comment+on+the+grammar+lesson+plan

I chose the grammar lesson plan prepared by Zeynep Deniz, Hatice Ekiz and Eda Topal to make my comments on. I think, this lesson plan is a good one in terms of its appropriateness for the ages and the proficiency levels of the students addressed. I will mention about the strengths of this lesson plan stage by stage. Firstly, in the warm up part the way the teacher enters the subject is a very effective one. Hearing about the last lottery winner in their country can attract students’ attentions also the question after that part may also help students to be more familiar with the grammar topic by brainstorming about it.
 * Comment on the Grammar Lesson Plan **

In the pre-teaching part, students listen to a song which is strongly related to the topic. Students have a chance to see the structure at the same time having enjoyable time thanks to the song. Another strong point, in this lesson plan is that teacher wants students to figure out the rule of the structure on their own rather than giving them the rule explicitly. And then, they pass on the fill in the blanks activity which will help students to practice more on the new structure. Moreover, the activity in the post- teaching part is a really creative one which encourages students to be creative by using the new structure and I think the way they designed this activity is a really brilliant one.

As for the weaknesses of this lesson plan, I do not have much to say however, I should state that the length of the song may be too long for the students. Nevertheless, the teacher can pause it after some time so that the students do not get bored. And also, I think it would be better if the teacher explained the structure according to the ideas which came from the students and gave the meaning clearly and after that part teacher wanted one student to correct the mixed sentence. In this way, teacher could be sure about everyone understood the meaning and the new structure clearly.

To sum up, I really like their lesson plan, I think except some small points it is applicable to the real EFL contexts. It is an enjoyable, informative and a well-designed lesson plan.

 Tuğçe Nur Bozkurt  1667526  FLE324/2