The language-learning topic of my lesson is reading. This very important competence, through which the students easily learn new words, helps them also to assimilate and internalise target-language utterances and sentence structures, just by reading.
Even if they don’t know all words, they are able to understand the main concept of a text by using their morphological, syntactic, semantic, general world knowledge and the knowledge of word meaning inferred from their first language. So the learners are able to combine their background knowledge and contextual clues to understand the meaning of an unknown word or even a whole text.
Inhaltsverzeichnis (Table of Contents)
- Contextualization
- Conceptualization
- Big Cities
- Language Items
Zielsetzung und Themenschwerpunkte (Objectives and Key Themes)
This lesson plan aims to introduce 8th-grade students to the topic of New York City, utilizing an authentic reading text from the magazine "Spot on". The lesson seeks to engage students in reading comprehension, activate their prior knowledge, and enhance their understanding of cultural and regional aspects related to the city.
- Reading comprehension strategies for authentic texts
- Cultural and regional aspects of New York City
- Vocabulary acquisition through context clues
- The role of background knowledge in text comprehension
- Connecting learning to real-world experiences
Zusammenfassung der Kapitel (Chapter Summaries)
The "Contextualization" section emphasizes the importance of engaging reading materials for second-language learners. It outlines the benefits of authentic texts and the structure of pre-, while-, and post-reading tasks. The chosen text, "City of states, city of culture", is introduced as an engaging and informative article about New York City.
The "Conceptualization" section focuses on the concepts and language items covered in the lesson. It explores students' prior knowledge about big cities and the city of New York. The section also highlights the language structures used in the text and potential challenges for students in creative writing tasks.
Schlüsselwörter (Keywords)
The key themes and focus topics of the lesson include: authentic reading materials, second language acquisition, reading comprehension strategies, pre-, while-, and post-reading tasks, cultural and regional aspects of New York City, vocabulary acquisition through context clues, background knowledge in text comprehension, and connecting learning to real-world experiences.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the main objective of the "New York" lesson plan?
The lesson aims to improve 8th-grade students' reading comprehension and cultural knowledge about New York City using authentic texts.
Why are authentic texts like the one from "Spot on" magazine used?
Authentic texts help students internalize real-world language structures and vocabulary, making the learning process more engaging and relevant.
How do students understand unknown words in a text?
Students use their morphological, syntactic, and semantic knowledge, as well as general world knowledge and context clues to infer meanings of unknown words.
What are the three stages of the reading tasks in this plan?
The tasks are divided into pre-reading (activating knowledge), while-reading (comprehension), and post-reading (creative application or discussion).
What cultural aspects of New York are covered?
The lesson explores New York as a "city of culture" and a "city of states," focusing on its iconic status and its role as a global metropolis.
- Quote paper
- Jessica Rihm (Author), 2007, Lesson plan "New York" (English as second language), Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/75621
