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Listening For Young Learners

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A Whole New World!

TOPIC: A Whole New World! (Watch a video and answer a quiz)

LEVEL: Form 1 (Upper intermediate Level)

TIME: 70 minutes

AIM: To use a video to learn about adjectives and use them in writing.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1. distinguish adjectives that are used to describe nouns from the video.
2. answer the quiz based on the video.
3. fill in the blanks in the worksheet with the adjectives from the video.
4. write a paragraph using some of the adjectives learned on their own blog.

LEARNING OUTCOME:

     2.1 Obtain information for different purposes by:
          a. listening to spoken texts from other multi-media sources;
            i. listening to and understanding a variety of texts of suitable length.

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS:

1. A computer for each two students with a stable internet connection, web browser and speakers
2. An LCD projector provided
3. Websites that will be used in the lesson: www.ESLvideo.com and www.blogger.com/ www.blogspot.com

MORAL VALUES:

1. Cooperation
2. Rationality

EDUCATIONAL EMPHASIS:

1. Thinking skills
2. Multiple Intelligences

PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE: Adjectives, Simple Present and Past tenses

LANGUAGE FOCUS: Adjectives

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

1. Listening -- students to watch and listen to a video
2. Writing -- students to write a short paragraph by using the adjectives learned

PREPARATIONS:

1. Pick a suitable video on adjectives that is appropriate and can be used in the lesson.
2. Create an online quiz using the website www.ESLvideo.com .
3. Prepare a worksheet based on the video from the online quiz.
4. Post the lesson's instructions using the website www.blogger.com.
5. Ensure the students to sign up for blogger before coming in to class.
6. Test all links or activities beforehand.

PROCEDURE:

Set Induction (5 minutes)

1. The teacher recaps on what they have learned in previous lesson since today's lesson is a continuous lesson from the previous.
2. Then, the teacher asks the students whether they like watching Disney movies or not. The teacher asks the students what their favorite or most memorable Disney movie is.
3. The teacher explains today's topic which is Aladdin's "A Whole New World".

Activity 1 (25 minutes)

1. The teacher instructs the students to form a pair to one computer each.
2. The teacher asks the students to go to the teacher's blog which is lisaemirtsl641.blogspot.my, and click on the entry entitled "A Lesson on Adjectives".
3. The teacher asks the students to click on the link to the online quiz (A Whole New World Quiz).
4. The teacher allocates 10 to 15 minutes for the students to watch and answer the quiz that follows the video.
5. The teacher then discusses the answers with the students.

Activity 2 (35 minutes)

1. The teacher distributes worksheets to the students and asks them to fill in the blanks with the adjectives from the video with the time allocation of four to five minutes (refer appendices).
2. The teacher asks the students to sign in to one of their pair's blogger account.
3. The teacher asks the students to write a short paragraph by including five of the adjectives from the previous video in the paragraph. They can refer to the teacher's sample paragraph on the entry "A Lesson on Adjectives" to start writing their own.
4. The teacher allocates 15 to 20 minutes for the students to write and post their short paragraph on the blog.
5. Once everyone is done, the teacher asks the students to go to one of their friends' blogs (a pair) and identify the adjectives being used in the pair's short paragraph by commenting on the post.

Conclusion (5 minutes)

1. The teacher recaps the lesson by asking the students what they have learned in today's lesson and reemphasizes on the usage of adjectives in writing.
2. The teacher then asks the students to write and post a journal entry on their own blog about "An Exciting Trip or Adventure!" to describe the event of a trip or adventure that they have been to.

FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITY: The students are to write and post a journal entry on their own blog about "An Exciting Trip or Adventure!" as a continuation of the lesson in using adjectives in their writing to describe the event of a trip or adventure that they have been to.

APPENDICES:

The link to the online quiz: A Whole New World Quiz

The link to the teacher's blog: lisaemirtsl641.blogspot.my

The link to the teacher's instructions on blog: A Lesson on Adjectives

The worksheet for Activity 2:

List of adjectives from the video:

1. Shining
2. Shimmering
3. Splendid
4. Magic
5. Whole
6. New
7. Fantastic
8. Dazzling
9. Crystal
10. Clear
11. Unbelievable
12. Indescribable
13. Endless
14. Shooting
15. Red
16. Thrilling
17. Wondrous

*This entry is specifically made as one of the materials for my Web Based Lesson Plan*

Good morning class, for today's lesson, we will be learning adjectives.

