Task 1: Vocabulary, Songs and Puppets Lesson Plan
An activity-based lesson plan prepared for a course task by fellow students for the "Teaching English to Young Learners 2" class. It demonstrates how to teach vocabulary using songs and puppets, and includes the instructor's actual feedback along with supplementary materials.
Grade Received
SignificantHere are the visuals of the puppet used in the task:
The document titled "Task 1 - Vocabulary, Songs and Puppets" is a collaborative project submitted as a course task for our department's "Teaching English to Young Learners 2" class.
About This Course Task
For this assignment, the instructor asked students to design an activity-based lesson plan aimed at young learners. The specific requirements were to focus on teaching a target vocabulary set while actively incorporating both a song and a puppet into the lesson stages.
Instructor's Feedback
This submission also includes the actual feedback provided by the course instructor. When reviewing this lesson plan, keep these points in mind for your own assignments:
- "Teacher talk is not in chunks." - A reminder that when teaching young learners, instructions and explanations should be broken down into smaller, easily digestible phrases rather than long, complex sentences.
- "Context is mostly verbal, relies on listening comprehension; should be visually supported." - A note highlighting that young learners need more than just verbal context. Vocabulary introduction and storytelling should be supported by visual aids like flashcards, realia, or board drawings.
You can download the ZIP file containing the full lesson plan and all supplementary materials (the song used, the picture of the puppet, visuals to be printed, etc.) from the button below.