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 Comment on the Grammar Lesson Plan

I chose the grammar lesson plan prepared by Zeynep Deniz, Hatice Ekiz and Eda Topal to comment on. First of all, the activities and the topic are appropriate for the age and the proficiency level of the students. However, a little mistake in the objectives part drew my attention which is “students will be able to learn If clause type 2 ...”. Since objectives should be measurable and observable, I do not think stating “learn” as an objective there is a little apt. I believe they know this fact very well, but I guess they lost their attention for a moment there. On the other hand, choosing the topic as ‘lottery’ is a very logical context to introduce If Clause type 2. They also give very detailed explanations about even what they are going to say while giving the instructions, I can say that they prepared a very well-organized and detailed lesson plan.

I liked the way the teacher grabbed the students’ attention by talking about lottery, money, and her preferences about the time when she wins a lottery anyhow by chance. In the pre-teaching part, students listen to a song which is clearly related to the topic. The song helps the students to see and hear the structure in an amusing way, although I think the song is too long, and it would be hard for the students to listen such a long song twice. It was also professional of them to ask the students to figure out the rule of the form on their own rather than just writing down the rule explicitly. Another comment that I would like to make is on the activity that they prepared for the post-teaching part. I even had a lot of fun during that task, I am sure that it would be a great joy for the real students in a real classroom environment, as well.

All in all, I liked their lesson plan, except some small points that should be improved more in my opinion the lesson plan is an applicable one in a real EFL context, since I believe it is a very well-thought, creative and lovely lesson plan.

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