Name of the Teacher Date Level of the class Length of lesson
Yuvasha Reddy 02/07/2023 Upper-intermediate 60 minutes
Lesson Type: Four skills: Reading
Lesson Topic: THE BASICS OF ITALIAN ARCHITECTURE
Lesson Aims: Lesson Outcomes:
By the end of the lesson, students will be better able to… By the end of the lesson, students will have…
- Students will be better able to understand an article through the use of - Students will have shown their reading skills by reordering the cut out
reading techniques such as reading for gist and reading for specific slips of the passage and by answering higher order questions.
information.
Anticipated difficulties: Suggested solutions:
1. In Italian, the /r/ is rolled. Not as strongly as in other languages 1. When introducing the target vocabulary, go slow and make sure
but it is. Although I believe that it is more difficult to reproduce a to emphasise on pronunciation. Correct students during the
rolled /r/ for someone who naturally uses a smooth one, lesson, ensure that they are not rolling the /r/ often.
reproducing the smooth British or American /r/ can be tricky for
many Italians. This will be a problem for 4 of the TV.
2. Italians also have the tendency to add a vowel (very often an "e") 2. Try not to correct them every time they make this mistake
at the end of the words. For example, "glass" becomes "glasse". because this will lead to them being demotivated. Explain the
This is most likely due to the fact that, in Italian, every single word problem with adding an ‘e’ at the end of every word. Thereafter,
ends with a vowel, only loan words and calques end with a make note of the students who are constantly making this mistake
consonant. and pull them one side at the end of the lesson to give them
feedback.
3. Some students may become demotivated due to the fact that they 3. I will try my best to pair one weak student with one bright student
may not understand every single word from the text. to ensure everyone is on the same page as well as same
educational level at the same time.
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Yuvasha Reddy 02/07/2023 Upper-intermediate 60 minutes
Lesson Type: Four skills: Reading
Lesson Topic: THE BASICS OF ITALIAN ARCHITECTURE
Lesson Aims: Lesson Outcomes:
By the end of the lesson, students will be better able to… By the end of the lesson, students will have…
- Students will be better able to understand an article through the use of - Students will have shown their reading skills by reordering the cut out
reading techniques such as reading for gist and reading for specific slips of the passage and by answering higher order questions.
information.
Anticipated difficulties: Suggested solutions:
1. In Italian, the /r/ is rolled. Not as strongly as in other languages 1. When introducing the target vocabulary, go slow and make sure
but it is. Although I believe that it is more difficult to reproduce a to emphasise on pronunciation. Correct students during the
rolled /r/ for someone who naturally uses a smooth one, lesson, ensure that they are not rolling the /r/ often.
reproducing the smooth British or American /r/ can be tricky for
many Italians. This will be a problem for 4 of the TV.
2. Italians also have the tendency to add a vowel (very often an "e") 2. Try not to correct them every time they make this mistake
at the end of the words. For example, "glass" becomes "glasse". because this will lead to them being demotivated. Explain the
This is most likely due to the fact that, in Italian, every single word problem with adding an ‘e’ at the end of every word. Thereafter,
ends with a vowel, only loan words and calques end with a make note of the students who are constantly making this mistake
consonant. and pull them one side at the end of the lesson to give them
feedback.
3. Some students may become demotivated due to the fact that they 3. I will try my best to pair one weak student with one bright student
may not understand every single word from the text. to ensure everyone is on the same page as well as same
educational level at the same time.
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