TRAINING /DVDs TT 34 Adrian Underhills Sound Foundations - Introducing the Phonemic Chart (sorry about the creaking floorboards!

) Adrian Underhill Techniques /activities to note Teachers gestures and reduced teacher talk Your comments/notes Any level 35 mins

Introduction of individual sounds (phonemes)

Introduction of two vowel sounds joined together (diphthongs) Introduction of words and phrases Humpty Dumpty What you have learned

TT 67 Language Lesson (Introducing vocabulary for relationships) Sarah Cunningham Techniques /activities to note Dealing with meaning for relationship phrases (to have a row/to break up etc.) Attention to pronunciation Your comments/notes

Mid-Intermediate

50 mins

Recapping (revising) what has been introduced When the written form appears Sequencing activity Preparation for the listening Ways to show you are being sympathetic Gap fill worksheet

TT116 Dialogue building;; Present Perfect vs Past Simple (Have you ever been to America? vs Where did you go?) Stages and Techniques to note Setting the scene (Sally and Tom) Gap filling from a tape Pair Check then Teacher Check Words Prompts for modelling and drilling and teachers gestures Recapping (so they dont forget) A open pairs across the room B. closed pairs (with neighbour) Written Record (teacher re-elicits to board) Substitution Practice (eaten/driven/stayed etc) What you have learned from this lesson

Elementary Jeremy Page

35 mins

TT 36 Reading skills lesson using authentic materials (Time Out) Ruth Gairns Lesson Stages and Teaching Techniques to note Pre-reading stage(advertisements) Reading Stage 1. Focus Questions (tune in) using the Index 2. More Complex Reading task Post-reading Stage (discussion) Attention to Errors (grammar and pronunciation) What you have learned from this lesson

Elementary Class

20 mins

Your comments/notes

TT 72 Vocabulary: extracts from different levels; shows a range of techniques; presenting, extracting from text (reading and listening), brainstorming, revising Techniques to note Eliciting ideas from students Modelling and drilling for pronunciation Teachers gestures and reduced teacher talk Re-eliciting to the board Attention to form (grammar) What you have learned from this lesson Your comments/notes

30 mins

TT 66 Language Lesson - contrastive analysis of 2 known structures* Mary OConnell

Late Intermediate

35 mins

*Present Perfect Simple versus Present Perfect Continuous (Ive repaired the car. vs Ive been repairing the car.) The teachers assumption is that the students know these 2 forms but are having difficulties knowing when to use one or the other. She uses concept checking questions and a timelines to help clarify the conceptual differences. Lesson Stages and Teaching Techniques to note Pre-reading stage(advertisements) Your comments/notes

Reading Stage 1. Focus Questions (tune in) using the Index 2. More Complex Reading task Post-reading Stage (discussion)

Attention to Errors (grammar and pronunciation) What you have learned from this lesson