CELTA

Lesson planning
Lesson Plan Procedure
Stage name / Time &
Procedure Tutor’s Comments
Stage Aim Interact
Lead-in to 3 min Show a picture of the film. Ask ss if they know what it’s
context about, if they’ve seen the film and if they remember the
To interest ss in Whole story.
the topic of the class
lesson

Gist task 5 min Tell ss to listen to the song and decide what the theme is,
To help ss Individ how many people are involved and what their relationship is.
understand the ual
main idea of the Ss check in pairs.
listening Pairs
Whole class feedback.
Whole
class

Detailed task 5-7 Tell ss they are going to listen to the recording again and tick
To help ss min the true sentences and correct the false ones.
understand Individ
details in the ual Do first example together.
listening and start
focusing ss on the Pairs Ss check in pairs.
TL
Whole Whole class feedback.
class
Follow up 5-10 Tell ss to decide with their partner what the hardest/best
speaking min aspect of growing up is from
To allow ss to
personalise and Pairs a) a mother’s point of view
extend the topic
of the listening b) a child’s point of view
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Lesson planning
and practice
speaking fluently Groups In groups of 4 from the opcitio they thought about decide
of 4 which is the hardest/bestn

Whole Whole class feedbak

class

Follow up 10-15 Tell ss to get together in a group of 3 and take turns to tell
speaking task II each other a memorable growing up experience and decide
To allow ss to Groups which is the most interesting.
personalise and of 3
extend the topic Whole class feedback: ask ss to tell the rest of the class the
of the listening Whole most interesting story of the group.
and practice class
speaking fluently Finally, ask ss to decide which is the best story in the class

Error correction 5 min Write some of the errors heard on the board and correct the
To help ss notice first one as a class.
and self correct Pairs
some of the Whole Then ask pairs to correct the others together, if time (if there
errors from the Class is not much time do it as a whole class activity)
free speaking
activity Whole class feedback if needed.