course_plan


 * Course plan**

Six sessions of 3 hours with 25 people

Four main topics
 * 1) Planning lessons - practical sessions on how to design sequence, seance starting from different resources (book, song etc)
 * 2) Thinking about teaching - sessions on language acquisition, activities specific to language learning
 * 3) Nuts and bolts - tools for language teaching (Audacity, internet)
 * 4) Language work - using language in the classroom - expressions to use, how to improve own English

1. Creating sequences and sessions (Group work; planning lessons)

5 or 6 groups of 4 or 5 people. Create groups at start to work over year to create a sequence, to be used in stage file or other stages in Jan, May. Incorporate ideas from IUFM and school classes as year continues.

Develop a sequence (12 sessions, including recycling, over one period) - story Handa's Surprise, Bear Hunt - song Can a flea climb a tree? - activity make a board game - topic numbers, colours, animals, family - task/function I like, I've got - project describe our school

Use wiki or blog to share ideas

45 minutes per class, demonstrate activities during class sessions, final class demonstration?

2. Teaching language to young learners? (thinking about teaching) The most 'theoretical' component - information mainly from formateur. Offer a range of topics which trainees select from. Short lectures with practical examples to use in class.

classroom management, mother tongue, correction, reading/writing, testing, pronunciation, grammar (noticing), filler activities, adapting level (différentiation); learner choice, giving instructions, communication, listening/speaking 30 minutes per session, hands-on approach to topics - give choice at beginning? online ppts for frontal?

3. Tech tips (making it work, nuts and bolts)



for listening, speaking, working online, exchanges - 10 minutes at end of lesson links to online resources clipart: worksheets, flashcards, storybooks books: amazon.co.uk songs: Audacity, UnPlug

4. Language work (using the language, on the tip of my tongue) Using English in the classroom - group work in different groups to work on language functions 45 minutes consignes (stand up, listen, say, don't talk) materials (pencils etc), games (your turn), describing flashcards (it's an animal), reading books (what's this, what will happen?) encouraging (praising, suggesting) scaffolding (sequencing - first, next, last)