Assignment A
Text 1 – Lower Intermediate
✔ This part of the assignment focuses on stage 2 of a lower-intermediate reading lesson.
✔ You should show what you would do for the vocabulary pre-teaching stage of the lesson.
✔ Include any references necessary in the bibliography template. See 'Referencing' document for advice on what is required.
✔ Read 'Advice on Approaching this Assignment' before you begin work on this template.
✔ Class: Lower intermediate (B1), 13 young learners, age range 12-14.
These students attend EFL classes because their parents are keen for them to have extra English lessons in addition to what their state
schools provide. Many of them resent having to come to language school, but you have found you can engage them if you make the
lessons fun and interesting.
Fortnite – a pleasure or a problem?
Fortnite is an online video game made by a company called Epic Games. Players can fight enemies, collect materials and items, and
make buildings. The game has three different versions, known as 'modes'. The most popular mode is called ‘Battle Royale’. In a
battle royale, players start with no items, and collect weapons and other equipment as they play. Players try to remove other players
and survive until the end of the game. A Battle Royale begins with up to one hundred players. The last player left alive is the winner.
Fortnite is extremely popular. It came out in 2017 and now has hundreds of millions of players. And Epic Games has made hundreds
of millions of dollars. Celebrities, such as the rapper, Drake, play the Battle Royale mode. Other people have become celebrities
because they play the game. Fortnite is one of many video games which is played competitively as an ‘esport.’ In summer 2019,
there was a lot of attention in the British media when the 15-year-old schoolboy, Jaden Ashman, won the second prize in the first
Fortnite World Cup. Jaden and his 21-year-old Dutch game partner, Dave Jong, shared a prize of 2.25 million US dollars. Jaden's
mother said she always tried to stop him wasting his time on the game.
The company sells a lot of game-related products, such as branded clothes and action figures. Players can buy additional features
for the game with Fortnite’s own currency; ‘V-bucks,’ which they can earn as they play the game. A popular additional feature is
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,silly dances for the characters. Many people copy the game’s dances in real life. There are numerous videos of people doing these
dances on YouTube and other websites.
There are concerns about Fortnite. Parents and teachers worry about how much time children spend playing the game when they
should be doing schoolwork. Some believe that it is addictive. Items in the game are bought with V-bucks, but V-bucks can be bought
with real money. There are many reports of children spending their parents’ money on the game without permission. Although the
game is colourful and has a light-hearted style, some adults feel that it is too violent for children. After all, the Battle Royale mode
involves killing other player’s characters with guns and other weapons.
Lesson Aims:
✔ To extend and practise productive use of vocabulary for talking about computer games and associated topics.
✔ To further develop reading skills through short reading activities on skimming and intensive reading.
Lesson Outline:
✔ These children are not keen on reading, but quite enjoy learning new vocabulary and interactive games.
✔ You have decided to place more focus on the vocabulary and speaking activities and will allocate timings roughly as follows:
1. Lead into topic (warmer) - 10 mins
2. Vocabulary pre-teaching (Presentation and short practice task) - 25 mins
3. First reading - 4 mins
4. Second reading - 9 mins
5. Follow-on activity (communicative speaking task) - 12 mins
You need to select 10 vocabulary items for pre-teaching and show how you would present two of those items in stage 2.
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, 1. Vocabulary Pre-Teaching Planning Table
✔ In this table, show ten items from the text to pre-teach. Please complete every section of the table for all ten items. The table
is not a handout for the students.
✔ Read 'Advice on Approaching Assignment A' before you begin work on this table.
Maximum word count for the vocabulary table: 1000 words.
Pronunciation
How Meaning will be
IPA transcription
Meaning Conveyed to Students, Grammatical and Concept Questions
Item AND
(General definition) including Language-Graded Other Information
word stress
Definition
pattern
(be) obsessed unable to stop thinking I will explain, beginning with Adjective+preposition Is this the same as /əb'sest wɪð/
with something about someone or the near synonym 'very very being interested in (or / wɪɵ/)
something. interested in' and giving some Noun form – an something or stronger?
examples obsession (stronger) stress - oOo
unusually/
unhealthily interested in or After (hopefully) eliciting, I will Can be insulting to tell Is it normal to be
worried about someone or give a couple of examples: someone they are obsessed with
something He's obsessed with his weight. obsessed with something? (No)
She's obsessed with the royal something.
family.
language graded Definition
for B1: to think and talk about
someone or something too
much (Cambridge Learners
Dictionary)
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, How Meaning will be Pronunciation
Meaning Conveyed to Students, Concept Questions Grammatical and IPA transcription
Item
(General definition) including Language- Other Information AND
Graded Definition word stress pattern
Battle A fight between armed I will begin with showing a Is battle the same as Countable noun /ˈbæt(ə)l/
forces picture to the class. fighting with your
friend for a toy? (No) Verb form – battled + stress - Oo
After eliciting, I will give a preposition / battling
couple of examples: Would you call two “For years the two
“The Battle of Cannae.” countries fighting for nations battled over
“The battle was lost.” land a battle? (Yes) territory.”
Currency Don’t need to define it I will show a picture to the Not necessary Countable or /ˈkʌr.ən.si/
class and the real object uncountable noun
(Realia) Stress - Ooo
Plural form –
currencies
Equipment The set of necessary I will show a picture to the “Is a mop a cleaning Uncountable noun /ɪˈkwɪp.mənt/
tools, clothing, etc. for a class. equipment?” (Yes)
particular purpose: Stress - oOo
Office/ Cleaning/ After eliciting, I will give a “Do you think a coffee
Kitchen/ Electrical couple of examples: machine is a kitchen
“You will find all of the equipment?” (Yes)
cleaning equipment in the
bathroom.”
“The teacher showed how
to use the equipment.”
