Conversation Class Lesson Summary
Language Resident Name:
IVAN LUCIC
Day and Date:
Tuesday, 09/18/2018
Language and Level (intermediate or advanced class):
German, Advanced
Class theme/topics discussed:
Talking about sports
Goal of the class:
Being able to talk about sports
How did you structure the class?
Activity 1 (20 min): First, I asked students if they were engaged in any sports or liked to watch/follow any.Then, I handed out a sheet with questions regarding sports (see attached). The students had to go through the classroom and meet other students. Doing that, they asked each other questions provided on the sheet. Afterwards, we gathered the answers in the big group.
Activity 2 (10 min): Guessing. I told them to guess what kind of sports would be the most popular in the US.In groups of four, they would vote and tell it to the group. Then, we would do the same for Germany. At the end, I showed the students a chart with the most popular sport in Germany and the US.
Activity 2 (15 min): First,we would discuss the regarding vocabulary in a cloud (see presentations). Then,I showed them a video of a soccer player answering to questions of a journalist. After talking briefly about the video, we would go on and “make an interview happen”.
Activity 4 (15 min): “Making an interview happen” The students should get into pairs of two. One would be the interviewer and the other one a soccer player. The students decided whether they would have a crazy, sad or happy interview. At the end, the students presented it to the whole class. They seemed to enjoy it.
What technology, media or props did you use? (internet resources, playmobiles, handouts, etc.)
Whiteboard and marker
Video of a soccer player
PowerPoint presentation (see attached)
Questions to answer (see attached)
What worked well in this class? What did not work?
It was a good class. I would keep it as it is. The students had a lot of fun guessing and making the interviews happen.
How could this class be improved/ modified?
For the next classes, I will use more pair or group work exercises.
If you have a more detailed lesson plan, please attach it below (OK to use target language for that). Please attach any handouts as well.
Video:
Unterhalte dich mit den anderen Studenten.
- Ist Sport wichtig für dich?
- Welcher Sport ist dein Lieblingssport?
- Was glaubst du: Welche Sportart ist die beliebteste in den USA?
- Was glaubst du: welche Sportart ist die beliebteste in Deutschland?