Name of the Teacher Date Level of the class Length of lesson
Name + Surname 26/01/2023 A1 - Elementary level 60-minute
Lesson Type:
Vocabulary lesson
Lesson Topic:
Parts of the body
Lesson Aims: Lesson Outcomes:
By the end of the lesson, students will be better able to recognise and By the end of the lesson, students will have talked to everyone in class about
produce the parts of the body, point to the body part and name it correctly their body parts and will name the body part while pointing at it.
and will be pronouncing the words better.
Target vocabulary:
head, leg, foot, hand, back, ear, arm, eye, nose, mouth
Anticipated difficulties: Suggested solutions:
1. In Chinese, there can be a difficulty with pronouncing a /r/ sound, This 1. I, the teacher, should demonstrate the movement of the tongue with
sound this is often replaced with /l/ or /w/. Students might struggle to an exaggerated movement when making the /r/ sound. We will spend
pronounce certain words containing the letter r, right. some time practising the sound on its own by growling like an angry
Pronounciancing might also be similar to other Chinese words and dog and asking my students to copy me - this will help students
then they might confuse words with other words. There are some achieve a /r/ sound before moving on to pronouncing.
pronunciation problems with sounds which cannot be found in the
Chinese language, for example: “th”, “v” and“lt”. Th: /s/ instead of 2. Before showing how the word is spelt, it is best to go through the
/th/. alphabet with the students.
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, 3. Instead of putting a single student in front of a whole class and asking
2. When the word is shown, the students may find it difficult to read him/her questions where the student can feel shy, I, the teacher
because Chinese students use a different alphabet. should rather do activities like teamwork, interviews, dialogue, role
playing or some games which a goal can be achieved by working
3. Chinese people are often shy or introverted, especially in front of together.
foreigners or infront of a group. The Chinese society is built on 关系
Guanxi, which means “relationship(s)” and are defined as any kind of
connection people can have with oneanother. In other words, the
individual is not as important as in other countries, but rather the
group which they rely on. Chinese people are good in teamwork
which can be applied in the classroom.
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, Language analysis:
Language Item Meaning of the item How you will present Concept Checking Questions Grammatical form Pronunciation
meaning
Example: Example: Example: Example: Example: Example:
huge very big, enormous using a picture of a mouse What’s the opposite of Strong adjective / hjuːdʒ/
and an elephant to show huge? Name a huge
large size mountain.
1. head Your head is the top Pointing towards my What is this body part Noun hɛd
part of your body, head. Using the slideshow called? Where do we find
which has your eyes, that I have created. Using this body part? What is on
mouth, and brain in it. a picture of a head to your head?
show what body part we
are focusing on.
2. leg A person or Pointing towards my leg. What is this body part Noun lɛɡ
animal's legs are the Using the slideshow that I called? Where do we find
long parts of their body have created. Using a this body part? What is on
that they use picture of a leg to show the end of your leg?
to stand on. what body part we are
focusing on.
3. foot Your feet are the parts Pointing towards my foot. What is this body part Noun fʊt
of your body that are Using the slideshow that I called? Where do we find
at the ends of your have created. Using a this body part? We put shoes
legs, and that you picture of a foot to show on our FEET.
stand on. what body part we are
focusing on.
4. hand Your hands are the Pointing towards my What is this body part Noun hænd
parts of your body at hand. Using the slideshow called? Where do we find
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Name + Surname 26/01/2023 A1 - Elementary level 60-minute
Lesson Type:
Vocabulary lesson
Lesson Topic:
Parts of the body
Lesson Aims: Lesson Outcomes:
By the end of the lesson, students will be better able to recognise and By the end of the lesson, students will have talked to everyone in class about
produce the parts of the body, point to the body part and name it correctly their body parts and will name the body part while pointing at it.
and will be pronouncing the words better.
Target vocabulary:
head, leg, foot, hand, back, ear, arm, eye, nose, mouth
Anticipated difficulties: Suggested solutions:
1. In Chinese, there can be a difficulty with pronouncing a /r/ sound, This 1. I, the teacher, should demonstrate the movement of the tongue with
sound this is often replaced with /l/ or /w/. Students might struggle to an exaggerated movement when making the /r/ sound. We will spend
pronounce certain words containing the letter r, right. some time practising the sound on its own by growling like an angry
Pronounciancing might also be similar to other Chinese words and dog and asking my students to copy me - this will help students
then they might confuse words with other words. There are some achieve a /r/ sound before moving on to pronouncing.
pronunciation problems with sounds which cannot be found in the
Chinese language, for example: “th”, “v” and“lt”. Th: /s/ instead of 2. Before showing how the word is spelt, it is best to go through the
/th/. alphabet with the students.
1 Lesson Plan
, 3. Instead of putting a single student in front of a whole class and asking
2. When the word is shown, the students may find it difficult to read him/her questions where the student can feel shy, I, the teacher
because Chinese students use a different alphabet. should rather do activities like teamwork, interviews, dialogue, role
playing or some games which a goal can be achieved by working
3. Chinese people are often shy or introverted, especially in front of together.
foreigners or infront of a group. The Chinese society is built on 关系
Guanxi, which means “relationship(s)” and are defined as any kind of
connection people can have with oneanother. In other words, the
individual is not as important as in other countries, but rather the
group which they rely on. Chinese people are good in teamwork
which can be applied in the classroom.
2 Lesson Plan
, Language analysis:
Language Item Meaning of the item How you will present Concept Checking Questions Grammatical form Pronunciation
meaning
Example: Example: Example: Example: Example: Example:
huge very big, enormous using a picture of a mouse What’s the opposite of Strong adjective / hjuːdʒ/
and an elephant to show huge? Name a huge
large size mountain.
1. head Your head is the top Pointing towards my What is this body part Noun hɛd
part of your body, head. Using the slideshow called? Where do we find
which has your eyes, that I have created. Using this body part? What is on
mouth, and brain in it. a picture of a head to your head?
show what body part we
are focusing on.
2. leg A person or Pointing towards my leg. What is this body part Noun lɛɡ
animal's legs are the Using the slideshow that I called? Where do we find
long parts of their body have created. Using a this body part? What is on
that they use picture of a leg to show the end of your leg?
to stand on. what body part we are
focusing on.
3. foot Your feet are the parts Pointing towards my foot. What is this body part Noun fʊt
of your body that are Using the slideshow that I called? Where do we find
at the ends of your have created. Using a this body part? We put shoes
legs, and that you picture of a foot to show on our FEET.
stand on. what body part we are
focusing on.
4. hand Your hands are the Pointing towards my What is this body part Noun hænd
parts of your body at hand. Using the slideshow called? Where do we find
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