Филологические науки/1.Методика преподавания языка и литературы

Василишина Н. M.

Національний Авіаційний Університет

Theoretical and practical modern requirements and peculiarities of high school foreign language lesson planning

Lesson is a basic unit of organized educational process based on conscious and purposeful teacher-student interaction. Modes and character of this interaction are of great importance. Depending on what we choose – passive learning and memorizing a stock of knowledge with further correct reproduction of the material proposed; or active participation of learners in the process of study, their cooperative efforts and fruitful interaction – the lesson will be shifted from teacher-domination to learner-centeredness.

The current tendency is the orientation on the student who should be in the centre of the educational process. Thus, what is taught is defined by student needs.

Lesson should be carefully planned and prepared, meet the updated requirements and be well-structured in order to serve a fruitful model of instruction beneficial for students [1, 2].

After all, the principal purpose of this research paper is to fulfill theoretical features as well as to present the model of modern lesson planning for students in high school.

Taking into account previously conducted scientific-methodological research we have defined some general areas to consider when planning, such as: learners, aims and objectives, teacher point, procedure and activities.

1. Learners. It is necessary to take into account their interests, motivation to learn, age, attitudes, abilities.

2. Aims and objectives. Teacher starts by stating the aim/aims or objectives of each class-period. The main objective should be detailed, it might include specific sub-skills [1].

3. The teacher point/personal aims or objectives. For any particular lesson, in addition to the learning aims for the learners, the teacher may set a personal aim to pay particular attention to some aspects of teaching.

4. Procedure. This is the part of lesson plan which lays out the stages of lesson to ensure that the aim is achieved. Teacher should indicate the plan what will be done at each stage and why; approximate time; materials used. In order to do this teacher has to order the stages and the approaches, activities, and materials that will be used at each stage.

5. Activities. For each stage teacher has to think what methods and techniques to use and what activities students will do to achieve the objectives of the lesson [1, 2].

Furthermore, in order to realize the second practical purpose of our investigation we are offering the approximate lesson procedure for high school learners.

On balance, lesson was dedicated to the subtopic”Making a living” of the theme ”Work”. It was created for the first-year high school students.

Firstly, objectives of the class were: raising awareness/ear training and practising aspects of phonology through various rhymes; revising previously taught vocabulary; introducing and practising new vocabulary; developing speaking skills – fluency/accuracy practice/ consolidating recently taught language by means of personal presentations; developing listening skills – prediction/gist/for specific information/inference; prediction/skimming/scanning/inferring while reading; developing writing sub-skills – paragraph-writing filling in missed words; integrating the four skills; revising or reviewing grammatical points by means of translation of the job-related statements; creating a relaxed, non-threatening atmosphere in the classroom.

Secondly, type of lesson was mixed. Performed lesson contained both habit formation and skills development activities. On balance, it aims at practicing language and speech skills.

Thirdly, class procedure comprised the following interrelated parts.

1. Introductory part of lesson. Warming-up activity: revision of the rhymes.

2. The main body of lesson.

2.1Vocabulary training: match the lexis on the left with its appropriate definitions and synonyms on the right; complete the phrases; continue the sentences; study the phrases and compose the sentences of your own with them; explain the highlighted phrasal verbs; introduction of collocations on subtopic ”New employment”.

2.2 Introduction of collocations on subtopic ”Working life”. Activity: group work. Acquiring language skills and abilities through practice.

2.3 Job quotes. Activity: clarification and interpretation.

2.4 “On the air”. Activity: presentation of celebrities’ career paths.

2.4 Creative audio perception of the passage “Working from home”. Activity: making an emphasis on form and content.

2.5 Reading authentic text: “Work – the daily grind we just can’t do without”.

2.6 Translation of the work-related statements. Activity: brainstorming.
Coming up with creative messages.

3. The final part of lesson. Round off: overall conclusions of the object lesson.

3.1 Reproduce in a written form as more as possible words and phrases you remember from the lesson”Making a living”.

3.2 Assessment of learners’ foreign language activity

3.3 Home assignment. Make a presentation of your own about the job of your dream or come up with some ideas of a successful job interview

To sum up, the effectiveness and high results of the learning process is reached if all necessary components, stages are included into foreign language lesson and all stated objectives are fulfilled.

References:

1. Анісімова А. І. Сучасні аспекти методики викладання англійської мови. Теорія і практика / А. І. Анісімова, Л. С. Кошова –Д.: РВВ ДНУ, 2010.–326 с.

2. Geoff Petty. Teaching today. Practical guide / Geoff Petty. – United Kingdom: Cheltenham 53, 7th, 2009. – 605 p.