TEFL Training Program
Speaking Lesson Plan
Teacher/s: ___Cami Okahara__________________________________________________ Date: 09/19/18________
Class: __Speaking____ Level : Intermediate___
Goals:
1. Be able to correct someone appropriately in a formal and informal setting
2. Be able to discuss their fears and phobias
Objectives: (In a perfect world) Students Will Be Able To…
1. Correct someone politely in any given situation
2. Demonstrate an understanding of vocabulary and phrases
3. Understand when it is appropriate to correct someone
4. Comfortably discuss fears and phobias
Lesson Theme (e.g. U.S. holidays): Phobias________________________________________________
Activity / Skill Procedure Interaction Pairings Time
(S-S, T-Ss, (pairs,
WC) groups of 4)
Warm Up: 1. Have students write down a WC
What is your biggest fear? fear/phobia on a slip of
Introduce myself to class and paper
begin warmup 2. Put it in hat or bowl and have
Transition to Activity them choose randomly
#1:_Learning how to correct
3. Students go around asking
someone
each other questions about 10-
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the phobia without specifying 15
what it is mins
4. Students try to find out who
has their fear until the last
person is left
5. Students discuss their S-S
reason for being afraid
Activity 1: Fill in the 1. Introduce some phrases to T-S 15-
Blank/Oral practice use when correcting 20
someone.
Give context for correcting mins
2. Explain the cultural
someone/provide context/appropriateness for pairs
demonstration
correcting someone S-S
*cultural understanding
(e.g. When is it appropriate
to correct someone?)
3. Give examples and
demonstrate how to clarify
confusion/indirectly correct S-S
Transition to #2:__Role someone like a teacher,
Play_________________ boss, etc.)
4. Present fill in the blank
exercise for them to try in
pairs
5. Have them practice exercise
orally with a partner
6. Practice reading sentences
aloud and alternate
correcting each other
7. Students practice creating
their own sentences for their
partner to correct
8. Students correct their
partner’s sentences
Activity 2: Role Play 1. Students in pairs choose a S-S Pairs 15
Teacher/ student role and practice correcting WC mins
boss/employee each other formally albeit
indirectly in a professional
setting
2. Provide lines for them to use S-S
to clarify/correct their
“superior”
3. Have them switch
Transition to
Wrap-up:_Charades_______
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Wrap-up: Guess that fear! 1. Break class into teams and S-S Groups 15
chose a phobia WC of 4 Mins
2. One person chooses a
phobia and the rest of the
team has to guess what it is
3. Person drawing corrects the
team
4. Repeat until every person
has gone and has practiced
corrected the group
Lesson Evaluation Procedures:
Materials: paper, hat, dry erase markers and eraser
Anticipated Problems & Suggested Solutions:
Students may already know how to correct someone
Emphasize when it is appropriate to correct someone in different social situations as well as degrees of formality
Contingency Plans (what you will do if you finish early, etc.):
Pronunciation practice: tongue twisters
Agree/disagree game