Sometimes the presentation phase of a lesson can take up most of a lesson. What percentage of an overall lesson do you spend in presenting particular language point and what percentage do the learners get to actually use the language? Half of the lesson, or just five percent of the lesson time?
Do the learners really need all of this input to get the language point?
In taking such a long time to present your language point are you actually communicating to the learners that this language point is very difficult?
An alternative to PPP is to actually create a need for the language before giving it to them.
What evidence can you provide that your learners are ready to learn or notice the particular language point that you have decided to present them?
A small addition to PPP
Produce → learners successful …
↓
learners unsuccessful
↓
Present
↓
Practise
↓
Produce
Ask the learners to use the language in question. Give them a warm up task that involves the language in question and see how they do. Depending on their success or not, then you can decide to do something else, or continue with the lesson.
I mean, how would you feel if the teacher taught you something that you could already do? Would you feel that the teacher was listening to you? Is this what the phrase: “teaching someone to suck eggs” means?
Sometimes the presentation phase of a lesson can take up most of a lesson. What percentage of an overall lesson do you spend in presenting particular language point and what percentage do the learners get to actually use the language? Half of the lesson, or just five percent of the lesson time?
Do the learners really need all of this input to get the language point?
In taking such a long time to present your language point are you actually communicating to the learners that this language point is very difficult?
An alternative to PPP is to actually create a need for the language before giving it to them.
What evidence can you provide that your learners are ready to learn or notice the particular language point that you have decided to present them?
A small addition to PPP
Produce → learners successful …
↓
learners unsuccessful
↓
Present
↓
Practise
↓
Produce
Ask the learners to use the language in question. Give them a warm up task that involves the language in question and see how they do. Depending on their success or not, then you can decide to do something else, or continue with the lesson.
I mean, how would you feel if the teacher taught you something that you could already do? Would you feel that the teacher was listening to you? Is this what the phrase: “teaching someone to suck eggs” means?
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