Analysing Lesson Types

Lesson Type 1  The teacher presents information about an item of language:

meaning, form, pronunciation.
 The students do controlled oral practice of the item (a drill).
 The students do a written exercise to practise the item.
 The students are given the opportunity to use the item, along
with other language they know, in a communicative activity.
Lesson Type 2  The students do a speaking activity requiring the use of a specific
language point.
 The teacher listens in discreetly and makes a note of any
difficulties students have with the language point.
 The teacher uses the sentences (s)he has noted down to focus on
and clarify difficulties with the language point.
 The students do a written exercise to practise the language point.
 The students do a similar activity to the first one. The students
how have better resources to deal with some of the problems they
may have faced.
Lesson Type 3  The teacher introduces the target language in the form of a
listening or reading. Students work on their receptive skills before
analyzing the target language.
 Using a marker sentence from the reading or listening, the
students answer a series of questions that will help them discover
the meaning/use and form of the target structure.
 The students do controlled oral practice of the item (a drill).
 The students complete a series of exercises to practise the target
language.
 The students are given the opportunity to use the item, along
with other language they know, in a communicative activity, often
related to the original (con)text.

Teacher made