should be provided to the students
on what they have to talk about in their 30 seconds.
• Where the item is from?
• Do you like to travel? (Eliciting from students)
• Do you think people will like to visit the place from where the item
is? Why?
• What is the special significance about the item they bought?
If time allows ask students to work in pairs and decide any three
destinations they would like to visit based on what they have heard and
why?
Video link from YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GXt4c0MK3I

While • Students are grouped into pairs and provide them worksheets.
Speaking • Then asked to complete the dialogue between two friends, by using
(20 minutes) the information card.(Targeted vocabulary words)
Holiday Information Itinerary
Destination Singapore
Transportation By flight
Departure Date 20th August
Choose Beauty and culture
Length of stay Two weeks
Accommodation Hotel
Sight Seeing Animal Safari and visiting Sentosa
island

Jane: Hey Ryan, what about our trip, have you fixed the place?
Ryan: Yes, let’s go to __________. We can move by _________ of August.
Jane: Why did you choose that destination?
Ryan: I choose to travel Singapore because of its ______ and ________.
Jane: Sounds great! So we have to book the tickets for __________ right?
Ryan: Yeah, that we will do.
Jane: How long we are going to stay and what about ____________?
Ryan: Don’t worry, I will contact one of my friends over there, he will help
us to book __________ room for us. We can plan itinerary for a week.
Jane : Fine, I will contact a travel agency there, they will guide us for
________.
Ryan: Nice idea!
Jane: I am too excited about this trip.
Ryan: Me too, Jane
(Keywords mentioned in the tabular format must be included)
• Then the pairs are asked to do role play one by one.
• At the time of role play teacher must vigilantly check the
pronunciation, voice modulation, intonation and use of proper stress.
 • Students are motivated to repeat the role plays until they get a
confidence to speak.

Recapitulation • Revise the trip based vocabulary through a mind map. Also, ask the
or Post students to draw their own.
speaking Sample of Mind Map:
(10 minutes)

Homework/ Follow up task:

Audio – visual project: Record a dialogue with a peer, parent or guardian, discussing about their
favourite holiday destination.
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I like the flow of your Lesson plan and it is evident that you are clear with the subject and
have an idea to design an effective lesson plan.

As Facilitators, it is important that we are ready with unique ideas that will bring freshness to
the class.

The fact that you have attached the detailed activities make the lesson more understandable
and easy to comprehend.

You can also attach relevant pictures and samples to make the lesson interesting.

Well done!!
B. Consider any 3 situations and discuss how you might handle them:

1. One or more student/s is/are not participating or engaged in the lesson.

This situation is common. One of the underlying goals of any teacher is total participation. If
one or more students are not paying attention in the classroom, the possible reasons could be
as follows:
a. Doesn’t understand the material.
b. Lack of motivation and interest.
c. Distracted by external stimuli.
d. Mismatched learning style.

In this situation, teacher needs to find out a way to make learning relevant and valuable. Here
are six techniques I employ in my classroom to create a space that encourages participation
from students.
a. Connecting the topic to real life situation.
b. Activity oriented teaching. Interacting with students to keep them involved.
c. Give students choices.
d. Paying close attention to students so that they won’t feel unattended.
e. Moving in all around in the entire classroom to keep a check on student participation.
f. Different students have different learning styles: some learn best by seeing, some by
listening and others by doing. Teaching plan should cater to the need of all type of
students.

Ideally, the goal of increasing participation is not only to have each student to participate
in the same way or at same rate. Instead, it is to create an environment in which all
students have equal opportunities to learn.

2. A group of students come into the classroom after the lesson has begun.

Latecomers interrupt the flow of the class and can be distracting for both the teacher and the
other students. To deal with such type of situation, first of all, teacher should ensure whether
they are always behaving like this or not. If it so, find the reason behind this. Also, I would
set certain rules to deal with latecomers as follows:
a. Leave some empty chairs by the front or back doors for latecomers. Students who are late
are not allowed to go to their regular seats. They must take on of the “late seats” by the
door. This will prevent latecomers to disturb the whole class already in progress.
b. Always start the class with warmer activity; this will motivate the students to be on time.
c. Give the rest of the class some activity and in the meanwhile, utilize the time to
understand why the students were late and also to help them to understand what has been
covered so far.
d. Students can be asked to wait after class to cover the part of the lesson they have missed.
e. Consequences like mark an absent for two late arrivals.

Also, make them realize by coming late for the class they not only miss the important
framing of the lecture but also causing hindrance to classmate’s integrity by distracting
them.
 3. You have assigned a task, and some of the students have already completed it, but
others are still working.

• In this situation, the ones who have completed their work, they can be appointed as
volunteers to assist their teacher in the completion of task of the entire class like book
collection, worksheet submission or even they can help peers those are still working.
• By getting appointed as leaders, the students not only become confident but also it boosts
their self-esteem and enhances the sense of responsibility in them.
• Eventually, the slow learners or the one who are disruptive by nature gets motivated to
complete their task on time. So, that next time they can get the chance to volunteer.
• We can ask the students to check their work for errors or even they can improve their work.

In regards to effective classroom management, it is important for the Facilitator to remember

that different strategies need to be applied for different age groups.

Set clear rules at the beginning of the school year and let your students know regarding
various essential disciplinary values.

I like your strategies and we must remember to use varied methods to bring out the best
from the students.

There could also be personal issues which hamper the concentration in class.

So, it is also a good idea to check if any external factor is affecting the performance.

The different strategies used are very good and I think they can help to bring out the best
from the students.

Grade : A