Teaching IELTS Assignment – Listening and Speaking
2024(tefl level 5 I-to-i )
Your name: Date of submission:
F 28-01-2024
Analyse the information in the class summary. What are your learners’
strengths and weaknesses?
(max. 100 words)
As a group; these learners' combined strength lies in their mutual motivation to
migrate to englisHh speakinenglishg countries, either for employment or for education
purposes. Another strength that they are share is the skill for reading, with a majority of
thembeing high up on the band list, at a number 7 grade.
Their assumed weakness could be that each of them originate from different
countries; however, this can play to their advantage in the long run as the sharing of
culture could be an opportunity to build a sense of rapport.
In terms of skills; their weaknesses lie in the other three skills because they are in
need of more improvement within those areas.
Which two skills have you chosen to teach in this lesson? Why? (minimum 150
words)
For this lesson; I chose to focus on teaching the skills, speaking and writing to my
students. These skills are two of the lowest that students are performing in, so I
wanted to focus on them in order to raise their individual bands.
Another reason that I chose to focus on these skills is because while I was looking
,into difficulties that my students have in relation to learning English; I found that a
majority struggle with problems related to pronunciation and the written form of
English, as it differs from their L1s in some ways.
To give a bit more context, allow me to provide a few more examples. Take a Chen
for instance, while his L1 (Chinese) focuses on tone and a difference of pitch
regarding a particular word, English focuses on intonation in that it does not have a
specific tone for each word used.
Which lesson topic have you chosen? Why? (minimum 100 words)
I have chosen to focus on Health and Fitness because it has been a popular market
in the last few years. A mlarge majority of people are prioritizing their health, and
maintaining a balanced diet. For that reason, I chose to focus on health and fitness as
a lesson topic.
In order to be more specific though; I chose to look at exercise within this larger
group. My themes within this topic focus on the types of exercise, the idioms found
within the category of exercise, as well as the popular debate of whether cardio or
strength training are the better exercise. This last portion is something I saved until
the end of the lesson so that my students will have a essay topic for homework that
will cause them to dive in deeper to the world of health and fitness and be able to
create their own perspectives surrounding the field as a whole.
Lesson Aims: Lesson Outcomes:
By the end of the lesson, students will be By the end of the lesson, students will
better able to… have…
• Understand the vocabulary related • Identified their stance or
to the different types of exercise. preference on the debate of which
• Practice and perfect their exercise is better (cardio vs
pronunciation of Englishwords and strength strength training-
their overall speech. assuming that they don't prefer to
• Develop their perspectives on a do both types of exercise.)
particular topic inwritten form. • Expressed their ideas in a written
form using correct grammar and
organization
• Adopted more advanced and
varied vocabulary that they can
apply to their IELTS exam in order
to portray their sophistication whilst
speaking English.
, Anticipated difficulties: Suggested solutions:
(include at least three points covering: • To provide a solution for my
students’ L1, the tasks, classroom students and to target each of
management, any other relevant points) their struggles within the lessons,
I have chosen to focus on two
• Each student has a different L1, so skills: speaking and writing. By
their priorities in terms of growth focusing on two of the productive
within the English language will or passive skills, my process of
differ from one another. For teaching will address their
instance, Ana (Spanish) struggles struggles with English and
with pronunciation while Delphine therefore minimize it.
(French) gets confused by the • It is necessary to combat the
similarity of words found within her differences in the students ages
L1 and English. Another difficulty with topics that each of them will
that I found is that Francesca find engaging and interesting, no
(Italian) might struggle with the matter their different worldviews.
linguistics between her L1 and • With a lesson based around a
English, as Italian is a gendered topic, a variety of skills will be
language while English is not. practiced during the lesson, and
• Students ages are another difficulty for that reason there is something
as it ranges between 19-37, which for each student to learn and
means that my students come from therefore commit to memory.
a multitude of different They will be encouraged to learn
backgrounds, worldviews, and and take part in the acitivies of
cultures. the lesson.
• Whilst students fall in the
intermediate category of learning
English; they are all a part of
different levels, and this may have
an impact on how well they learn
English.
