Name of the Teacher Date Level of the class Length of lesson
Melenta Solomon 26 October 2022 Upper-Intermediate (B2) 60 minutes
Lesson Type: Reading
Lesson Topic: London, France’s sixth biggest city
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…
Read for gist and specific information to obtain a basic Discuss and complete activities based on the text, with confidence
understanding of the article provided to them. thus displaying their understanding of the article.
Anticipated difficulties: Suggested solutions:
1. Some students may be confused by the title of the text, due to 1. I will ask students to read the first line of the article, so that
London being a city in the UK and not France. the meaning of the title will become clear to them. I will
also explain to the students that this exercise is about
2. Students may find it difficult to pronounce certain words, for enhancing their reading skills and is not dependent on their
example words that begin with an ‘h’ (hearted), because in full understanding of the text.
French the pronunciation of the ‘h’ is non-existent and is always
silent. 2. I will use CIC (Chorus, Isolate and Confirm) and the
phonemic alphabet to ensure that students learn the
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, 3. Certain tenses and grammar within the article may be hard for correct pronunciation and will give this part of the lesson
learners to understand due to their differences in the French special attention.
language, example: past, present, and future tenses. English
does not possess all the tenses that French does, and verb 3. During the presentation stage teacher will work through the
conjugation is much more complex in French. The wrong use of meaning and form of certain words so that learners may
verb form in the simple present tense by omitting the ‘s’ that is develop an understanding of the target vocabulary.
required for the 3rd person present. Like the word estimates in
the article is used as a verb in 3rd person and in the present
simple form.
Authentic Text (insert reading text here or link to the listening recording)
BBC- ‘London, France’s sixth biggest city’ (https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-18234930)
More French people live in London than in Bordeaux, Nantes, or Strasbourg and some now regard it as France's sixth biggest city in terms of
population. What is attracting a new generation of young French professionals to the city?
On a wet Friday night in Hackney, a group of young professional women walk into a pub. Laughing about the British weather, they shake their umbrellas, peel
off their raincoats, and make their way to the bar.
Like many Londoners at the end of a busy working week, they have come to unwind over a few drinks.
But if you move a bit closer, you realise they are all speaking French. They are not tourists, exchange students or off-duty au pairs. They all work in creative
industries, have lived in east London quite some time and consider it home.
London has a long-standing French community - but it is no longer confined to the streets around the embassy in South Kensington, where you will find French
bookshops, patisseries and pavement cafes patronised by impeccably dressed mothers dropping off their children at the posh Lycee Francais Charles de
Gaulle.
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Melenta Solomon 26 October 2022 Upper-Intermediate (B2) 60 minutes
Lesson Type: Reading
Lesson Topic: London, France’s sixth biggest city
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…
Read for gist and specific information to obtain a basic Discuss and complete activities based on the text, with confidence
understanding of the article provided to them. thus displaying their understanding of the article.
Anticipated difficulties: Suggested solutions:
1. Some students may be confused by the title of the text, due to 1. I will ask students to read the first line of the article, so that
London being a city in the UK and not France. the meaning of the title will become clear to them. I will
also explain to the students that this exercise is about
2. Students may find it difficult to pronounce certain words, for enhancing their reading skills and is not dependent on their
example words that begin with an ‘h’ (hearted), because in full understanding of the text.
French the pronunciation of the ‘h’ is non-existent and is always
silent. 2. I will use CIC (Chorus, Isolate and Confirm) and the
phonemic alphabet to ensure that students learn the
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, 3. Certain tenses and grammar within the article may be hard for correct pronunciation and will give this part of the lesson
learners to understand due to their differences in the French special attention.
language, example: past, present, and future tenses. English
does not possess all the tenses that French does, and verb 3. During the presentation stage teacher will work through the
conjugation is much more complex in French. The wrong use of meaning and form of certain words so that learners may
verb form in the simple present tense by omitting the ‘s’ that is develop an understanding of the target vocabulary.
required for the 3rd person present. Like the word estimates in
the article is used as a verb in 3rd person and in the present
simple form.
Authentic Text (insert reading text here or link to the listening recording)
BBC- ‘London, France’s sixth biggest city’ (https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-18234930)
More French people live in London than in Bordeaux, Nantes, or Strasbourg and some now regard it as France's sixth biggest city in terms of
population. What is attracting a new generation of young French professionals to the city?
On a wet Friday night in Hackney, a group of young professional women walk into a pub. Laughing about the British weather, they shake their umbrellas, peel
off their raincoats, and make their way to the bar.
Like many Londoners at the end of a busy working week, they have come to unwind over a few drinks.
But if you move a bit closer, you realise they are all speaking French. They are not tourists, exchange students or off-duty au pairs. They all work in creative
industries, have lived in east London quite some time and consider it home.
London has a long-standing French community - but it is no longer confined to the streets around the embassy in South Kensington, where you will find French
bookshops, patisseries and pavement cafes patronised by impeccably dressed mothers dropping off their children at the posh Lycee Francais Charles de
Gaulle.
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