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.
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✔ 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.

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
Violent Involving violence; likely to Game of charades – I will ask Does this word mean Adjective /ˈvaɪələnt/
hurt or kill someone else; for 1 volunteer and act peaceful? (No) Noun form – violence Oo
sudden and causing aggressively, asking the class
damage for suggestions about what Would a violent person
type of person they would avoid a conflict or start
describe me as, eliciting for a conflict? (Start it)
the word ‘violent’
Is a violent person likely
to use force? (Yes)

Enemy A person/group of people I will elicit using the class as So, is an enemy Countable regular noun /ˈen.ə.mi/
who hate or oppose an example, splitting students someone on your side? with singular verb Ooo
another person and tries into 2 groups, and explaining (No) agreement (is)
to harm them or stop them that one group are Plural ‘Enemies’/
from doing something superheroes, and the other Would an enemy try to ˈɛnəmiz /
are supervillains. I will point help you or try to harm Ooo

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 to the supervillains and ask you? (Harm you)
the superheroes, what is that
group to you? Hopefully
eliciting enemy or opponent.
Weapons An object such as a knife, I will show the picture and Who would use them? Regular Countable /ˈwepən/
gun, bomb, etc. that is describe how soldiers have (Soldiers, fighters, Noun Oo
used for fighting or blank, starts with w, if criminals)
attacking somebody students still struggling to
elicit word Do they hurt people?
(Yes)
Survive To continue to live after I will elicit, asking the class to What would you call Verb (used without /səˈvaɪv/
almost dying because of imagine a tsunami has hit the someone that has lived object) oO
an accident, illness, etc. town which has wiped out the through a war or
whole town, except everyone natural disaster?
in this classroom, who are still (Survivor)
alive. How else would we
describe this situation. I am
looking for a verb. Everyone in
this class blanked the
tsunami.
Battle A fight between armies, I will show the picture and Does this happen in Regular countable /ˈbætl/
ships or planes, especially elicit the word, giving wars? (Yes) noun, often used to Oo
during a war; a violent prompts of 1st letter, sounds describe specific battles
fight between groups of like rattle etc. Has this ever happened e.g., Battle of the
people in Spain? (Yes) Somme, Battle of
Hastings
Celebrity A famous person I will show the picture Are you likely to know Regular countable noun /səˈlebrəti/
this person? (Yes) with singular verb oOoo
agreement (is), Plural
Have you met one? ‘Celebrities’
(Various)

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 Are there any in Spain?
(Various)
Addictive If a substance or activity I will explain using the If you are this word, is it Adjective /əˈdɪktɪv/
is addictive, it makes synonym, obsessed with or easy to stop? (No) oOo
people unable to stop very, very interested in
using it or doing it as it something and giving What can you be
makes you want more of it examples: addicted to? (Various)

e.g., X can’t stop drinking

wine, they buy 3 bottles a day
and can’t stop. They are
blank to wine.
Currency The system of money that I will show the picture What country uses Uncountable noun ˈkʌrənsi/
a country uses dollars? (America) Ooo
Does Spain use pounds?
(No)

Does Spain use euros?

(Yes)
Concerns A worried or nervous Charades – I will ask for a Is it a feeling? (Yes) Abstract uncountable /kənˈsɜːn/
feeling about something, volunteer and explain that noun Oo
or something that makes they are missing school and Does that mean you are
you feel worried: engaging in criminal activity, I happy? (No)
act out a telephone call with
their parents with a worried
look on my face and explain I
am blank for X, eliciting the
word
Competitively In a situation in which I will elicit by asking the class Is this a way athletes Abstract adverb /kəmˈpetətɪvli/
people or organizations what a word is to describe act? (Yes) Noun form – oOooo

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compete against each someone that really wants to Competition,
other; wanting to win or to win something Has anyone ever felt Adjective form -
be more successful than this way before? Competitive
other people (Various)

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 2. Vocabulary Pre-Teaching – Presentation Materials
✔ In this space, insert any materials you would use e.g., visual aids, worksheets, what you would write on the board, etc.
✔ If you use images, do not use more than 6. These do not need to be the actual size you would use in the classroom.
✔ If you prefer, you can submit the images in a separate document, but please label them clearly IMAGES FOR VOCABULARY.
✔ You do not need to devise the practice task.