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First, go to this link for our first activity: A Whole New World Quiz

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For our next activity, fill in the blanks in the worksheet with the correct adjectives from the video with your partner.

Then, I want you and your partner to write a paragraph by using five of the adjectives from the video. Next, post it on your blog (or your partner's blog. Choose either one). Here is my sample paragraph.

SAMPLE PARAGRAPH:

              Last Monday, I went to Paradigm Mall with my sister. I was really looking forward to it because I wanted to shop at Kaison (pronounced as Kei-zen). It was actually my first experience going inside Kaison as I have never went inside it before. The first time I stepped inside the shop, everything seemed dazzling, asking me to buy each and every one of them. It might sound exaggerated but it felt like there was magic inside and as if the cute plushies were calling me out to buy them. It was a whole new experience for me at Kaison. I think it was such a wondrous place. I want to go there again!

The adjectives: dazzling, magic, whole, new, wondrous

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For homework, I want you to write and post a journal entry on your own blog about "An Exciting Trip or Adventure!" as a continuation of the lesson in using adjectives to describe the event of a trip or adventure that you have been to. Make sure to post it by our next class.

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Here is a video on how to make nasi lemak:

What do you usually have for your breakfast? =)

Good morning!
So for today's activity, I have created an online quiz using ESLvideo website.

The link to my online quiz: 

http://www.eslvideo.com/esl_video_quiz_beginning.php?id=27573

Question 1:

The BBC Learning English specializes in teaching English learners how to speak and use English in everyday life. It provides options of "Courses" whereby English learners can choose which course or level of English they wish to learn from and "Features" which allows the learners to learn English in a variety of settings, situations or sources.

Every option provided under the "Courses" and "Features" includes a video of the lesson. For example, every lesson will be demonstrated in the video first so that the learners can watch it first before they start the activity. Numerous activities are included in the website. Next, every lesson has its own set of activities suggested to be done. Most of the activities would help in initiating the learners to speak English such as some questions are provided for the learners to answer or discuss among a number of other students after watching the video. Besides, the activities are continuous whereby after they have done the first part of the activity from the lesson, they can move to the next activity as a continuation from the previous one. There are also activities like multiple choice questions regarding the video of the lesson as a recap and to test their understanding. There is some immediate feedback whereby learners can check their answers and their remarks, as well as are to be notified immediately whether they answer correctly or incorrectly. Moreover, there are different levels of difficulty for different proficiency levels whereby the learners may choose the levels of difficulty according to which course they choose from the option "Courses". There are Advanced, Intermediate, Lower-Intermediate and others.

Question 2:

The learners need to choose which "Courses" and "Features" as to choose the level of difficulty and setting or situation they want to learn from. Once they have done that, they could watch the video that is provided in each lesson, listen and take note of useful expressions, phrases and vocabularies that have been used in the video. Next, they will be required to do the next activity which is to discuss a set of questions among other learners in their group based on the video's topic. They will also need to answer a set of multiple choice questions as a recap from the video. Immediate feedback will also be given whether they answer correctly or not. At the end of each lesson, the learners should be able to learn new vocabularies that are being used in the video and get an idea on how to use them in real conversations as they can practice saying the vocabularies learned afterwards. Since the website uses genuine language, the learners can learn the real English to use in their everyday conversations.

Question 3:

Since this website incorporates discussion activity to be done in most of the lessons, I can see that this website has the effort to combine both online and face-to-face learning for the learners whereby this website is suitable and practical to be used in a face-to-face classroom. This is because the activities are also possible to be conducted in that learning environment as there a lot of discussions among a group of learners which they are required to do for the lesson's activity. Hence, there is no elements presented from the website that the learners cannot do in a face-to-face classroom provided they can still have the access to the videos or audios from the website which are also downloadable along with other materials.


Question 4:

This website is mainly based on the theory of language learning of constructivism whereby it emphasizes on the social interaction as well as cooperative learning for the learners are also required to construct their own reality representations or meaning making through their environment. This can be seen from the discussion activities included in most of the lessons in the website as it encourages the learners to interact among themselves and use the language. This also signifies Vygotsky's ZPD (Zone of Proximal Development) as the learners are learning with appropriate stimuli with the assistance of competent peers or adult. In this case, the learners will learn from the video first and this will be followed by the guidelines provided by the instructor or teacher as they carry out the activities with the help of their assistance. In addition, this website makes use of the 20th century language teaching of CLL (Community Language Learning) which is a facilitative learning with small groups of "clients" in a circle, having the instructor or teacher as the counselor. Furthermore, there is also an inclusion of CLT (Communicative Language Teaching) that provides authentic and genuine language of English which is based on real life situations to encourage the learners to speak spontaneously and meaningfully. For instance, this website provides the learners with real situations on how English is used in school, university or working place.

Question 5:

This website’s activities provide the potential for language learning for the English learners as they will learn to speak and use English as well as learn new expressions, phrases and vocabularies while and after they have done the activities. Hence, this website manages to fulfill the criterion of having the potential for language learning for the English learners who visit this website. Since each lesson provides activities that will help in initiating the learners in speaking English in real life situations, the learners will be able to learn from the videos and transcripts included as well as to practice speaking using the set of questions given after watching the videos and answering few questions related to the videos. The learners will learn bit by bit on how to use English in their everyday life situations such as making phone calls or finding direction to reach a destination and more.

Question 6:

I would like to use this website for my future work when I am going to be teaching secondary school students later on. I find the website interesting as it provides a variety of practical lessons and activities that I can use in class with my future students. I think the students will be able to do the activities well as they are very interesting and realistic, which are suitable and helpful for their future use too. I can just play the videos from the website, and the students can watch the videos, answer the following questions, and carry out the activities among them by following the guidelines from the website. This will be a good opportunity for the students to conduct their own learning as they do the ddiscussions while I facilitate and monitor them carrying out the activity. Besides, there are a lot of materials prepared for teachers to use in their lessons such as complete lesson plans, worksheets, and of course, videos or audios with transcripts that can be downloaded.

The link to the ESL website:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/

PART 1

I have a father who named his children random names. So guess where I got my name from. Anyhow, my name is Lisa Emir. I like to bake whenever I feel like it or if there is extra time to spend on it. I enjoy cafe hopping with my aunt and watching Korean dramas during my free time. Being 22 years old this year I've decided to be more mature and capable of doing a lot of things for myself and others. Random fact, I drive for about an hour at least, from my house in Puchong to class in Puncak Alam daily and I am trying my best to be early every single day. Nonetheless, I enjoy driving to class despite the morning rush hour because starting the day is always exciting for me.

PART 2

I would not rate myself as illiterate nor savvy in terms of my computer skills, but rather I am doing fine with the most basic skills needed for a person to survive in today's world. In other words, I can always google anything which I find new for me to understand or operate regarding technology and learn from there.

PART 3

I use Microsoft Office Word a lot and sometimes Excel to keep record of few stuffs. So I have those, Windows Movie Maker and many more. I think I know the basic physical parts of the computer.

PART 4

Yes, I have when I was in primary school as my father used to make us siblings learn keyboarding using a CD on how to type without looking at the keyboard.

PART 5

I haven't gone to my practicum yet. But even if I did, well maybe I'd incorporate some depending on how desperate I was going to be.

PART 6

I find it brilliant if the teacher could make the time to incorporate that in class. Besides, the students will be more engaged and interested to learn with computers and technology.

PART 7

I hope I will be able to learn interesting methods to incorporate technology in language teaching. I also hope I will discover new things related to technology and online stuffs.

PART 8

My Academic Exercise's topic is "The Effect of Lecturers' Feedback On Tesl Students' Writing Behavior". I am rather interested to know about the effect of getting some feedback from lecturers and how it can affect the students' actions regarding their own writing. I have yet to be assigned to a supervisor. So far, I don't have a clue yet. But I just hope to see my supervisor and get her or his opinion or view regarding my topic. And if she or he approves, I want to start looking for more references.