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Course Planning -
a process
by Emma Worrell
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Appendix 1: Course Outline
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Functions
Agreeing/disagreeing
Persuading
Comparing and contrasting
Advice and suggestions
Advantages and disadvantages |
Grammar
Present tense review
Comparatives and superlatives
Discourse features:
Register and format
Linkers (sequencing, concession, contrast, addition, generalisation)
Cohesion (reference words- anaphoric and cataphoric, lexical) |
Phonology
Word stress (compound adjectives)
Syllable stress
Intonation (question tags, sounding interested)
Phonemic chart revision
Weak forms |
Vocabulary
Word building: prefixes, suffixes
Work and employment
Job titles
Sports (equipment, rules)
Phrasal verbs
Describing people: compound adjectives- character, attitude.
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Skills
Speaking: comparing and contrasting, advice and suggestions,
agreeing and disagreeing, advantages and disadvantages.
Listening: for gist, for specific information, for detailed
information, inferring attitude.
Reading: for global understanding, for specific information,
inferring attitude
Writing: Transactional letter, informal letter, magazine
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Learner Training
Exam strategies: Paper 1, part 1, 3 and 4; Paper 2, part
1; Paper 3, part 5 and part 4.
Error correction (teacher and peer correction of written
work).
Vocabulary: Expanding and recording lexical groups, effective
translation, word building.
Reading: inferring meaning from context, examining parts
of speech, activating students' schemata, using visual
clues, anaphoric and cataphoric referenences |
Appendix: 2
Course timetable (Each class is 1.5 hours)
Page numbers refer to FCE Gold (unless otherwise indicated)
Abbreviations Max = FCE Gold Maximiser, IGB = Instant Grammar
Book, T = Teacher, Stds = students, Hwk = Homework
Tuesday 21st October
Theme: A Sense of Adventure U.1 |
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Warmer: Review Hwk
Exam Focus: Reading.
System: Discourse
Ordering the sentences of an informal letter using discourse
markers to help.(Instant Grammar Lessons)
Skill: Writing
Find the grammar mistakes, letter questions.Letter plan
(Hwk preparation).(p.12)
Hwk:Letter (p.12, ex. 3)
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| Thursday 23rd October |
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Warmer: Brainstorm ways to travel.
Skill: Listening
Sub-skill: prediction questions,noting figures, True/False
questions. (p.14)
Skill: Speaking
Sub-skill: Giving opinions(p.14)
System: Lexis
Prefixes/suffixes (p. 14)
Hwk:Max. (p.17)
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| Tuesday 28th NovemberTheme:
Work and Play U.2 |
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Warmer:Systems: Phonology.
Review of vowel sounds.
Skill: Speaking
Sub-skill: Agreeing/disagreeing(p16).
Exam Practice: Paper 5, part 3; Collaborative speaking
task- Photo prompts (job photos). Discuss pay, desirability.
System: Lexis
Jobs/responsibilities + relative clauses; "is a
person who..."
Skill: Speaking
Game 'Guess my job'
Hwk: U.1 Review (p.15)
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| Thursday 30th November |
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Warmer: Hwk check
Team game. T gives description of job, stds guess name
of job.
Skill: Listening
Sub-skill: prediction/gistUnpopular jobs (p.17)
Exam Practice: Paper 4, part 3(multiple
matching. p.17)
System: Lexis
Phrasal verbs (p.17)
Exam Strategies: Writing.
Stds read and discuss criteria for letter writing. Stds
peer correct each others' letters in accordance with
criteria.
Hwk: Present tense review (p.17
ex. 1)
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| Tuesday 4th NovemberTheme:
Work and Play U.2 |
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Warmer: Speaking. present continuous review
(p. 17)
System: Grammar
Review/practise present tenses (p.18).
System: Lexis
Employment vocabulary (p.18)
Skill: Speaking
Exam strategy: Comparing British employment laws with
Spanish employment laws (p.18)
Hwk: Exam Focus, Paper 3, part 5
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| Thursday 6th November |
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Warmer:Exam Focus check.
Analysis of discourse- how stds came to conclusions
about answers. (p.19)
Skill: Listening
Sub-skill: prediction of song content, ordering sentences
(p.20).
Skill: Writing
Transactional letter (p.21)
Exam Strategies: analysing task
requirements.
System: Discourse
Register/format/linkers for formal letter.
Hwk: Letter (p.21, ex 3)
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| Tuesday 11th November |
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Warmer: Reading race (authentic material).Matching
questions to job adverts
Skill: Speaking
Dangerous jobs
Skill: Reading
Sub-skill: Gist/comprehensionquestions.
System: DiscourseAnaphoric/cataphoric
references.
Exam Strategy: Paper 1, part 3- gapped
text
Skill: Speaking
Affective response to article
Hwk: Max. (p.19)
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| Thursday 13th November |
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Warmer: Brainstorm sports.
System: Lexis/phonology.
Sports vocabulary- syllable stress.
Skill: Speaking
Exam Strategy: Comparing and contrasting pairs of sports.
(Paper 5, part 2).
Skill: Speaking
Discuss favourite sports.
Skill: Writing
System: Discourse
Noticing sequencers in written text (p.24)
Skill: Speaking
Using sequencers to describe routine.
Hwk: Max. (p.20 )
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| Tuesday 18th NovemberTheme:
Nearest and Dearest |
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Warmer: Stds discuss photo of twins (p.26).
System: Phonology
Stds complete poem with rhyming words (p.26).
Skill: Listening
Stds check poem (p26).
System: Phonology
Stds practice rhythm and stress of poem (p.26).
Skill: Speaking
Advantages/disadvantages of brothers/sisters (p.26 ex
2).
Skill: Reading
Sub-skill: Matching title to article
System: Lexis
Game: "Call My Bluff"- vocab.(p.27 ex.3).
Hwk: True/False (p.27 ex. 2).
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| Thursday 20th November |
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Warmer: Check homework.
System: Lexis
Phrasal verbs.
Skill: Listening
Sub-skill: Inferring meaning of phrasal verbs from context
of listening exercise.
Skill: Listening
Sub-skills: Gist/comprehension questions. Authentic
material- BBC World News.
Skill: Speaking
Discussion of world news Exam Strategy: Giving opinions/advice.
System: Grammar
Comparatives/superlatives review.(p.28 ex.1).
Hwk: Exam Focus (p.28)
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| Tuesday 25th November |
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Warmer: Vocabulary recycling. Stds test
each other on vocab cards from previous units.
System: Grammar
Comparatives/superlatives. Describing people (p.29 ex.
2)
Exam Strategy: Use of English Paper 3,
part 2 (p.29 ex.3).Skill: Listening
Sub-skill: Listening for gist 'Selling'
(p.29).
Skill: Speaking
Selling a product.Sub-skill/function: language for persuasion/comparing/contrasting.
Hwk: Letter (Max p. 24-25)
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| Thursday 27th November |
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Warmer: Peer correction of hwk letter
(using exam criteria).
System: Phonology(p.30)
System: Lexis
Family members/describing people. Matching vocabulary
to description.
Skill: Speaking
Using new vocab to describe family members.Function/phonology:
Responding/intonation/sounding interested.
Hwk: U. 2 Review (p.25).
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