Lesson 1. What makes a good language learner (Elena Ponomareva)

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 580.

Unit 1. Language Learning and Communication

Module: English Language Improvement

Team: Elena Ponomareva, Irina Belyakova, Svetlana Antonova (Tyumen State University)

What would it be if domestic animals could speak?

The objectives of the lesson:

By the end of the lesson a student will have improved the following areas of language:

Reading:for general information, for detail, in order to express their opinion, for multiple matching.

Listening:for opinion, for general information, for detail;. filling in the gaps, explanation of meaning of words and expressions

Speaking:discussions and debates, monologues, dialogues, presentations

Writing:summaries,essays, case study reports

Vocabulary:formal/informal register, asking for/giving opinion, specific words and expressions, word formation, polysemy and homonymy.

Grammar:grammar mistakes correction, emphasis, syntactic transformations.

Pronunciation:sound clusters and their pronunciation, intonation, imitation, overdubbing

Key aspects:

1) Criteria that make a good language learner

2) Difficulties language learners may encounter

3) Students' purposes for learning English and their expectations

Criteria that make a good language learner

Warm up:Answer these questions about your all second-language learning experiences. Then work in groups and compare your answers.

1 What was the language that you learned? Did you have a choice of language? If so, why did you choose that particular language?

2 What was your purpose for learning? Was it, for example, for travel or business, or simply curiosity? Or did you have no real purpose?

3 Did you teach yourself, have a private teacher, go to classes or study online? Or did you

simply pick it up by using it?

4 If you attended classes, what were your expectations? Were they met?

5 How motivated were you? What factors either raised or lowered your motivation?

6 What level of proficiency did you hope to achieve? Did you achieve it?

7 All in all, were you satisfied with the experience? If not, what would you have done

differently?

Listening for specific information:. What does successful language learning depend on?

Watch the video by Jack C. Richards on Successful Language Learners and answer the following questions:

1. What do successful language learners do that other learners don't according to Richards?

2. What examples of specific strategies does he give?

3. Did you use any of these strategies when you were learning a language? If so, how successful were they? If not, what strategies did you use? Tell your partners or post to the discussion board.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sROpRYnwrL0

Watch the video on Good Language Learning and answer the questions

1. The speaker lists six characteristics of a good language learner does – what are they?

2. What is the main message that the speaker is communicating?

3. Which characteristics do you agree with and which do you disagree? What works better for you?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdAcfPQ7go4

Reading and speaking – reaching an agreement: