Topic: Current Issues around Us
Language Skill: Speaking
Level of Students: Intermediary – Form 1 or 2
Time: Brief explanations will take 10 minutes,
the discussion or conversation will take about 30 minutes and the presentation
will take 20 minutes; totaling up to 1 hour.
General Objectives of lesson:
(a) to acquire and improve speaking skills
(b) to help widen the students’ vocabulary
(c) to encourage and help shape the students’
critical thinking skills
(d) to encourage students to be more responsive in
a conversation
(e) to encourage students to be more aware of the
current issues around them
(f) to help improve the students’ interaction
skills
Computer Assisted Teaching Aid: Skype (Video
Conversation)
Procedure:
Part One: Introduction and Instructions.
Steps by the Teacher
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What the students are expected to do
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Time: 10 minutes
Mode: Teacher to class
Steps:
1.
Give an introduction to the students on the topic of
discussion, which are the current issues around us.
2.
Provide examples of the current issues, like abuse of
women, the pouring of acid on random people, and so on. Ask the students for
their examples
3.
Explain to the students the activity of the lesson; that
they will be randomly given a topic of discussion and they would have to
discuss it with another student from a different school in a different state
in Malaysia through the use of the online video conferencing software, Skype.
4.
Provide the end goals that need to be met at the end of
the discussion; such as the causes, effects and solutions to the problems.
Tools: No tools needed in this part.
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1.Students
would need to listen attentively.
2. Students
will answer the question pertaining to other examples of the current issues
around us.
3. Students
will then ask questions, should they need to.
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Part Two: Activity
Steps by the Teacher
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What the students are expected to do
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Time : 30mins
Mode: Student to Student
Steps:
1.
The
teacher will ask the students to go to the computer and double click on
Skype.
2.
The
teacher will then ask the students to click the name in the contacts listed
in the Skype software.
3.
The
teacher will ask the students to click on the video icon.
4.
Once
the video on both sides is activated, the students are then asked to start
the conversation with the other students from the different school and then
discuss on the issue given.
5.
The
teacher will then give them 25 minutes to discuss and reach the end-goals
that they were asked to reach.
6.
The
teacher will then tell them that the video conversation is recorded and will
be evaluated.
7.
The
teacher will then tell them that they are welcomed to ask questions.
Tools: The computer software, Skype.
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1.The
students will comply with the teacher’s step-by-step instructions.
2.The
students will then get to know the other students that they are about to have
a discussion with.
3.The
students will rely on their conversational skills and test their speaking
skills when discussing the matter at hand.
4.The
students will then attempt to reach the end-goals given within the allocated
time.
5. The
students will then ask the teacher questions, should there be any.
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Part Three: Presentation
Steps by the Teacher
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What the students are expected to do
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Time: 20 minutes
Mode: Student to class
Steps:
1.
The
teacher will ask the students to roughly jot down their points derived from
their previous discussion via Skype, the online video conferencing software,
and prepare for the presentation.
2.
The
teacher will call on the students one by one and ask them to present their
points. The points presented and the conversation between the students via
Skype needs to tally.
3.
The
teacher will then wrap up and ask the students to properly write their points
in an essay and hand it in in the next class.
Tools: No tools needed in this part.
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1. The
students would need to jot down their points derived from the previous
discussion via the online video conferencing software, Skype.
2.The
students will then prepare for an impromptu presentation on their topics that
they have discussed.
3.The
students will then have to write the points derived from the discussion in an
essay and hand it in during the next class.
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Evaluation:
The evaluation will be done in two parts. The
first part will be during the conversation itself. Since the video conferencing
is recorded, the teacher will then analyze the speaking, interaction, critical
thinking skills and level of vocabulary of the students. The teacher will then
take into consideration their awareness of the issues around them, deduced from
the conversation itself.
The second part of the evaluation is during the
presentation. The teacher will evaluate the students’ the speaking skills
during the presentation and compare it to the one during the conversation.
Reflection:
In any lesson plan, no matter
how perfect, there will be shortcomings as we are not perfect. The shortcoming
in this lesson plan would be the limited time allocated for each part. The idea
to use Skype and having a presentation in the one-hour class might be a little
too ambitious. Many things could go wrong in the activity part of the lesson
where Skype might cause problems and the lesson would be disrupted. The lesson
plan also assumes that the students are participative, in which in the event
that they are not, then other problems would arise and cause a disruption in
the flow of the lesson. Wallahualam.
