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1
Lesson Planning for SHS ALTs
  • From beginning concepts to making your own plan

2
English Curriculum in Japanese High Schools
  • 1. What are the four skills that comprise English
    proficiency?
  • 2. Which of these skills have been traditionally
    the focus in English classrooms in Japan?

3
English Curriculum in Japanese High Schools
  • Japanese students have traditionally focused on
    reading, writing and listening practice with a
    focus on translation of English into Japanese.
  • Part of your role introduce the missing
    component
  • Of course, your lessons can involve all aspects
    of the 4 skills but try to keep speaking and
    communication in the front of your mind.

4
April 2013 New Curriculum introduced by MEXT
  • Curriculum has been changed from this year,
    including all of the textbooks (You may or may
    not be required to use/adapt a textbook for your
    class). The main changes are as follows
  • Classes should be conducted in English (teachers
    are primarily using English in the classroom ).
  • Students should be using as much English as
    possible
  • Language activities are being made the centre of
    instruction
  • What does this mean for the ALT class?
  • gt Different textbooks (Ones that perhaps seem
    less communicative??)
  • gt No Japanese
  • gt Possibly more collaboration between ALTs and
    JTEs

5
What students need from the ALTs class
  • Students spend a lot of time learning grammar and
    vocabulary in their usual classes. You dont need
    to teach this directly! They need chances to use
    it.
  • They need to
  • learn useful English for communication,
  • learn how to understand a class in English,
  • get used to speaking English with each other,
  • practice saying things in English,
  • enjoy learning English with you so that they
    become motivated to continue their studies,
  • get used to listening to real English,

6
Lesson Planning
7
Keeping a focus using objectives
  • When you start planning a lesson, ask yourself
  • Whats the objective of your lesson?
  • To get to know your students so they are
    comfortable.
  • To share your culture and experience with your
    students.
  • To give them a chance to speak English.
  • To give them a chance to listen to real English.

8
When planning a lesson, know your students
  • Well, how do I know what is a good goal for my
    students?? Surely, my classes are going to be
    different from another ALTs classes.
  • Are there any performance outcomes you hope your
    students can accomplish this semester?
  • Useful to do a Needs Assessment of your students
    this can be done through your own observations
    and consultation with your teachers.
  • who are they, how many, what can they do, are
    they motivated, are they used to listening to
    English in class?
  • After your first class, try to get a feel for
    what they are like and what they may be
    interested in. (It can be useful to use cards)
  • Will you use a textbook? Is it necessary or
    flexible?

9
Lets try tailoring objectives for a class
  • From your needs assessment you found out
  • Your class is 42 first year students. The
    students dont like speaking out in the class
    when you ask a general question but will use
    English when given pair-activities. As a class,
    they can understand only simple spoken English
    instructions but enjoy the class when they are
    given tasks they can do and understand. Many of
    the students like sports like basketball,
    baseball, and tennis. Some of the girls ask you
    about Justin Bieber and confess their love for
    him. You have a textbook you can use but you do
    not need to use it every lesson.
  • What are some possible lesson objectives?

10
Planning a Lesson The layout
  • Lessons, like most things, have a beginning,
    middle, and end.
  • Warm-ups and Openers
  • Warm-up activity that have the students using
    English, that will activate their language.
  • Examples of warm-ups broken telephone, who am
    I? game, tennis debate
  • Openers A picture, story, joke, anecdote,
    interesting fact that you can use to elicit
    English from the students and pique their
    interest in the topic. (Particularly useful with
    Japanese students)

11
Planning a Lesson The layout
  • Main Activity This can be anything! It really
    depends on your objective
  • Some examples Dialogue practice, Writing a
    story, surveys, guided group discussions,
    describing a picture, playing a game, making
    skits,
  • Wrap-up To consolidate what you have done.
    Sometimes you may want to confirm a language
    point, have a pair demonstrate what they are
    doing, review what you did with the class.

12
Example of lesson plans Using the textbooks
  • Im going to tell you about Asada Mao. She was
    born in Nagoya in 1990. She started skating when
    she was five years old. At the age of 16, she won
    many tournaments and became a star in the
    international figure skating world. However, she
    couldnt go to the 2006 Turin Olympics because
    she was too young. Finally, she became the silver
    medalist in the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. Her
    dream now is to win the gold medal in the 2014
    Sochi Olympics.
  • Crown Textbook from Speaking 1 82 words
  • If you were to a design a lesson based on this
    text, what topics come to mind? How could you use
    it?

13
Decide
  • What are the students like?
  • What can they do?
  • What are possible objectives of this lesson?

14
Your turn
  • Design a lesson for either Halloween or a
    conversation lesson around shopping. For this
    lesson you do not need to use the textbook.
  • In pairs, choose a scenario.
  • You have only one 50 minute class to conduct your
    lesson.

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Online teaching resources
  • www.bogglesworld.esl.com easily adaptable
    worksheets plans
  • www.eslcafe.com/ideas idea cookbook a large
    collection of classroom ideas
  • www.liteslj.org/questions conversation
    questions separated by categories
  • www.mes-english.com flashcards, games,
    worksheets
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