GRADED ASSIGNMENT 1: (a) Lesson Plan

Lesson Plan for Teaching Speaking Skills Using Computer

Students        : Centre for Foundation studies

Programme   : BENL

Date                :11^th March 2013

Day                 : Monday

Time               : 2- 3.30 pm

Venue             : English Lab CFS

Topic:

See, Ponder and Speak

General and specific objective(s) of lesson:

General objective:

1) To expose the students to the speech by the native speakers of English.

2) To familiarize the students to speak in English in front of the audiences.

3) To enhance the students’ confident level to deliver a speech in English.

Specific objective:

1) To be able to pronounce a proper pronunciation aided by the video like native speakers

2) To be able to imitate George Galloway’s style of delivering speech in the video for persuasive speech skills

3) To be able to persuade audiences by delivering a short speech in English

4) To be able to deduce the main issues discussed in the video and critically relate the issues from Islamic point of view.

5) To examine students’ level of pronunciation compared to native speaker of English using speech synthesizer software (NativeAccent Software).

Previous knowledge:

The students have been introduced to the elements of public speaking including the intonation, style of delivering a persuasive speech and the preparation before the public speaking.

Materials & Teaching Aids:

1) Windows Media Player (Video on George Galloway's speech)

2) NativeAccent; Speech synthesizer software.

Procedure:

There will be a short induction for 10 minutes about the lesson of the day and activities for the remaining of the class time.

Number	Activities	Time	Teaching Aids	Teacher’s Role.
1	Induction	3- 5 minutes	-	Teacher briefs the students  about the subject and activities  that they will be doing for today’s lesson.  Teacher will also explain  about the objective of today’s  lesson and recall some knowledge of previous classes that  will be useful and beneficial  to be applied in today’s lesson.
2.	Watching Video	7-10 minutes	Video on George Galloway’s interview with Sky News.	1) Brief the students generally         on what the video is all about.        2)The teacher asks the students to focus on the issues discussed in the video.       3) Students need to choose 3         words from the video to be used         in speech synthesizing session.       4)    Teacher shows the video to         the students
3.	Group discussion	5 minutes	-	1) Teacher asks students to  discuss in group about the issues  and each student has to  come out with a short speech. 2) They have to insert Islamic perspectives in their speeches. 3) Students need to present the short speech in front of the class.
4.	Presentation	2 minutes each (2x 25 students) =50 minutes	-	1) Students need to present their speeches in front of the audiences  (one student-one elaborated point). 2) Students must relate their issues to  Islamic point of views 3) Other students need to take note upon presenters’ mistakes in terms of pronunciation and SVA and  try to improve themselves in their speeches. 4) Teacher gives brief comment  and advice to improve their speech.
5.	Speech synthesizing	2 minutes	Computers (each student will occupy a computer in the lab)  NativeAccent; Speech Synthesizer software.	1) Students need to read aloud  the three sentences that  they’ve constructed using  the words chosen from the video appropriately. 2) At the end of their presentation they will know the differences between their pronunciation  and the proper pronunciation  used by native speaker.
6.	Homework (Speaking practice via the Internet)	2 minutes		Teacher asks students to visit http://groups.linguistics.northwestern. edu/esl/nativeaccent.htm and  register for speaking practice.  Teacher will monitor their speaking progress by the next presentation (same issues discussed in the video with more elaboration).
7.	Conclusion	5 minutes	-	Teacher will reflect on today’s lesson and recap what has been learned by asking students a few general questions on today’s lesson.

Appendix:

1) The Video

2) NativeAccent; Speech Synthesizer Software

NativeAccent (link)

Reflection:

            Speaking skills require a lot of practice, readings, and conducive atmospheres. We chose this skill for our lesson plan assignment because CFS students need to be prepared for more advanced level of learning in the main campus. At the beginning of our discussion, it was not easy to think how to teach speaking subject for CFS students but Alhamdulillah with the cooperation and brainstorming from all group members, we have come out with this lesson plan. As we have discussed, we were aware that CFS students need to be exposed to a critical thinking, and be able to insert Islamic perspectives in their speeches in order to meet the aim of Islamization in IIUM. Therefore, with a good advice from Dr Rozina, we chose George Galloway’s speech video because of three main reasons; firstly, he is a native speaker of English. Secondly, he discussed important issues about the conditions of our Moslem brothers and sisters in the Arab world. Thirdly, he is a good debater and his speech is very convincing. Hence, we hope that the students will benefit a lot from this video.