A Sample Lesson plan Applying Discourse Analysis in the Classroom

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1、ApplyingDiscourseAnalysisintheClassroomwithaSpecificFocusonTeachingDiscourseMarkersbyCeriMillward-Lessonplan1PreliminaryinformationTime:60minutesLevel:IntermediateMainaims:Tohighlighttheuseofdiscoursemarkers(refertochartonpage3)incontext,IshalluseawrittenfilmreviewtakenfromtheInternet.Toclarifythe

2、meaning,formandappropriacyofeachdiscoursemarker.Helpstudentstoinfermeaningandcorrectusageoftargetlanguagethroughcontextbymeansofinductiveexercises.Aspartofathree-partlessondealingwiththestructuringofauthenticwrittenmaterials,especiallyfocusingoncoherenceandcohesion,Iaimtopreparestudentstowritethei

3、rownfilmreview.Subsidiaryaims:TointroducethestudentstoauthenticwrittenmaterialsfromtheInternet.Todeveloptheskillsofreadingforgistandscanningforinformation.Tofurtherdeveloptheskillsoflisteningforgistandinformation.Toreviewcoherentstructuringoftextsandgiveimplicitexposuretothecohesivedeviceofreferen

4、cing,whichtheywillhavealreadyseeninthepreviousclass.Studentprofile:Thisisanintermediateclasscomprisedofagroupoftwelveyoungtomiddle-agedstudentsthat,acolleagueandmyselfhavebeenteachingfortenweeks.Themajorityofthestudentsarenotstudyingforanyparticularpurposeotherthanasasocialpastime,thoughmostofthem

5、believethatEnglishwillbeusefulfortheminthefuturetoimprovetheirworkprospects.Giventhis,mostofthestudentshavecitedlisteningandspeakingasareasthattheywishedtoimprove,thoughallagreedthatreadingandwritingarealsoimportant.Elsa,anArtstudent,hasspentsometimeinBritainandisoneofthestrongerstudentsintheclass

6、.Sheworkswellwithotherstudentsandseemstobeverymotivated.Cristina,alsoanArtstudent,doesnothavesuchahighlevelasElsabutinteractswellinclassandisabletokeepupwiththerestofthestudents.JordihasjustfinishedadegreeinBusinessStudiesandisnowactivelylookingforwork.Forthisreasonheisahighlymotivatedstudentwitha

7、100%attendancerecord,thoughheisquiteshyandneedstobepairedwithparticularlytalkativestudentssothathegetsinvolvedinactivities.Victoriahasagoodlevelandfeelscomfortabletalkingfreelyinopenclassactivities.She,likemanyot