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DELTA MODULE 2
LP for TP II LEXIS
CANDIDATE NAME
: BURAY GR
CANDIDATE NUMBER
CENTRE NAME
: ITI
CENTRE NUMBER
: 054
DATE
: 02.01.2017
TIME
: 14:30
VENUE
CLASSROOM
: Z2
CLASS CODE
: B7
Skills (R, L, W, S) :
All the students passed the elementary level and now they are studying the 7th week of the preintermediate level. As for reading, they can easily comprehend level appropriate texts when
they are given necessary vocabulary during pre-reading part. They have so far taken 4 quizzes
and 1 mid-term exam, all of which had reading sections. Most of them seem to have no
problem with these sections. In order to make the students be accustomed to hearing English,
I have been using only L2 during the lessons, and encourage them to do so. They are quite
good at mechanical drills and receptive skills in listening. So far, they have been asked to do
gap-fill activities and answer comprehensive questions. Since the beginning of the term, the
students have been assigned simple writing tasks as the production of reading and listening, in
or after the class. Putting Rengin ,Umut, Kadirhan and Yeim aside, whose writing tasks are
full of wide range of mistakes, there seems no big problem apart from minor spelling,
punctuation and preposition mistakes. They get written feedback. Most of the students show
keen interest to participate the lesson orally. Even the weakest students have a tendency to
speak, since they are not worried about making mistakes in pronunciation and grammar. I try
not to correct every mistake they make so as not to discourage them.
Name
Hilal
lker Batuhan
Kaan
Strength
On task mostly. good at speaking and
Weakness
Had to change school, thus a bit
words.
friends.
collocations.
Silent, and does not participate
if not nominated.
knowledge
Kadir Han
Needs to be encouraged to
mannered.
Kadir Tetik
Kadir Yank
pronunciation.
Hesitant to participate.
Mertcan Kabaday
homework.
Mertcan Cantez
Well-mannered, does homework
Slow learner, needs
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regularly.
improvement in writing,
vocabulary and collocations.
Shy and reserved. Needs
encouragement of the teacher to
Metehan
participate.
May be too talkative sometimes.
Mustafacan
speaking activities.
Could go off task, but very
Nilhan
grammar.
homework regularly.
There is no subject-verb
agreement in her writing. Needs
improvement in vocabulary and
Yekta
collocations.
Tries to manipulate the lesson
game.
possible.
Eager to learn, enjoys group and pair
There is no subject-verb
classes regularly.
Yeim
vocabulary.
Has some basic grammar and
regularly.
Zeynep
5b AIMS
Main aims :
By the end of the lesson students will have;
been more aware of the meaning and form of lexical collocations of adjective+noun
noun+noun through;
a. reading an article named Save Animals (see App.1) adapted by the teacher.
b. answering concept-check questions (App.2) asked by the teacher.
c. analysing the form of the collocations on the board (App.5)
PDA Aims:
In this particular lesson, I will focus on one point I am trying to improve in my teaching
which is: student centred feedback. I will try to achieve my aim by having students discuss
their answers with their friends and by having them come up on the board to write the
answers.
5c. LANGUAGE ANALYSIS
Collocations:
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Collocation is the association of two or more words where the combination is semantically
transparent, but includes an arbitrary choice of at least one constituent based on grammatical
or sociolexical conventions (Ko, 2006:15). As for the categorization, collocations belong to a
continuum and are divided basically into two categories as grammatical and lexical
collocations (Sinclair, 1991). In this specific lesson, I will focus on lexical collocations.
Lexical Collocations:
Lexical collocations are divided into five categories, verb + noun, noun + verb, adjective +
noun, adverb + adjective, verb + adverb (Lewis, 2000). In this lesson, the focus will be on
adjective+noun and noun+noun collocations, and the following collocations will be taught:
Collocation
Meaning
Form
Pronunciation
Other words
that collocate
Endangered
language/
culture
Adj + N
/ndendrd /
Adj + N
/ndstril west /
Industrial
revolution/
design/societ
y
Adj + N
/rnju..bl /
Renewable
resources /
Adj + N
/lbl
wm/
Global
assumption/
acceptance
/fs.l fjl/
Fossil record/
sample/
deposits
Industrial waste
Renewable energy
Global warming
oil
an increase in the
temperature of the air
around the world that is
caused by pollution
Fossil fuel
N+N
remains millions of
years ago
Vehicle exhaust
N+N
/vikl zst/
Vehicle tyre/
manufacture
buses, etc
use these collocations in a writing activity and receive feedback from one another and the teacher. In
the following lesson, students will choose the best written production.
