Name of the Teacher Date Level of the class Length of lesson
Fiona Upper-intermediate (B2) 60mins
Lesson Type:
Four skills-reading
Lesson Topic:
Reading Newspaper articles
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…
Learnt and deduced the meaning of new vocabulary. Practised
To read newspaper articles (informative text) both for gist and their reading skills for both gist and specific information.
specific information using skimming and scanning techniques.
Anticipated difficulties: Suggested solutions:
1. The article is not specifically written to their level. E.g., the 1. Reassure the students that they do not need to understand
grammar use is not graded and may be above the pre- every sentence and can ignore parts but encourage them to
intermediate level. guess meanings using known context.
2. Pronunciation problems may occur for Spanish students. 2. I will spend more time drilling vowel sounds, /o/, /I/, /ə/,
They often have difficulty with vowel sounds. and /ʊ/.
3. I will write the TV on the board, underlining and focussing
3. Spanish students may have problems identifying where the on the points of stress.
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,stress in the English language is, this can occur because in Spanish
adjectives rather than nouns are stressed whereas the opposite is
true in English. English speakers also tend to stress the end of
sentences more.
Authentic Text (insert reading text here or link to the listening recording)
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/jan/30/rafael-nadal-hails-greatest-comeback-to-win-unexpected-21st-grand-slam-title
Rafael Nadal hails greatest comeback to win ‘unexpected’ 21st grand
slam title
Sixth seed plays down becoming most successful male player
Daniil Medvedev criticises spectators after defeat
Rafael Nadal described his Australian Open triumph as his greatest comeback after he recovered from two sets down against Daniil
Medvedev to win a record-breaking 21st grand slam title.
Nadal defeated Medvedev, the second seed, 2-6, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-4, 7-5 in five hours and 24 minutes, the second longest grand slam
final. It is the first time in Nadal’s career he has come back from two sets down in a slam final and the Spaniard has now won at least
two singles titles at all four grand slam tournaments.
If we put everything together, the scenario, the momentum, what it means. Yeah, without a doubt probably have been the biggest
comeback of my tennis career,” said Nadal.
The 35-year-old was not certain to compete in Australia. He had not played for most of the previous six months due to a chronic foot
injury that required surgery. Then his preparation was disrupted by Covid.
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, Asked if this was his greatest victory, Nadal nodded. “The most unexpected, without a doubt,” he said, smiling. “And most surprising I
think for everyone. For you guys, too. For me personally, especially, no? Because I know how I arrived here. I don’t know. Have been a
very emotional night. Even now I am destroyed, honestly, physically. I can’t think much, I can’t remember a lot of moments of the
match.”
Nadal’s unexpected victory means he is now the sole owner of the men’s grand slam record but he has consistently played down the
importance of the achievement. “I feel lucky to achieve one more very special thing in my tennis career,” he said. “I don’t care much if
I am the one or not the one or the best of the history, not the best of the history. Honestly today I don’t care much. For me it’s about
enjoying nights like today. That means everything for me – [it] means even more to achieve the second Australian Open more than any
other thing.”
Nadal received congratulations from Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic on social media. “What a match! To my friend and great
rival@RafaelNadal, heartfelt congratulations on becoming the first man to win 21 grand slam singles titles,” wrote Federer. “A few
months ago we were joking about both being on crutches. Amazing. Never underestimate a great champion. Your incredible work
ethic, dedication and fighting spirit are an inspirational to me and countless others around the world.”
Nadal explained that the hardest part about the past few months was having no timeline for a possible return: “Personally, my feeling
is much easier to accept because every week you do a different thing and you see the improvements and you know that after this
period of time the normal thing is you going to be fine. My position is completely different.
“We were trying things. And for a long period of time without any success, with zero success. After all the things that I went through all
my career, of course at my age the doubts are there. Knowing that you have an injury that you can’t recover from … of course the
doubts are there. Mentally it is much tougher.”
Medvedev said he was not that disappointed by the match because of Nadal’s level and the quality of his comeback. He was, however,
rather affected by those spectators who booed and attempted to disrupt him throughout the match.