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Text 1 – Lower Intermediate
✔ This part of the assignment focuses on stage 2 of a lower-intermediate reading lesson.
✔ You should show what you would do for the vocabulary pre-teaching stage of the lesson.
✔ Include any references necessary in the bibliography template. See 'Referencing' document for advice on what is required.
✔ Read 'Advice on Approaching this Assignment' before you begin work on this template.
✔ Class: Lower intermediate (B1), 13 young learners, age range 12-14.
These students attend EFL classes because their parents are keen for them to have extra English lessons in addition to what their state
schools provide. Many of them resent having to come to language school, but you have found you can engage them if you make the
lessons fun and interesting.
Fortnite – a pleasure or a problem?
Fortnite is an online video game made by a company called Epic Games. Players can fight enemies, collect materials and items, and
make buildings. The game has three different versions, known as 'modes'. The most popular mode is called ‘Battle Royale’. In a
battle royale, players start with no items, and collect weapons and other equipment as they play. Players try to remove other players
and survive until the end of the game. A Battle Royale begins with up to one hundred players. The last player left alive is the winner.
Fortnite is extremely popular. It came out in 2017 and now has hundreds of millions of players. And Epic Games has made hundreds
of millions of dollars. Celebrities, such as the rapper, Drake, play the Battle Royale mode. Other people have become celebrities
because they play the game. Fortnite is one of many video games which is played competitively as an ‘esport.’ In summer 2019,
there was a lot of attention in the British media when the 15-year-old schoolboy, Jaden Ashman, won the second prize in the first
Fortnite World Cup. Jaden and his 21-year-old Dutch game partner, Dave Jong, shared a prize of 2.25 million US dollars. Jaden's
mother said she always tried to stop him wasting his time on the game.
The company sells a lot of game-related products, such as branded clothes and action figures. Players can buy additional features
for the game with Fortnite’s own currency; ‘V-bucks,’ which they can earn as they play the game. A popular additional feature is
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,silly dances for the characters. Many people copy the game’s dances in real life. There are numerous videos of people doing these
dances on YouTube and other websites.
There are concerns about Fortnite. Parents and teachers worry about how much time children spend playing the game when they
should be doing schoolwork. Some believe that it is addictive. Items in the game are bought with V-bucks, but V-bucks can be bought
with real money. There are many reports of children spending their parents’ money on the game without permission. Although the
game is colourful and has a light-hearted style, some adults feel that it is too violent for children. After all, the Battle Royale mode
involves killing other player’s characters with guns and other weapons.
Lesson Aims:
✔ To extend and practise productive use of vocabulary for talking about computer games and associated topics.
✔ To further develop reading skills through short reading activities on skimming and intensive reading.
Lesson Outline:
✔ These children are not keen on reading, but quite enjoy learning new vocabulary and interactive games.
✔ You have decided to place more focus on the vocabulary and speaking activities and will allocate timings roughly as follows:
1. Lead into topic (warmer) - 10 mins
2. Vocabulary pre-teaching (Presentation and short practice task) - 25 mins
3. First reading - 4 mins
4. Second reading - 9 mins
5. Follow-on activity (communicative speaking task) - 12 mins
You need to select 10 vocabulary items for pre-teaching and show how you would present two of those items in stage 2.
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, 1. Vocabulary Pre-Teaching Planning Table
✔ In this table, show ten items from the text to pre-teach. Please complete every section of the table for all ten items. The table
is not a handout for the students.
✔ Read 'Advice on Approaching Assignment A' before you begin work on this table.
Maximum word count for the vocabulary table: 1000 words.
Pronunciation
How Meaning will be
IPA transcription
Meaning Conveyed to Students, Grammatical and Concept Questions
Item AND
(General definition) including Language-Graded Other Information
word stress
Definition
pattern
(be) obsessed unable to stop thinking I will explain, beginning with Adjective+preposition Is this the same as /əb'sest wɪð/
with something about someone or the near synonym 'very very being interested in (or / wɪɵ/)
something. interested in' and giving some Noun form – an something or stronger?
examples obsession (stronger) stress - oOo
unusually/
unhealthily interested in or After (hopefully) eliciting, I will Can be insulting to tell Is it normal to be
worried about someone or give a couple of examples: someone they are obsessed with
something He's obsessed with his weight. obsessed with something? (No)
She's obsessed with the royal something.
family.
language graded Definition
for B1: to think and talk about
someone or something too
much (Cambridge Learners
Dictionary)
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, How Meaning will be Pronunciation
Meaning Conveyed to Students, Concept Questions Grammatical and IPA transcription
Item
(General definition) including Language- Other Information AND
Graded Definition word stress pattern
Battle A fight between armed I will begin with showing a Is battle the same as Countable noun /ˈbæt(ə)l/
forces picture to the class. fighting with your
friend for a toy? (No) Verb form – battled + stress - Oo
After eliciting, I will give a preposition / battling
couple of examples: Would you call two “For years the two
“The Battle of Cannae.” countries fighting for nations battled over
“The battle was lost.” land a battle? (Yes) territory.”
Currency Don’t need to define it I will show a picture to the Not necessary Countable or /ˈkʌr.ən.si/
class and the real object uncountable noun
(Realia) Stress - Ooo
Plural form –
currencies
Equipment The set of necessary I will show a picture to the “Is a mop a cleaning Uncountable noun /ɪˈkwɪp.mənt/
tools, clothing, etc. for a class. equipment?” (Yes)
particular purpose: Stress - oOo
Office/ Cleaning/ After eliciting, I will give a “Do you think a coffee
Kitchen/ Electrical couple of examples: machine is a kitchen
“You will find all of the equipment?” (Yes)
cleaning equipment in the
bathroom.”
“The teacher showed how
to use the equipment.”
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