5e. ASSUMPTIONS
All the students in this particular class, like visuals, such as cards, photos, illustrations etc. I
am going to use power point slides throughout the lesson. Providing students with not only
the definitions but also the photos of collocations will make the comprehending of meanings
of the new collocations easier. Besides, most of the students also like working in pairs or
groups. Therefore, the activities, all of which will be done either in pairs or groups, will most
probably appeal the students. As for the topic, students in this class like reading popular
issues, and hence, reading about endangered animals will appeal to them. Another positive
feature of the topic is realizing that the newly learned collocations will be most useful if they
are asked to write a solution paragraph about global warming in the achievement exam they
are going to sit the following week will also enhance students attention to the lesson. Before
the production part, in order to help students memorize the collocations, they will play piti
with real playing cards. I assume that this activity will be liked by the students, since I
sometimes see them playing cards during lunch break. In the production part, students will be
asked to write a letter to Donald Trump to receive a donation of 1 millon dollar. This activity
will be done in groups and students will wear a mask of specific endangered animals, and the
teacher will wear a mask of Donald Trump. I assume that wearing masks will promote
students interests in the task. Thanks to various types of activities, I assume that students will
not lose their concentration during the lesson.
If there is any student who does not attend the previous hour, in which students will have
a general idea about the problems some animals face by reading a text, the teacher may
ask other students to give concise information about what is covered in the previous
hour.
If there are any late comers after the first fifth minute, the teacher will not let
Timing may not go as I planned and some students may finish the activity
earlier, especially in the production part. If that happens I will ask these students help
other groups.
There might be absent students, and this can be a problem in production part, because we
will have 5 groups with 4 students. My solution to this problem will be arranging groups
accordingly.
CONTINGENCY PLAN:
There may be some changes in the lesson procedures as below due to time constraints:
The teacher may decide not to do playing card activity.
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Providing students cannot finish the writing on time, the teacher may tell them to
Stage aim
Timing
Teacher activity
Student activity
Inter
actio
n
Materials
& aids
patte
rns
To activate
students
background
knowledge
and
introduce
the topic of
the next
activity.
answer
questions
/discuss
T-S
App. 1
OP
on Presentati
To present
the
meanings of
T-S
App.2
OP
Cardboards
To have
students
analyse the
meanings
and forms
of
collocations
Practice
Sts. work in
pairs and
match the
collocations
with their
meanings and
photos.
Sts. peer check
their answers.
T-S
S-S
App.3
OP
Sts. Work
T-S
individually,
S-S
and fill in the
blanks of a text
with
collocations.
Sts. peer check
App.4
OP
T-S
S-S
App.5
OP
T-S
S-S
App.5
OP
Sts. work in
pairs and write
the word
categories of
each word
underlined.
Sts. peer
check.
T. asks presents
collocations.
T. asks sts. to put
collocations into two
categories.
Sts. put
collocations
into two
categories, and
peer check.
Sts. come to
board and
write the
answers
T-S
S-S
T-S
App.6
n Productio
Writing a
letter using
the newly
T-T
S-S
App. 7
App. 8
Masks
Appendix 1
5k: COMMENTARY
Rationale for choice of lesson focus
The focus of this lesson is helping low level students with lexical collocations of two forms :
adjective + noun and noun + noun. An article adapted from Unlock Reading & Writing Skills B1
Cambridge University Press , a matching exercise and gap fill exercised will be used. There
are quite many reasons as to why collocations should be given a high priority in the L2
classes. The first and most obvious reason is that the way words combine in collocations is
fundamental to all language use. Besides, knowledge of collocation is fundamental in order to
be more natural, more native-speaker-like and fluent in English. Furthermore my preBuray Gr Helping Low Level Learners with Lexical Collocatons TEACHING
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intermediate level students at Atlm University learn English for academic purposes, thus they
need a good command of lexical collocations. The shape of the lesson will be a 55- minute PPP,
whereby I will be able to present target collocations in a meaningful context and apply controlled and
freer practice respectively. The reason why I chose these specific collocations within this specific
context is their potential usefulness in the writing part of the approaching achievement exam.
sufficiently large vocabulary, most of which consist of prefabricated chunks of different kinds.
The single most important kind of chunk is collocation (Lewis, 2000, p. 8) . Besides,
collocation allows us to think more quickly and communicate more efficiently and thus
enhances fluency. Native speakers can only speak and listen at the speed they do because
they are calling on a vast repertoire of ready-made language, immediately available from their
mental lexicons (Hill, 1999). Therefore, I will help my students become more aware of the lexical
collocations by implementing PPP shaped lesson.
Practice
At this stage the teacher will ask students to do two different activities. In the first one, students will
work in pairs to match the collocations with their meanings and photos. Next, a gap fill exercise will
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be given to students to practice the meaning one more time. In order to practice the form of the
collocations and raise students awareness of different types of collocations, students will be asked to
complete a table. Pronunciation of some of the problematic collocations will be practiced through
drilling at this stage. Depending on time allowance, the students will play piti with real playing
cards. The rationale behind this activity is to practice the form of collocations and help students to
learn them by heart.
