Micro-teaching

-Speaking Lesson Plan-

Name : Cheon Yun Keyng(Joe)

Teacher : David Moroney

Date : August 16, 2008

Speaking Lesson plan

Society and the future

Instructor: Cheon Yun Keyng	Level: Upper-intermediate	Students: 12	Length: 50 minutes

Materials:

- White board and markers

- 12 copies of reading handouts

- Wall chart of vocabulary

- Realia (lottery)

- Some picture or movie posters about future society

Aims:

- To make predictions and explain opinions about future society

- To learn many opposite pairs of words and phrases

- To discuss changes if one wins a lottery with classmates only in English

Language Skills:

- Reading : excerpt from The Lucky Generations by william Davis(1996)

- Listening : following instructions

- Speaking : discussion/ presentation

- Writing : write down some opposite pairs of words/phrases

Language Systems:

- Lexis : words about future society/ opposite pairs of words and phrase

- Grammar : Modal verbs and other phrases

- Discourse : Group discussion

Assumption:

- Students know most of words in the reading handout

- Students know the teacher's style of teaching and all the pace of the course

- Students have heard about future society

- Students are familiar with group discussion

Anticipated Errors and Solutions:

- If students have difficulties in understanding reading handout

→ give them key vocabulary

- If students have trouble with understanding words on the wall chart

→ give them examples

- If there is not enough time for presentation

→ Ask 2~3 teams to volunteer or pick 2~3 teams

- If there is extra time

→ Use SOS

Reference:

- American Cutting Edge, Level 4, unit 9

- Learning Teaching

- http://blog.naver.com/wlsrud2101/90032642495

Lead-In
Materials: Board & marker
Time 1min	Set Up whole class	Procedure: Hello, everyone! How are you today? Do you like watching SF movies or reading sci-fi novels?(Yes/No) Do you think something will happen in the future like movies or novels? When I was young, I watched a movie about cloning. At that time, that kind of thing seemed impossible. But it became reality now. Our society has changed a lot and will continue to change. So, today we are going to learn "Society and the future."
Pre-Activity
Materials: Board & maker, pictures of movie posters, wall chart of vocabulary
Time 8min 1min	Set up Whole class Pairs Whole class Whole class	Procedure: I. Prediction Instruction Let's imagine our future society. What's going on in the future? Look at these pictures. What do you think of these pictures? (Show the pictures to Ss.) (Elicit Ss' idea about the pictures.) Okay. Well done. I'll post this wall chart on the board. (Post the wall chart on the board.) As you can see, there are ten topics listed on the wall chart. (Get Ss to read the words and phrases on the wall chart.) Which of the two options do you think is happening? And Why do you think these things are happening? Discuss in pairs. I'll give you 5 minutes. CCQ Do you work in pairs? How much time do you have? What should you do? (Try not to use this one Joe. It will be hard to get an answer from students with this question. Try for something a little shorter) (Run the task and monitor. Answer students if they ask questions.) Okay. Time's up. Let's share your opinions. Which team goes first? (Get Ss to speak their ideas.) Ⅱ. Vocabulary Instructions Write down as many opposite pairs of words/phrases as you can remember. You must not look at the wall chart. (Give time for Ss to write down.) Is everybody done? Okay. Let's check the opposite pairs of words/phrases. worse / better decreasing / increasing more dangerous / less dangerous going down / going up fall / rise deteriorate / improve
Main Activity
Materials: Board & marker, 12 copies of reading handout
Time 10min 10min 8min 1min	Set up Whole class Groups Whole class Whole class Individually Whole class Whole class Whole class	Procedure: I. Before reading Instruction This is an excerpt from "The Lucky Generation" by William Davis. Before reading the handout, predict one change that might happen in the following topics on the board. (Write down eight topics on the board.) - space travel - robots and computers - work - education - life expectancy - the media - money - family life Discuss with your group. I'll give you 5 minutes. CCQ Do you work in group? How much time do you have? Are your predictions about the future generally optimistic or pessimistic? good (Run the task and monitor.) (Make sure you monitor when the task is going. Try to be heavily involved with students if they need it) Get each group to speak about its predictions. II. After reading Instruction Now read this handout and match the topics on the board with paragraph in the handout. Work individually. I'll give 5 minutes. CCQ What are you supposed to do? (change) Can you match the topics with a paragraph? How much time do you have? (Run the task and monitor.) Check the answers. Ⅲ. Two different aspects toward the future Instructions Okay. Now work in pairs and discuss which aspects of the life described in the text. (Write down two aspects like that.) - seem more attractive than life nowadays. - seem less attractive than life nowadays. I'll give you 3 minutes. CCQ Do you work in pairs? How many of the prediction in the text were the same as yours? Do you agree the aspects of the text? (Run the task, monitor and assist Ss having difficulty.) Get Ss to speak their ideas. Very good. So do you agree that people in 2050 will be "the lucky generation"? Why? Why not? (Ask 2~3 pairs to volunteer or pick 2~3 pairs.)
Post-Activity
Materials: Board & marker
Time 10min	Set up Whole class	Procedure: I. Free Production Instruction So far, we've learned future society and change. How about the change in your future life like that : if you win the lottery? As you know, there are many people who won the lottery in Korea. That kind of event may be everyone's dream. How will you spend your money or what do you want to do with that much money? Discuss with your group. I'll give you 5 minutes. CCQ Do you have a lottery in your country? What can you win in the lottery? (This would be good) How does it work? Have you ever entered it? Have you ever won anything? (Run the task and monitor.) Get Ss to speak their thoughts. II. Conclude lesson Everybody, well-done today! See you tomorrow! Tomorrow we'll learn about modal verbs in detail.

SOS
Materials: Board & marker, pictures about daily life
Time	Set up Whole class Groups	Procedure: Ⅰ. Dealing with money Instructions Look at the people in the pictures. Where are they and what is the relationship between them? Discuss in groups. CCQ How often do you go to market? Are you a wise shopper? Do you make a shopping list? What do you usually buy? (Run the task and monitor.) Get each group to speak.

Wall chart of vocabulary

TOPIC		check
HEALTHCARE	is getting worse. is getting better.
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE LEARNING ENGLISH	is decreasing. is increasing.
ROADS	are becoming more dangerous. are becoming less dangerous.
THE COST OF TRAVEL	is going down. is going up.
UNEMPLOYMENT	is falling. is rising.
THE QUALITY OF TELEVISION PROGRAMS	is deteriorating. is improving.
THE ECONOMIC SITUATION	is getting worse. is getting better.
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE GOING ABROAD ON VACATION	is rising. is falling.
THE EDUCATION SYSTEM	is deteriorating. is improving.
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO TAKE REGULAR EXERCISE	is decreasing. is increasing.