Name of the Teacher Date Level of the class Length of lesson
Mahomed Nabeel 15/05/2022 Elementary level (A1) 60 minutes
Lesson Type: Vocabulary
Lesson Topic: Verbs for Hobbies and Interests
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…
recognise and produce ten English verbs about hobbies and interests, with recognised, practiced and produced the 10 new English verbs through various
the correct pronunciation and form and be able to associate them with classroom activities and through demonstration amongst each other in
actions. partner and group activities.
Target vocabulary:
drive, run, shop, read, swim, cook, fish, draw, dance, cycle
Anticipated difficulties: Suggested solutions:
1. Students may have difficulty in pronouncing some of the more 1. Through actions and chorusing, as well as group work, learners will
challenging target words because in their L1 language (Chinese) there learn to pronounce the words correctly and associate the words with
is no /r/ sound, so this is often replaced with /l/ or /w/. Therefore, the appropriate actions. The teachers will demonstrate the
students may struggle to pronounce words such as drive, run, read movement of the tongue, teeth and lips and exaggerate the
and draw. movement when making the /r/ sound in these words. The words
2. Students range from ages 18 to 38 years of age, with different would be split up into syllables and said slowly and clearly, with an
motivations for studying the target language, which might create exaggerated mouth movement. Students will be asked to repeat after
barriers within the class. It may also be difficult to select activities me so they can become familiar and comfortable with pronunciation.
that would benefit the class as a whole. Time will be spent on the words with sound /r/ before moving on to
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, 3. Explaining the definitions of the words easily may be a challenge the pronunciation of other words in the target language when
when teaching learners at an elementary level of the target language. necessary.
2. Remind students that they are at a similar level of the English
4. The odd number of learners in the class (15) makes it difficult for pair language and encourage the use of teamwork to achieve their goal of
work as there will be one extra person with no partner.
improving their English. By using the same worksheets for all students
will give the teacher a better understanding of student’s strengths
and weaknesses as well as allow the teacher to modify the lessons
according to the student’s abilities.
3. The use of demonstration, images and flashcards with the target
words will help to associate the actions with the words. By using these
methods learners will be able to understand what the words mean by
associating the action to the word.
4. Students will be split into groups so all students have an equal
opportunity to benefit from the lesson.
Language analysis:
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, Language Meaning of the How you will present Concept Checking Grammatical form Pronunciation
Item item meaning Questions
Example: Example: Example: Example: Example: Example:
huge very big, enormous using a picture of a mouse What’s the opposite of huge? Strong adjective / hjuːdʒ/
and an elephant to show Name a huge mountain.
large size
1. Drive To operate the Use a toy steering I like to drive. Verb : transitive \ ˈdrīv \
mechanism and wheel and pretend to Do you like to drive?
controls and direct the
drive around the class
course of (a vehicle)
and show the class a
picture of a person
driving a car
2. Run To go faster than a I will run around the What do runners do in a Verb : intransitive \ ˈrən \
walk class and I will show race?
an image of a race I don’t like to run.
3. Shop To examine goods Pretend to use money What do you do at a Verb :intransitive \ ˈshäp \
of services with the to purchase and item supermarket?
intent to buy Do you like to shop?
4. Read To learn from Read a few sentences I like to read Verb : transitive \ ˈrēd \
something that has
been written or printed from a book or
worksheet What do you do with a
book?
5. Swim to propel oneself in Show an image of a I like to swim in the pool Verb : intransitive \ ˈswim \
water by natural swimmer in the pool
means (such as Where do you swim?
Pretend to swim
movements of the
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Mahomed Nabeel 15/05/2022 Elementary level (A1) 60 minutes
Lesson Type: Vocabulary
Lesson Topic: Verbs for Hobbies and Interests
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…
recognise and produce ten English verbs about hobbies and interests, with recognised, practiced and produced the 10 new English verbs through various
the correct pronunciation and form and be able to associate them with classroom activities and through demonstration amongst each other in
actions. partner and group activities.
Target vocabulary:
drive, run, shop, read, swim, cook, fish, draw, dance, cycle
Anticipated difficulties: Suggested solutions:
1. Students may have difficulty in pronouncing some of the more 1. Through actions and chorusing, as well as group work, learners will
challenging target words because in their L1 language (Chinese) there learn to pronounce the words correctly and associate the words with
is no /r/ sound, so this is often replaced with /l/ or /w/. Therefore, the appropriate actions. The teachers will demonstrate the
students may struggle to pronounce words such as drive, run, read movement of the tongue, teeth and lips and exaggerate the
and draw. movement when making the /r/ sound in these words. The words
2. Students range from ages 18 to 38 years of age, with different would be split up into syllables and said slowly and clearly, with an
motivations for studying the target language, which might create exaggerated mouth movement. Students will be asked to repeat after
barriers within the class. It may also be difficult to select activities me so they can become familiar and comfortable with pronunciation.
that would benefit the class as a whole. Time will be spent on the words with sound /r/ before moving on to
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, 3. Explaining the definitions of the words easily may be a challenge the pronunciation of other words in the target language when
when teaching learners at an elementary level of the target language. necessary.
2. Remind students that they are at a similar level of the English
4. The odd number of learners in the class (15) makes it difficult for pair language and encourage the use of teamwork to achieve their goal of
work as there will be one extra person with no partner.
improving their English. By using the same worksheets for all students
will give the teacher a better understanding of student’s strengths
and weaknesses as well as allow the teacher to modify the lessons
according to the student’s abilities.
3. The use of demonstration, images and flashcards with the target
words will help to associate the actions with the words. By using these
methods learners will be able to understand what the words mean by
associating the action to the word.
4. Students will be split into groups so all students have an equal
opportunity to benefit from the lesson.
Language analysis:
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, Language Meaning of the How you will present Concept Checking Grammatical form Pronunciation
Item item meaning Questions
Example: Example: Example: Example: Example: Example:
huge very big, enormous using a picture of a mouse What’s the opposite of huge? Strong adjective / hjuːdʒ/
and an elephant to show Name a huge mountain.
large size
1. Drive To operate the Use a toy steering I like to drive. Verb : transitive \ ˈdrīv \
mechanism and wheel and pretend to Do you like to drive?
controls and direct the
drive around the class
course of (a vehicle)
and show the class a
picture of a person
driving a car
2. Run To go faster than a I will run around the What do runners do in a Verb : intransitive \ ˈrən \
walk class and I will show race?
an image of a race I don’t like to run.
3. Shop To examine goods Pretend to use money What do you do at a Verb :intransitive \ ˈshäp \
of services with the to purchase and item supermarket?
intent to buy Do you like to shop?
4. Read To learn from Read a few sentences I like to read Verb : transitive \ ˈrēd \
something that has
been written or printed from a book or
worksheet What do you do with a
book?
5. Swim to propel oneself in Show an image of a I like to swim in the pool Verb : intransitive \ ˈswim \
water by natural swimmer in the pool
means (such as Where do you swim?
Pretend to swim
movements of the
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