თამარ ცხომელიძე

ტექსტს კითხულობს ნათია სურგულაძე.

                                                        LESSON  PLAN

Teacher _ Tamar  Tskhomelidze

Overal objective: Students will develop awareness of “English Around the World” and their experience

Of learning English.

Language Objective:  Students will be able to present  the  attitude to the  English language through reading, summarizing and preparing oral presentation.

Civic Education Objective: By the end of the lesson the students will realize the importance of knowing English language for their future.

Class context and needs: -Secondary students -11^th grade.

Materials: Handouts, board, laptop, papers.

Warm up: Students look at the title and predict the topic of the lesson. ( English is…) (7 minutes)

Teacher asks the students to write as  many endings as possible in order to create a poem. Teacher divides the class into 4 groups, delivers papers, students write the endings and  one of them from each group represents the” poem,” reads aloud and the teacher sticks papers on the wall.

e.g. English is necessary

I can make friends,

I will travel a lot,

Around the world. 

Activity 1: Teacher asks st-s to listen to the text “English –the world language” twice . a) the whole class matches two halves  to make a sentence.  b)complete the sentences according to the text. Use

One word for each sentence.(in pairs) (teacher delivers handouts).(Video 1) (6 minutes)

A.     Match two halves to make one sentence

Ex.The biggest number of English speakers                    a.  English to speak to each other.

1.      English is widely used                                             b. are English words.                          

2.      English is an official language                                c. live in the USA.

3.      The pilots of big airline companies                      d. of modern technology.

4.      There are several                                                    e. in the word.

5.      English is the language                                          f. use English.

6.      People of different nationalities use                  g. English words in Georgian.

7.      “Computer” and “internet”                                 h. in Great Britain and USA.

B.      Complete the sentences according to the text. Use ONE word for each word.

Ex. English is the word language.

1.      English is spoken in many ………………… .

2.      In America more than 226 million …………………. Speak English.

3.      If you want to be a pilot and ……………………. You must learn English.

4.      People of different nationalities …………………………. English to speak to each other.

5.      Georgians, Italians and British are people of different …………………… .

6.      There are several English …………………. in Georgian.

7.      Many languages …………………… English words.

Activity 2: The aim of this activity is to introduce some foreigners who learn English for different reasons.

Teacher delivers handouts, st-s  are asked to find out from the text who they are, how they feel about it. St-s give brief information about those people and finally they find out what  they have in common. (7 minutes)

Activity 3: 11^th graders represent their research which they have done in their school. The st-s  (video 2) will listen to the interviews with different students who talk about their experience of learning the English language. (5 minutes)

Activity 4: After the interview the teacher asks students what they think about the English language. They talk about their own “ English Language Biography”.First the teacher tells about her own experience of learning the English language. And then students tell the class how they learn, what is easy or difficult for them, what they do in order  to improve their knowledge, etc. (7 minutes)

Activity 5: As students have already spoken about the English language generally, they also speak about the importance of the English language. Teacher shows st-s the handout with reasons for studying English and asks them to number them in order of importance for them. They compare their answers  with the partner, then tell the class. (5 minutes)

Number the reasons for studying English in order of importance for you:

·         Make friends                                                      

·         Pass exams                                                         

·         Please someone else

·         Make career

·         Learn abroad

·         Learn the culture of different countries

·         Speak with foreigners

·         Travel much

Activity 6:  St-s look at the advert for a London school  that organizes summer courses for students of English . Then they answer the  questions and talk about their future plans together with the English language. (5 minutes)

Closure: Write your own language biography, Organize your information into 4-5 clear paragraphs. (3 minutes)