Weapons

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Battle

Celebrity

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Currency

3. Teacher Language for Teaching Two Items

✔ This part of the assignment is set to enable us to assess your language grading, eliciting, pronunciation teaching and concept
checking.
✔ You must show:
▪ The language you would use for presenting 2 of your selected vocabulary items that could not be explained using only pictures.
▪ Present what you would say in dialogue form including some expected student responses.
Example
A) Elicit and Explain
T: Does anyone know a word that means very very interested in something in a strange way?
S1: fascinated?

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T: That's a good suggestion, yes. But the word I'm thinking of also means fascinated in a strange way, like when someone is really really
interested in a famous person – more interested than normal. Always thinking about them. (Teacher puts on an 'obsessive' face.)
S2: Obsessing?
T: Great! That's it! But not obsessing – different ending. Anyone?
S2: Obsessed.
T: That's it. Well done. To be obsessed and what preposition comes after it? Lina?
Lina: With?
T: Great. To be obsessed with someone or something (writes on board). Everyone repeat 'obsessed with.'
B) Teach the Pronunciation
Class: obsessed with
T: Good. How many syllables are in obsessed?
S3: Two
T: Yes, and where's the stress, first or second syllable? Obsessed
S1: Second.
T: Great! Again, everyone: obsessed with
Class: obsessed with, obsessed with

C) Concept Check
T: Well done! So, if I say: 'Jamal is obsessed with his neighbour', is that normal or strange? Samia?
Samia: It's strange.
T: That's right. Martin, how would you feel if someone is obsessed with you?
Martin: I think I will be nervous!
N.B. If you do not use direct speech, you will be required to resubmit the whole assignment.

✔ In this space, give the language you could use for presenting two of your vocabulary items which need to be concept checked.
✔ Show how you would elicit, explain, concept check and teach the pronunciation.

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✔ Each item should be approximately 200 words.
ITEM 1
T: Everyone, I would like to imagine that there is a war, and this side of the classroom is on one side and the other side. How would you
describe the other side?
S1: An opponent?
T: Very similar to opponent, you’re on the right track. This word starts with an ‘e’.
S2: Is it enemy?
T: Exactly right, well done. Everyone repeat the word, enemy.
Class: Enemy.
T: Good, can anyone tell me how many syllables survive has?
S1: Three?
T: That’s right, and which syllable is stressed? Gabriel?
Gabriel: The first?
T: Completely right, everyone repeat the word ‘enemy
Class: Enemy
T: Amazing! Now would you say that an enemy is someone on your side? Martina?
Martina: No.
T: That’s right. Diego, is it likely an enemy will want to hurt you or help you?
Diego: Hurt you.

ITEM 2
T: I want you all to imagine that a big tsunami has hit this town/city we are in. After tsunami, the only people that were alive are in this
classroom. How might other people describe us?
S1: Lucky?
T: Well yes, but the specific word I’m thinking of describes living through an event that many others do not. What might that be?
S2: Survivors?
T: Yes, great – that’s it! Now what would the verb form of this word be?
S3: Surviving?

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T: Yes, well done. Okay, what would the infinitive of this word be?
S2: To survive?
T: Perfect, great job. (Writing this word on the board). Everyone repeat the word ‘survive’.
Class: Survive.
T: Good, can anyone tell me how many syllables survive has?
S1: Two?
T: That’s right, and which syllable is stressed? Leo?
Leo: I think it’s the second?
T: Completely right, everyone repeat the word ‘survive’
Class: Survive
T: Very good work! Is it very common or is it rare to survive a natural disaster? Isabella?
Isabella: It would be rare.
T: That’s right. John, how would it feel to survive something?
John: It would feel good and you would feel lucky.
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