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[leeroy]

OK guys - externally assessed DELTA lesson is on Wednesday. Although I'm chatting about it with my tutor tomorrow - any feedback here would be much appreciated.

So..

Class: Pre-Advanced, 1 hour, 12 students mixed nationalities.
Main focus: Speaking (specifically spoken narratives)
Supporting: Lexis

I'm thinking a weak form TBL type structure - whereby the "task" is presenting a spoken narrative (a romantic story). A bit PPP as well, I suppose.

Start off with a model (where I present a romantic story through pictures/elicitation - combined with the lexis I want them to use later). This ties in nicely with my Part 1 - which quotes research saying that listening before speaking is a good thing.

Then some form of controlled practice using the lexis (you know, phrasal verbs, etc. like "to go out with").

Then the students create a narrative in pairs using the presented lexis. They present it to the class, with each student taking it in turns to say one sentence. The other students "vote" for each story, to make it into a competition.

I discretely note emerging errors, then post-production whack them up on the OHP for further focus.

Well, it's still a work in progress(!).

(Constructive) criticism welcome

[rogan]

You could build in the Shirley Valentine activity from the Reward Intermediate Activity book.

This would add writing and reading activities in a group situation either 2 groups of 6 or one large group.

[Corey]