Name of the Teacher Date Level of the class Length of lesson
Anika Uys 27th /10/2023 (A2) Pre-intermediate 60-Minutes
Lesson Type: Vocabulary
Lesson Topic: At a restaurant
Lesson Aims: Lesson Outcomes:
By the end of the lesson, students will be better able to identify By the end of the lesson, students will have recognised, practiced
and use ten new English nouns in the context of at a restaurant. and produced the ten new English nouns they have learnt by
They will be able to use them in basic sentences with the correct means of numerous classroom/worksheet activities and through
pronunciation and form. conversation amongst each other in group activities.
Target vocabulary:
Menu, restaurant, waiter, waitress, tip, bill, dish, dessert, main
course, drink
Anticipated difficulties: Suggested solutions:
1. In the target vocabulary there are many words with the /r/ 1. Through modelling and chorusing, as well as engouraging
sound. Students may have difficulty in pronouncing some group work, students will learn to pronounce the words
of the more challenging target words, because in their L1 correctly. When making the /r/ sound with the target
language (Chinese) there is no /r/ sound, so most of the words (restaurant, waiter, waitress, dessert, course, drink),
Lesson plan 150823
,
, the teacher will demonstrate the movement of the tongue,
time this letter is replaced with /l/ or /w/. Students may teeth and lips with exaggerated mouth movements while
therefore struggle to pronounce words such as restaurant, splitting up the words in syllables and saying it slowly and
waiter, waitress, dessert, course, drink. clearly. The teacher then asks the students to repeat the
word they are pronouncing so they can become familiar
and comfortable with the pronunciation. If necessary,
2. The number of students in the classroom (15) means that more time will be spent on the words with the sound /r/
pair work will not be possible, because there will be one first before moving on to pronouncing the other words in
extra student with no partner with each activity. the target vocabulary (menu, tip, bill, dish, main).
3. Students are 11-12 years old, young learners have very 2. Using group work activities instead of pair work, students
short attention spans. The teacher may have difficulty will be split into five groups of three or into six groups of
keeping the learners interested in the lesson for the full two and one group of three to ensure all students are
lenght of the lesson (60 minutes). given equal opportunities to participate. This will ensure
that the students all feel comfortable and part of the
activity in similiar group sizes.
3. The teacher will ensure the learners are active and
invested in the lesson by including lots of different
materials and activities. The lesson will be fast-paced, fun,
organised and interactive. The teacher will include group
activities, games and make the young students actively
participate in the full lenght of the lesson (60 minutes).
Language analysis:
Lesson plan 150823
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Anika Uys 27th /10/2023 (A2) Pre-intermediate 60-Minutes
Lesson Type: Vocabulary
Lesson Topic: At a restaurant
Lesson Aims: Lesson Outcomes:
By the end of the lesson, students will be better able to identify By the end of the lesson, students will have recognised, practiced
and use ten new English nouns in the context of at a restaurant. and produced the ten new English nouns they have learnt by
They will be able to use them in basic sentences with the correct means of numerous classroom/worksheet activities and through
pronunciation and form. conversation amongst each other in group activities.
Target vocabulary:
Menu, restaurant, waiter, waitress, tip, bill, dish, dessert, main
course, drink
Anticipated difficulties: Suggested solutions:
1. In the target vocabulary there are many words with the /r/ 1. Through modelling and chorusing, as well as engouraging
sound. Students may have difficulty in pronouncing some group work, students will learn to pronounce the words
of the more challenging target words, because in their L1 correctly. When making the /r/ sound with the target
language (Chinese) there is no /r/ sound, so most of the words (restaurant, waiter, waitress, dessert, course, drink),
Lesson plan 150823
,
, the teacher will demonstrate the movement of the tongue,
time this letter is replaced with /l/ or /w/. Students may teeth and lips with exaggerated mouth movements while
therefore struggle to pronounce words such as restaurant, splitting up the words in syllables and saying it slowly and
waiter, waitress, dessert, course, drink. clearly. The teacher then asks the students to repeat the
word they are pronouncing so they can become familiar
and comfortable with the pronunciation. If necessary,
2. The number of students in the classroom (15) means that more time will be spent on the words with the sound /r/
pair work will not be possible, because there will be one first before moving on to pronouncing the other words in
extra student with no partner with each activity. the target vocabulary (menu, tip, bill, dish, main).
3. Students are 11-12 years old, young learners have very 2. Using group work activities instead of pair work, students
short attention spans. The teacher may have difficulty will be split into five groups of three or into six groups of
keeping the learners interested in the lesson for the full two and one group of three to ensure all students are
lenght of the lesson (60 minutes). given equal opportunities to participate. This will ensure
that the students all feel comfortable and part of the
activity in similiar group sizes.
3. The teacher will ensure the learners are active and
invested in the lesson by including lots of different
materials and activities. The lesson will be fast-paced, fun,
organised and interactive. The teacher will include group
activities, games and make the young students actively
participate in the full lenght of the lesson (60 minutes).
Language analysis:
Lesson plan 150823
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