The purpose of the second assignment is to help you develop a critical awareness of your own teaching practices with regard to the speaking skill. To that end and with reference to the relevant criteria arising from the Module, you are required to critically describe your teaching situation regarding the teaching of speaking and develop an original speaking lesson. More specifically, this assignment is divided into two parts. In Part One you should do the following:
First, briefly describe your teaching situation (e.g., student profile, curriculum and coursebook situation, etc) – write about 300 words.
In about 1500 words, provide a critical evaluation of the speaking task(s) that appear(s) in a Unit of your textbook and on the impact of the textbook’s suggested practices on the learners’ speaking performance. Do this by reflecting on: o the criteria for the teaching of speaking presented in Week 11) o the place of speaking in the lesson (that is, is speaking the main focus of this lesson – Week 13) o the type of speaking activity(ties) exemplified (Weeks 12, 13) o the teaching framework used (Week 13). Then, in Part Two,
3. Develop a lesson plan of an ORIGINAL speaking lesson of your choice. That lesson can be related to or inspired from a Unit from a textbook that you may use/or have access to, but it should be you own original creation. Please take special care of the following: The lesson plan should be based on the specifications laid out in the Module (Week 2). If another resource (textbook, online source, etc.) is used, you are required to mention it and attach the original source in its entirety in the assignment’s appendix. The lesson plan should be placed in its entirety in the appendix of the assignment. Be sure to also include in the appendix the tasksheet that you intend to develop for this specific lesson. Refer to this tasksheet and the lesson plan by making the necessary cross references in the main body of the assignment.
4. In the main assignment, present a justification of the lesson plan and its activities, with reference to the relevant criteria raised in the Module (Weeks 11-13) – write about 1500 words.