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Fiona Upper-intermediate (B2) 60mins
Lesson Type:
Four skills-reading
Lesson Topic:
Reading Newspaper articles
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…
Learnt and deduced the meaning of new vocabulary. Practised
To read newspaper articles (informative text) both for gist and their reading skills for both gist and specific information.
specific information using skimming and scanning techniques.
Anticipated difficulties: Suggested solutions:
1. The article is not specifically written to their level. E.g., the 1. Reassure the students that they do not need to understand
grammar use is not graded and may be above the pre- every sentence and can ignore parts but encourage them to
intermediate level. guess meanings using known context.
2. Pronunciation problems may occur for Spanish students. 2. I will spend more time drilling vowel sounds, /o/, /I/, /ə/,
They often have difficulty with vowel sounds. and /ʊ/.
3. I will write the TV on the board, underlining and focussing
3. Spanish students may have problems identifying where the on the points of stress.
1 i-to-i LOVE TEFL Lesson Plan
,stress in the English language is, this can occur because in Spanish
adjectives rather than nouns are stressed whereas the opposite is
true in English. English speakers also tend to stress the end of
sentences more.
Authentic Text (insert reading text here or link to the listening recording)
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/jan/30/rafael-nadal-hails-greatest-comeback-to-win-unexpected-21st-grand-slam-title
Rafael Nadal hails greatest comeback to win ‘unexpected’ 21st grand
slam title
Sixth seed plays down becoming most successful male player
Daniil Medvedev criticises spectators after defeat
Rafael Nadal described his Australian Open triumph as his greatest comeback after he recovered from two sets down against Daniil
Medvedev to win a record-breaking 21st grand slam title.
Nadal defeated Medvedev, the second seed, 2-6, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-4, 7-5 in five hours and 24 minutes, the second longest grand slam
final. It is the first time in Nadal’s career he has come back from two sets down in a slam final and the Spaniard has now won at least
two singles titles at all four grand slam tournaments.
If we put everything together, the scenario, the momentum, what it means. Yeah, without a doubt probably have been the biggest
comeback of my tennis career,” said Nadal.
The 35-year-old was not certain to compete in Australia. He had not played for most of the previous six months due to a chronic foot
injury that required surgery. Then his preparation was disrupted by Covid.
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, Asked if this was his greatest victory, Nadal nodded. “The most unexpected, without a doubt,” he said, smiling. “And most surprising I
think for everyone. For you guys, too. For me personally, especially, no? Because I know how I arrived here. I don’t know. Have been a
very emotional night. Even now I am destroyed, honestly, physically. I can’t think much, I can’t remember a lot of moments of the
match.”
Nadal’s unexpected victory means he is now the sole owner of the men’s grand slam record but he has consistently played down the
importance of the achievement. “I feel lucky to achieve one more very special thing in my tennis career,” he said. “I don’t care much if
I am the one or not the one or the best of the history, not the best of the history. Honestly today I don’t care much. For me it’s about
enjoying nights like today. That means everything for me – [it] means even more to achieve the second Australian Open more than any
other thing.”
Nadal received congratulations from Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic on social media. “What a match! To my friend and great
rival@RafaelNadal, heartfelt congratulations on becoming the first man to win 21 grand slam singles titles,” wrote Federer. “A few
months ago we were joking about both being on crutches. Amazing. Never underestimate a great champion. Your incredible work
ethic, dedication and fighting spirit are an inspirational to me and countless others around the world.”
Nadal explained that the hardest part about the past few months was having no timeline for a possible return: “Personally, my feeling
is much easier to accept because every week you do a different thing and you see the improvements and you know that after this
period of time the normal thing is you going to be fine. My position is completely different.
“We were trying things. And for a long period of time without any success, with zero success. After all the things that I went through all
my career, of course at my age the doubts are there. Knowing that you have an injury that you can’t recover from … of course the
doubts are there. Mentally it is much tougher.”
Medvedev said he was not that disappointed by the match because of Nadal’s level and the quality of his comeback. He was, however,
rather affected by those spectators who booed and attempted to disrupt him throughout the match.
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