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Learner Centered Lesson Plan

ESL Class information

Agency

Adult Literacy Center of the Lehigh Valley

Teacher

Mary E. Newbegin

name

Session

January 8, 2008- June 2008

Class days &

Tuesdays & Thursdays

start/end

times

10:00 am - 12:30 pm

dates

Level of

High Intermediate

Topics/themes

Talking to Americans

class

addressed in

class

Needs Assessment

How was the need

The students were first asked the question, "What are your goals for learning English?"

determined for this lesson?

From that question, I was able to identify some potential "hot topics". They included:

Is this lesson related to

"Talking to Americans", "Finding our way in Allentown, PA.", and "American Culture/

student goals or

Cultural Differences". We took a vote and decided that we would begin with the

formative/evaluative

theme,"Talking to Americans".

assessment results? How?

I believe that all of these topics directly relate to the student goals because good

communication is essential for everyone to succeed in the workplace and in schools.

Many of my students have expressed an interest in furthering their education in this

country. This certainly is helpful in narrowing the focus for this theme

What pre-work has been

One of the writing prompts that I used last week was "Why is learning English so

completed? How is this

difficult?" This prompt provided me with many possibilities for lessons. This led to the

lesson connected with

discussion,"What can we do to make learning easier?" We discussed strategies for

previous lessons? How

learning based on a learning styles quiz that we did in class. It was interesting to note

does this lesson build on

that many of the students knew certain things about themselves, but had not previously

past knowledge?

connected them to learning.

Another need that we identified was a need for practical vocabulary. I asked the students

to work in groups to list places that they go in a week's time where they need to speak

English. This led directly to our lesson for today, "Places where we speak English--

helpful vocabulary."

It is interesting to note that I hope to connect this work with a student project, a

"Newcomer's Guide to Allentown".

PA ESL Content Standards

Level/s:

skill areas:

listening

reading

speaking

writing

pronunciation

supporting language structures

List the specific

1. (Listening) Identify key information/details in a spoken narrative.

competencies addressed

2. (Speaking) Converse using appropriate statements, questions and commands.

under each of the previous

3. (Reading) Identify themes in Narratives.

skill areas:

4. (Writing) Write a 2-3 paragraph essay.

5. (Supporting Language) Irregular past tenses of verbs

Daily Living Themes &

Talking to Americans/ Daily Life in Allentown, PA.

Topics addressed, if

applicable:

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