TCSOL Practicum II

Spring 2015

Teaching report
Instructors name: ____JoJo Lu______
Class taught in: ____Kent 511_______
Date of teaching: ___Mar 25, 2015___________
Duration of teaching: ____50 minutes_______

I. What transpired in class

This was a drilling session with a focus on grammatical structures
review. The structures are based on a previously learned text about
travelling.
The lesson plan is designed with a start of structures review as a
priming stage (10 minutes), and a task (40 minutes) afterwards. The
task is set into three activities: a pre-task reading activity (10 minutes)
aiming to enhance input, a task of problem-solving (10 minutes)
aiming for negotiation then presentation (10 minutes), and a writing
assignment (10 minutes) as a post-task to consolidate the knowledge.
Immediate feedback and delayed feedback were intentionally
provided.

II.

Reflections

Students mastered the priming section. They had a very solid

foundation of the grammatical structures so the completion time for
this section was shorter than expected.

As of the task, they participated actively and performed well in terms

of presenting their decisions about choosing a transportation method
and explaining reasons.
As expected, though, same as their later writing performance, their
presentations didnt involve too much reviewed grammatical
structures. Since the task was based on meaning, the requirements
were open. Students didnt have limit to use any settled vocabulary
words or grammatical structures as long as they delivered meaning. As
of this point of view, the task was successful.
However, as the role of a drilling session, the task could be designed a
little more closed.
Appendix 1:
class video 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz9euxg9FNM
class vidoe 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMByXnSympI
Appendix 2: Students Materials
Drilling

1 Vocabulary review.
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______(plate)

(U.S. President)(Chinese President)(handsome)

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->->->... -> ______

2 Organize the statements.

are good friends but they have different understandings of travelling:

According to the different characters of and please place the following statements to the right
boxes below.
a.(to travel)
b. (although)(expensive) (fast)
c. (slow) (cool)
d.(although)
e.( high buildings and large mansions)
f.

3. Role Play.
Work in pairs: You are and . You are travelling from China. You have travelled a lot of places in the
US and are now trying to decide which transportation you should use to travel between New York and
Boston. wants to take Megabus, while wants to fly. Try to list your reasons with some of the given
words to convince each other and reach an agreement with a conversation.
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n./v.

(bus)
(reason) 1
2
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