INTERNATIONAL HOUSE SEVILLE TEACHING PRACTICE LESSON PLAN

Name: Robert William McCaul Level: Upper-Intermediate

Length of lesson: 1hr Number of students: 1
M!IN !IM":
M# aim is to consolidate an# prior $no%ledge the students might have had about articles and give them some
additional practice and to get "s to practice spea$ing about the grammar topic
&'()C*I+)": '# the end of the lesson,
1- -the student s %ill have been e.pos ed to the rules behi nd the use of /articl es 0
- - the student s %ill have practi ced the grammar point s in 1uesti on
2- -the student s %ill have used s$ills such as readi ng, spea$i ng,
In addition I %ill3
4- tr# to get student s to use articl es correctl # in their respons e s to the biolog# 1ui5
6- teach and get student s to practi ce vocabul ar # connect e d to the topic %ithin a 1ui5 format
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I !""UM) M8 "*U9)N*":
"tudents %ill be alread# familiar %ith articles, most of them should alread# be using them correctl# most of the
time, but %on0t have ever thought e.tensivel# about the grammatical rules behind their use:
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Meaning and <orm
Rule : >non-use of the definite article %hen generali5ing- is an area %here students often ma$e mista$es, and have heard
and read "s0 %or$ %here the# ma$e errors in this area:
i:e:
The Men are better at par$ing than the women:
*he use and non-use of the %ith church, hospital, and school can be difficult but it has a clear rule:
e:g:
I'm studying at university (= I am a student there- N&* :::at the universit#: :
The university is in the centre of town. (= %e are tal$ing about the buildings-:
I go to church every Sunday. The murderer is in prison (= no definite article-
The shop is next to the church on Paul Street.(Talking aout the uilding!
&ther %ords %hich are used li$e this are college, mos"ue #synagogue >and other places of %orship-:
7ronunciation >including problems of individual sounds, stress, intonation-
I have covered the pronunciation of articles in class so I am not e.pecting an# errors in its use here:
If there are an# issues remind "s of the general %ea$ form pron of articles and the different pronunications of the:
i:e: before %ords beginning %ith vo%els and consonants:
Certain individual %ords ma# cause difficult#: i:e:
Cantaloupe //kntlu:p/, //n?u:m@r@sA, zodiac / 5@da@$A , domesticated /d@0mest$etIdA
!ppropriac# >e:g: register, st#le-
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&ther:
*here is a lot of grammar to be covered in the lesson, I am %orried that it ma# be a bit over%helming for the "":