Production
At this stage of the lesson, students will work in groups of 4 and 5 to do a writing practice. Each
group will imagine that they are an endangered species, and will write a letter mentioning their
problems and suggesting solutions to Donald Trump, who will donate a 1 million dollar to only one of
the species. Meanwhile, they will be wearing a mask of that specific species to help personalisation.
The purpose of this activity is to help students revise the newly taught collocations. There will be
student centred feedback, and students will decide the winner.
Word count: 620
REFERENCES
Hill, J.
Sinclair, J.
APPENDICES
Appendix 1 (Adapted from Unlock Reading &Writing Skills B1 Cambridge University Press)
SAVE
ANIMALS
There were a lot of animals that lived in the past, but dont live today anymore, such as dinosaurs or
mammoths ; they all died out now, and we can only see their photos,. But, our bigger problem is
endangered animals. They are a group of animals that may soon die out. Because there are only few
of them left on earth; their population is very low. Many species are in danger, such as polar bears,
cheetahs, tigers, foxes etc.; and we may not see most of them anymore on earth if we dont do
anything to save them. There are many reasons why species become endangered but most of them are
because of humans. However, there are things that we can do to save endangered species.
The main reason why animals become endangered is that we destroy their habitats and this happens in
two ways. When humans move into a new area, the animals habitat - where they live is destroyed
and there is nothing to eat for them because humans cut trees and build houses and farms. Pollution
also destroys animal habitats. Industrial wastes from factories and vehicle exhaust from our cars and
buses cause pollute the air and cause global warming. Because of global warming, the temperature of
earth is getting hotter and hotter gradually, and so it destroys habitats of many animals; for example,
there is not enough ice for the polar bears to live in the North Pole. Many lakes in the world dried. In
addition, there is not enough forests for tigers, because we cut trees.
Endangered animals are also the result of hunting and fishing. People hunt animals such as Arabian
oryx too much because of the high price of their meat. People kill other animals for their fur, bones or
skin, or just for sport, for example people kill rhinos to make medicine and crocodiles to make bags
and shoes. Because of overfishing, whales, tuna and sharks have become endangered.
So what can people and governments do to protect animal and plant species from becoming
endangered? We must not pollute natural areas, and farms and companies who destroy animal habitats
must pay a lot of money as a punishment. We should also stop using fossil fuels, such as oil and coal
because they pollute the air, sea and rivers. Renewable energy, such as solar power, can be a solution
to decrease the pollution. People should not buy animal products, such as seal fur coats or crocodile
bags. Governments can prohibit hunting, fishing or trading endangered species. They can also build
special places for animals and zoos, because here, endangered animals are protected. If we all work
together, we can protect our planet so that our children and their children can enjoy it too.
Are they in
danger?
3. Fossil Fuel
Where do
we get
them?
2. Industrial Waste
What do
we call
them ?
4. Renewable energy
Do they
pollute the
environme
nt?
5.Vehicle Exhaust
Does
renewable
energy
produce
vehicle
exhaust?
6. Global warming
because of
global
warming?
Appendix 3 Match the collocations with their definitions and photos.(prepared by Buray Gr)
Endangere
d
Animal
Industrial
Waste
Fossil
Fuel
Vehicle
Exhaust
an increase in the
temperature of the air
around the world because of
pollution
Global
Warming
Renewable
Energy
fossil fuel
global warming
industrial waste
vehicle exhaust
There are a lot of (1) __________ on earth, such as polar bears and rhinos. If we dont do
something to protect them, our children wont be able to see them in the future, because we
destroy their habitats and kill them for our benefits. So, what can we do to protect their
habitats? Well, first of all we can start using clean energy sources, that is (2) __________ at
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our homes and work, and stop using (3)__________ that we get from oil and coal, because
they pollute the air too much, cause (4)_________ and the earth gets hotter. In addition, we
must also use our cars less and public transport more, because (5) __________ from our cars
also destroys the habitats of animals. Big businesses also can do something. They should use
filters at their factories to reduce (6)__________ . In brief, we must start doing something
immediately to save our animals.
noun + noun
vehicle exhaust
Appendix 7 Donald Trump wants to save one of the species that is endangered, and he
organized a competition. The prize is 1 million dollars .You are an endangered animal. Write a
letter to him and try to get the money by telling which endangered animal you are, why you
are endangered, why you need the money, what your solution is. Dont forget to use at least 4
of the collocations in the box, and underline them in your letter. (prepared by Buray Gr)
renewable energy
endangered animal
fossil fuel
global warming
industrial waste
vehicle exhaust
Score:
Appendix 8
POLAR BEAR