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[JMO]

I teach a 7 week conversation courses at a University. I've been there for a year and have just decided to make my plan more regimented for this session. This plan is for the top 2/3 of the levels. For the bottom 3 I will have to do at least some book. The basic plan will be kept the same, with the lesson plans being geared to each level. There are eight levels although in all honesty there is not much difference from 6-8.

The plan is to have one type of activity on each day and keep that type for that day each week.

Monday: Active Day: People are standing up and moving. I'm thinking mingles, surveys etc.

Tuesday: Role play Day: Group based. Each group has to write and perform something. Props will be involved and people will be seated. Standing is just way too nerve wracking for most students. If I have a class where this does not work, this will be cut. I hated being made to do things I was too shy to do in French and Irish class.

Wednesday: Conversation Day: Some kind of theme, handouts with questions.

Thursday: Game day: Might not call it this as some students look down on games. I have alot of games that I love and that get everybody talking so this will be easy to fill.

Friday: Challenge day: Students have to design something, write something, figure out a scenario.


First of all, do you think I picked the right days for each type? Should game day be on a Friday for example?

Right now I'm making lists of lessons I have and classifying them. I have alot of conversation, challenge and games but really need more role play and active ones. Any help there would be greatly appreciated.

This plan will only apply to the last six weeks. In my opinion, that I've come to over the course of the year, you really need one full week of ice breaker/getting to know you activities at the start of the session. The only goal at the end of week 1, is that everybody knows each others name and they are comfortable enough to talk for the next 6 weeks. I want them to know some information about each other because a lot of my favorite lesson plans depend on that information.

A sample week would be this for the last 6 weeks.

Monday: Party plan mingle.
Tuesday: Soap Opera drama with wierd prop, story prompts.
Wednesday: Movies, Music and Stuff. (just questions on those topics)
Thursday: Idiom game
Friday: Moon survival scenario.

Because a lot of my activities involve someone or a team winning, and because I don't want to give a prize each and every time, I'm thinking of making a leader board with the winner getting a really good prize at the end of the year. Is this too childish?

Any advice is much appreciated..really..lay it on me.

I'm already planning to stay a third year and I want to get this down.

[Tommy]

You're right about some people looking down on the use of games in the classroom. To rectify this, simply replace the word "games" with "activities".

[JMO]

[jadarite]

Those are all good ideas, but I wouldn't worry about forcing each day as a particular kind of lesson. Some days, people just don't want to talk or do something you planned. Be ready to change when you see who shows up and what you have to work with.

[TDR]