Stage St Lengt Interac P
Name ag h of tion r
e Stage Patte o
2024(tefl level 5 I-to-i )
Your name: Date of submission:
F 28-01-2024
Analyse the information in the class summary. What are your learners’
strengths and weaknesses?
(max. 100 words)
As a group; these learners' combined strength lies in their mutual motivation to
migrate to englisHh speakinenglishg countries, either for employment or for education
purposes. Another strength that they are share is the skill for reading, with a majority of
thembeing high up on the band list, at a number 7 grade.
Their assumed weakness could be that each of them originate from different
countries; however, this can play to their advantage in the long run as the sharing of
culture could be an opportunity to build a sense of rapport.
In terms of skills; their weaknesses lie in the other three skills because they are in
need of more improvement within those areas.
Which two skills have you chosen to teach in this lesson? Why? (minimum 150
words)
For this lesson; I chose to focus on teaching the skills, speaking and writing to my
students. These skills are two of the lowest that students are performing in, so I
wanted to focus on them in order to raise their individual bands.
Another reason that I chose to focus on these skills is because while I was looking
,into difficulties that my students have in relation to learning English; I found that a
majority struggle with problems related to pronunciation and the written form of
English, as it differs from their L1s in some ways.
To give a bit more context, allow me to provide a few more examples. Take a Chen
for instance, while his L1 (Chinese) focuses on tone and a difference of pitch
regarding a particular word, English focuses on intonation in that it does not have a
specific tone for each word used.
Which lesson topic have you chosen? Why? (minimum 100 words)
I have chosen to focus on Health and Fitness because it has been a popular market
in the last few years. A mlarge majority of people are prioritizing their health, and
maintaining a balanced diet. For that reason, I chose to focus on health and fitness as
a lesson topic.
In order to be more specific though; I chose to look at exercise within this larger
group. My themes within this topic focus on the types of exercise, the idioms found
within the category of exercise, as well as the popular debate of whether cardio or
strength training are the better exercise. This last portion is something I saved until
the end of the lesson so that my students will have a essay topic for homework that
will cause them to dive in deeper to the world of health and fitness and be able to
create their own perspectives surrounding the field as a whole.
Lesson Aims: Lesson Outcomes:
By the end of the lesson, students will be By the end of the lesson, students will
better able to… have…
• Understand the vocabulary related • Identified their stance or
to the different types of exercise. preference on the debate of which
• Practice and perfect their exercise is better (cardio vs
pronunciation of Englishwords and strength strength training-
their overall speech. assuming that they don't prefer to
• Develop their perspectives on a do both types of exercise.)
particular topic inwritten form. • Expressed their ideas in a written
form using correct grammar and
organization
• Adopted more advanced and
varied vocabulary that they can
apply to their IELTS exam in order
to portray their sophistication whilst
speaking English.
, Anticipated difficulties: Suggested solutions:
(include at least three points covering: • To provide a solution for my
students’ L1, the tasks, classroom students and to target each of
management, any other relevant points) their struggles within the lessons,
I have chosen to focus on two
• Each student has a different L1, so skills: speaking and writing. By
their priorities in terms of growth focusing on two of the productive
within the English language will or passive skills, my process of
differ from one another. For teaching will address their
instance, Ana (Spanish) struggles struggles with English and
with pronunciation while Delphine therefore minimize it.
(French) gets confused by the • It is necessary to combat the
similarity of words found within her differences in the students ages
L1 and English. Another difficulty with topics that each of them will
that I found is that Francesca find engaging and interesting, no
(Italian) might struggle with the matter their different worldviews.
linguistics between her L1 and • With a lesson based around a
English, as Italian is a gendered topic, a variety of skills will be
language while English is not. practiced during the lesson, and
• Students ages are another difficulty for that reason there is something
as it ranges between 19-37, which for each student to learn and
means that my students come from therefore commit to memory.
a multitude of different They will be encouraged to learn
backgrounds, worldviews, and and take part in the acitivies of
cultures. the lesson.
• Whilst students fall in the
intermediate category of learning
English; they are all a part of
different levels, and this may have
an impact on how well they learn
English.
Stage St Lengt Interac P
Name ag h of tion r
e Stage Patte o
