Lesson Plan

Necessary Resources
Textbooks (CDs, Audiocassettes)
Teacher’s Guides for the textbooks
The “Long Term Plans” Book
Samples of other volunteers’ and teachers’ plans
Additional books for the teaching process

Some Key Competences necessary for all in a knowledge-based society:
Communication in the mother tongue
Communication in a foreign language
Learning-to-learn
Interpersonal, intercultural, and social competences and civic competence
Cultural expression
Strategic action competences
Self-knowledge and self-realization competences

Specific Competences recommended for Foreign Languages
Communicative Domain
1. Communicative Competence – Receiving oral messages (Listening)
2. Communicative and Pragmatic Competence – Producing oral and
written messages and interactions (Speaking)
3. Communicative Competence – Receiving written messages (Reading)
4. Communicative and Pragmatic Competence – Producing written
messages and interactions (Writing, Grammar)
Cultural Domain
Intercultural Competence – Knowing other cultures and figures
Comparative Domain
Methodological Competence – Building skills of self development, self control, and self evaluation
Connection Domain
Interdisciplinary Competence – Knowing linguistic and cultural relationships/connections
Community Domain
Forming attitudes and values

Examples of Specific Competence Indicators
Receiving oral messages (listening)
Producing oral messages and interactions (speaking)
Receiving written messages (reading)
Producing written messages and interactions (writing)
Intercultural Competence (knowing other cultures and figures)
Interdisciplinary Competence (linguistic and cultural connections)
Civic Competence (forming attitudes and values)

Examples of Sub-Competences
Identifying the main ideas of the text .
Maintaining a conversation about the theme.
Writing a paragraph on the topic .
Listening to a short message to determine its style .
Identifying national currencies and some prices in English speaking countries (forming attitudes and values)

There are 4 components in the lesson plan
Motivation (Evocation)
Information (Realization of the Meaning)
Practice (Reflection)
Application (Extension)

Motivation / Evocation
It is the beginning of the lesson.
It will get the students interested and involved in the lesson.
It connects the information from the previous lesson with the students’ knowledge and abilities.
It should involve all the students.
Time: up to 10 minutes
This stage includes:
Captivation of the students’ attention
Working with the Home Work
Connection of old and new material and motivation for the new subject

Information / Realization of the Meaning
Time: 20-25 minutes
It is the essential stage of the lesson in which students are introduced to new material.
Students make notes and ask questions about unclear information
Information may be a new grammar item, vocabulary, text, etc.

Practice / Reflection
Time: 15-25 minutes
Students are able to practice the new information they learned in a structured manner.
Consolidation of new material
The accent is put on critical thinking activities.
This stage includes:
Consolidation
Practice
Evaluation
Home Work (tasks for all 4 skills)

Application / Extension
Activities based on creativity and critical thinking and should be linked to students’ personal lives
Application of the new material to a new experience
These activities will be realized after lessons

Example Activities
Evocation
Discussing personal experiences
Discussing an item
Looking at pictures, drawings, posters
Brainstorming and mind mapping
Free writing without a topic
Listening to a tape
Singing a song
Interviewing a guest
Watching a role play or skit
Reading an excerpt from a book or a short story/poem
Clustering
Associations
Venn-Diagrams
Realization of Sense
Deductive analyses
Lectures
Note taking
Controlled drills
Cultural Notes
Silent Reading
Controlled exercises
Grammar / Translation
Dictations
Analyses of diagrams, tables, and charts
Cube
Know / Don’t Know

Example Activities
Reflection
Practical, meaningful exercises
Formulating questions for others to answer
Exercises requiring critical thinking skills (comparing, contrasting, judging, generalizing, prioritizing)
Writing/revising/editing
Multiple choice/matching
Pair or group discussions
Project planning
Case studies
Close exercises
Completing and practicing role plays
Completing comics or cartoons
Making diagrams, tables, charts
Round table
Have learnt
Debates
Extension
Writing letters
Organizing theme programs
Making posters and displays
Organizing games
Sharing original poems, songs, stories, reports
Giving speeches
Peer teaching
Participating in scenarios, skits, or plays
Participating in debates
Publishing student work (“Class Book”)
Organizing field trips
Conducting and reporting on interviews / surveys

The objectives for the lesson
These objectives are determined by the teacher, achieved in the individual class hours (i.e. students will be able to listen to the poem “The Pulse of Life” and explain its main idea)

There are 3 different domains targeted by the Operational Objectives:
Cognitive (head) = Knowledge
vocabulary, pronunciation, grammar
Psycho-Motor (hand) = Skills
listening, reading, writing, speaking
Affective (heart) = Attitude, Value
forming the students’ minds, opinions, and character

Examples of Operational Objectives
Students will be able to:
Identify vocabulary on a topic
Read the text and answer the questions
Plan future goals related to education
Learn new vocabulary on the topic “Colours”
Lean grammar item “Adjective”, how to describe a person using adjectives
Read the text “Colours” and describe someone or something
Appreciate the positive qualities of a person