UNIT 9
Bachillerato |
Level: 1st year |
N. of students : 20 |
Evaluation: 3rd term |
Unit of Work: Tea and Coffee |
Timing: 5 sessions + final task |
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Material: CD player, blackboard, photocopies, computers (althia room) |
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FINAL TASK : make a multicultural calendar |
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PUPILS’ PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE: vocabulary related to the English speaking world, the passive voice… |
AIMS:
General Objectives |
· Reflect on the function of language in communication in order to improve their own productions · Understand and interpret critically oral, written and visual texts. · Value the FL as a means to have access to other knowledge and cultures · Read general texts or adequated to their interests without a dictionary |
Specific Objectives |
· Expose learners to diff pieces of input related to English speaking countries. · Express and understand linguistic and phonological diff between BrE & AmE · To encourage a positive attitude towards other people and their culture · To interact with others and to participate in the exchange of information · To produce comprehensive written text using the acquired linguistic devices |
UNIT CONTENTS:
COMMUNICATIVE SKILLS
· To contrast oral texts in terms of their phonetic varieties · To exchange information with other students · To debate in oral form the best solution in order to defend the environment · To write a composition with a balanced argument · To establish the logical order of sentences in order to make a coherent whole · Predicting and deducing information from oral texts |
· To understand and seek information in written texts · To produce oral and written text · Texts related to environmental issues · Scanning and skimming of given texts and listening activities · Inferring the meaning of unfamiliar lexical items through understanding contextual clues |
LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGE AWARENESS
A. FUNCTIONS AND GRAMMAR |
B. VOCABULARY |
C. PHONETICS |
· To use the passive voice · To ask and give information about other cultures and countries · To tell how to make a recipe |
· Countries and nationalities · British and American vocabulary differences |
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SOCIO-CULTURAL ASPECTS.
· To locate English speaking countries in a map · To show respect to other cultures and languages · Importance showing respect to other cultures and languages · Development of a critical conscience that values adequately the information coming from the cultures of the foreign countries. – comparing with us – looking for festivities, traditions, food,… · Correct use of ICT as a way of communicating with native speakers. · To locate English speaking countries in the map |
CROSS-CURRICULAR THEMES
Moral and Civic Education |
Students will learn about other countries, showing respect for different cultures |
INTERDISCIPLINARITY
Geography and History. |
ATTENTION TO DIVERSITY
· Graded and guided tasks.- To find particular improving opportunities for weaker and advance students (Green coloured for fast learners; Violet coloured for average students and yellow coloured for slower students) · Group/ pair work.- Students are distributed attending to their learning possibilities |
EVALUATION
Initial |
Formative |
Summative assessment |
Peer evaluation |
Self-evaluation |
– Warm-up – Previously knowledge test |
– Teacher’s Observation Notebook – Practice stage |
– Final Task. – Final test – Production Stage. |
Final task evaluation sheet |
Self-assessment sheet. (end of each session and end of unit) |
EVALUATION CRITERIA |
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PUPILS |
TEACHING PROCESS EVALUATION |
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q Class management. q Teaching methods. q Materials. q Interaction between children. q Interaction between class and the teacher. q Involvement of the individual learner. |
OBSERVATION AND ANALYSIS: |
· Were children absorbed in the activities? |
· Did class management work effectively? |
· Were my aims achieved? |
· What aspects were most successful? |
· How can I reinforce their learning? |
· Has any other extra activity been performed? Was it successful? |