LESSON PLAN

1. Name of the student: Simionică (Cornienco) Mihaela

2. Date: 2003, february, the 7th
3. Level: Upper intermediate
4. Number of students: 25
5. Time: 50 min.
6. Topic: The function of Persuasion from a video lesson
on Communicative Language Teaching
7. Timetable fit: part of a series of lesson introducing functional language

8. Aims:
- To make students aware of importance of negotiating meaning in interpersonal
exchanges;
- To empower students to manage their interactions;
- To practice the function of persuasion on a given topic;
- To elicit meaningful response to stimulus;
- To make students advance and defend an argument by using connectives
correctly and unhesitatingly-

9. Assumptions: Students must be familiar with discourse markers initiating,

incrementing and concluding exchanges; must have some appetite for negotiating
meaning in advancing and defending an argument; must have a good grasp of
language.

10.Anticipated problems: Use of mother tongue in workgroup; some cultural

interference, e.g. body/sign language

11.Aids: posters; map; cued-cards.

 Activity Timing Class Purpose
organisation
A. Orientation -To create the basis of
Discussion 3-5 plenary discussion
Set up general situation min. -To introduce the
function of
PERSUASION for
making a case
-To make students aware
of the importance of
negotiating meaning

B. Guide to meaning -To practice the function

Set up particular situation 3-5 plenary of persuasion on a given
SPEAKING min. topic
-To reinforce the idea of
family as strong
community
-To build on known
vocabulary

C. Highlight structure -To draw attention to

SPEAKING/READING 3-5 Plenary linguistic structure:
min. discourse markers (initia
ting, incrementing,
concluding)
D. Initial Practice SPEAKING 3-5 T-S -To elicit meaningful
min. plenary response to stimulus
E. Transferring concepts Giving 10 Role-play in -To give students an
Instructions READING + min. groups of 4 opportunity to work on
SPEAKING (individual negotiating meaning
cards) when advancing and
defending an argument
F. Feed-back Session 10 min. Plenary -To make students report
SPEAKING back on their choice
G. HOME ASSIGNMENT 10.min -To make students further
WRITING practice the linguistic
function of persuasion