The instruction will teach them how to become independent learners, among other things.
The instruction will help the student's listening skills both grow and advance.
Students should be able to efficiently read a passage and respond to questions about it by the conclusion of this lesson.
Student should have no trouble explaining what happens in the tale they just listened to.
Whatever they learn in class should be applicable to students' everyday activities.
This lesson aims to enhance the students' deductive thinking and situational analysis skills.
NB: The goals listed above were created using Adam and Hamm's recommendations for how this kind of instruction should be taught in their 2017 publication.
Level of Class
B2. Number of students
50 students Length of lesson =
50 minutes Materials
The materials used in the lesson are: an audio clip containing the stories about the animals, handout containing images of animals, and a power point presentation as a teaching aid.
Stage Aim Timing Interaction Teacher Activity Student Activity
Stage 1
Introduction The aim of this lesson is to prepare the students how to learn. 4 Students will be introduced to the skills of effective listening. I will help the students to focus on the lesson of the day. I will introduce the student to the skills of effective listening. Students follow up on the teachers guideline.
Stage 2; Lead-in stage/introductory topic. The main aim of this stage is to introduce the main topic to the student. According to Cockrum 2013, this is the first thing that should be done.
The other aim of the stage is to;
Prepare the students mentally towards the topic.
The lesson's foundation will be laid in this stage. 4 There will be a general discussion of the topic.
Students will give their thoughts on the topic.
Students will give their past experiences with children living with wild animals.
I will write some vocabularies that the students will come across. I will also give a fun story involving animals to the students. Students will be required to understand the vocabularies.
Students will be accorded with a chance to predict the probable topic for the lesson.
Stage 3; Presentation. The main topic will be presented at this stage. 1 Students shall be exposed to images of several animals taking living with children in the wilderness. I will focus on animal habitat and their way of life. The other thing I will do is to analyse some animals that have been identified taking care of children. At this stage, students shall be compelled to identify all images of animals living with children from the handout.
Stage 4
Pre-teach vocabularies I this stage, the specific vocabularies to pre-teach will be identified. 3 I will help the students to identify the vocabularies from the listening text. I will help the students in finding the meaning of the vocabularies. I will also give a handout with the vocabularies to the students. Students will identify and find the meaning of the vocabularies.
Stage 5; Pre-listening stage. The stage is aimed at introducing students to the topic of the lesson. It is in this stage that the frame work of the lesson will be set. 4 The teacher will guide students in identifying the activities taking place in the images. I will give a handout with pictures of animals taking care of children. I will also put charts with similar images on the board. Students will require to identify the animals.
They will be involved in a short discussion about the images
Stage 6; Simple task stage The stage is aimed at encouraging students to listen carefully, actively and attentively. 3 The teacher asks some questions about the topic being listened to by the students. The students respond to the teachers questions. I will ask the students what they have learnt from the lesson. I will also encourage them to always pay attention to what they are listening. The students become active and listen carefully to the stories so as to give a clear, correct and precise response to the teacher.
Stage 7 Listening stage The aim of this stage is to develop students' listening abilities. In this stage, students will be exposed to various listening activities.
3 The teacher will enquire from students whether they are familiar with the animals or the places where the incidences took place. I will highlight the number of activities that the students are listening to. The type of animals in each activity is identified in this stage.
Students identify animals and their habitat basing their response to the teacher's explanations. Students discuss and share information about the stories within themselves. Students ask any teething question about the stories.
Stage 8
Post listening stage/speaking task A review of the students listening ability will be done in this stage. 5 This stage will involve a question and answer session I will ask the students to answer the following questions;
What are the stories talking about?
How many children have been considered in the stories?
How was the lives of the children mentioned above? Students will respond to the teachers questions.
Stage 9
Global listening task The aim of this stage is to determine the student's understanding. 3 Students will be required to respond to the teachers questions. The following questions shall be asked in this stage;
What was the main topic of this lesson?
What have you learnt in this lesson?
Do you think children brought up by wild animals can conform to the normal human life? Students will express their understanding of the topic.
Stage 10
Comprehension questions This stage will test the listening skills of the students. 4 Students will be given some questions to answer. The students will answer the following questions.
Which animals were involved in childrearing?
How were the children rescued from the animals?
What was the fate of the children after being rescued?
Do you think the children will cope with human life? The students will answer the questions asked by the teacher.
Stage 11; Comprehensive task stage. This stage is aimed at improving the students listening ability. 3 Students will be asked questions to determine whether they have understood what they heard. I will ask the detailed question about the topic. I will ask them to identify all the pictures in the handout. I will require them to explain in details whatever is taking place in all the images in the handout. Students analyse all the images in the handout. They respond to the teacher's questions after listening to the stories and observing the images in the handout.
Stage 12
Vocabulary The lesson is aimed at introducing new vocabularies to the students. 2 I will list the vocabularies and request the students to identify them from the stories. I will explain the meaning of vocabularies such as, bringing up children, legend, autistic, kidnaping, jungle, disprove, among others used in the listening lesson Students will write down the vocabularies and their meaning.
Concept checking stage The students understanding of the vocabularies will be tested in this stage. 2 The students will receive a test from the teacher. I will request the students to form sentences using the vocabularies learnt in the lesson. I will use several sentences from the listening lesson and explains their structure to the student. Students will take the test given to them by the teacher.
Stage 13; Class room situation The aim of this stage is to ensure that the students have mastered the listening skills. 4 The teacher introduces the stories to the students, who are put in groups of ten. Each group is requested to pick a representative who narrates the stories to the rest of the members. I will ask the students to form groups of five for the student to explain what they have heard to each other. A representative student narrates the stories to the other students in the group.
Stage 14; Elicitation This stage is aimed at the student's current knowledge on the topic.
The stage is also aimed at enhancing student's ability to extract information from a story presented and narrated to them.
Students' knowledge on the topic will be tested at this stage. 2 The teacher will give the students a chance to actively participate in the lesson by forming sentences about the topic from what they have heard. Ferlazzo supports. Active participation of students in a lesson. I will use a power point presentation to give the students information about the topic. The students will be divided into pairs. Each pair will be required to construct sentences describing what is happening in the images in the hand out.
Stage 15
Controlled practice Students will put in practice what they have learnt in class. 2 Students shall work in groups to discuss and try to identify images from their handouts in regards to the instructions from the teacher. I will divide the students into groups of five. I will describe some images to the students at this stage. Each group will have to identify and explain an image of their choice based on the teacher's description of the images.
They will discuss about it and give a presentations to the class by the end of the lesson.
Stage 16; Free practice This stage will be aimed at ensuring students have a better and clear understanding on what have been taught. 2 Students shall perform a short presentation which shall involve their understanding of the topic.
I will check on the students' understanding of the topic in regards to how they will conduct the representations. A representative student will be chosen to take through the rest in a summary of what the lesson was all about. Students shall answer some questions regarding the topic.
Works Cited
Adams, Dennis, and Hamm, Mary. Engaging eager and reluctant learners: STEM learning in action. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2017.
Cockrum, Troy. Flipping Your English Class to Reach All Learners: Strategies and Lesson Plans. Taylor and Francis, 2013.
Ferlazzo, Larry. English language learners: Teaching strategies that work. Linworth, 2010.
Herrell, Adrienne. L., and Jordan, Michael. Fifty strategies for teaching English language learners. Pearson/Merrill Prentice Hall, 2008.
