Section II
The aim of this section is to put theory into practice by presenting two lessons which
were prepared according to the criteria analyzed in section I.
2.1 Lesson 1
2.1.1. The aims of the Lesson
The aims of the lesson were to help students:
develop speaking skills which they can use in ‘real life’ situations
understand the differences between spoken and written language
understand both the transactional and interactional functions of spoken
language
integrate all language skills and use them appropriately
2.1.2. The objectives
At the end of the lesson it was expected that students would be able to:
relate what they already know about a situation to knew knowledge
listen for general and specific information
transfer information acquired through one mode to another
use spoken language naturally and appropriately in order to solve a problem
2.1.3. General information
Lesson 1 (see lesson plan, Appendix IV) is an integrated skills lesson.
However, its main focus is on giving students the chance to use spoken language and,
therefore, a substantial time of the lesson is devoted to speaking activities. Students
are first provided with a listening text (for a transcription of the listening text see
Appendix III) which gives them some language input which they will need for the
speaking activity. The activities which follow the listening text help students focus on
both the transactional and the interactional functions of spoken language (see
Appendix V) . The speaking activity (see 2.1.4. below) gives students the chance to
use spoken language naturally in order to solve a problem. After the speaking activity
is completed, the lesson finishes with a writing task (see appendix V)
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