Fields of Study Lesson Plan Presenter: Michael Deschene

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Fields of StudyLesson PlanPresenter Michael
Deschene

• Instructor Lyra Riabov
• EFL 537 CALL M.S. TEFL Program
• Southern New Hampshire University
• Date February 26, 2004

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Description of Class

• Language Proficiency Level High Intermediate to
  Advanced
• Previous Computer Work Searching the Internet
  to find information, using search engines,
  skimming, scanning, e-mail, and word processing
  using MS Word
• Class Size 20 students
• Class Length 50 minutes Monday-Friday

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Description of Class

• Age of Students 16 18 years old
• Native Language Backgrounds Spanish, Chinese,
  African Languages, and Eastern European Languages
• Recent Work Browsing university web sites.
• Class Needs or Goals Search university web
  sites to explore majors that students would be
  interested in.

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Materials

• Computer Needs
• 10 computers with access to the Internet and
  Microsoft Word
• Floppy disk for each student
• Printer

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Language Objectives

• Researching authentic information
• Reading and Evaluating
• Skimming and Scanning
• Learning new vocabulary
• Speaking/Fluency Oral Report and Cooperative
  Group Work
• Writing Short Report
• Listening Cooperative Group Work

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Computer Literacy Objectives

• Using the Internet to research authentic and
  meaningful information
• Practice word processing using MS Word
• Printing Short Report

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Procedure

• Day One Pre-computer activities
• Students have already been browsing university
  web sites.
• Discussion of students interests
• Discussion of different majors offered at
  universities
• Explain the objectives of the activity

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Procedure

• Day One Pre-computer Activities
• Discussion of the short report that each student
  is to share with the class students are to
  write about the majors that they are interested
  in and why they are interested in these majors.
• Discussion of how students are to be
  evaluated/assessed.

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Procedure

• Day One Pre-computer Activities
• Students will work in pairs.
• For each class, students will switch partners
• By switching partners, students will be exposed
  to the different interests of one another.
• Explain to students the benefits of helping each
  other working cooperatively

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Procedure

• Day Two Student Practice
• Students are to go to the following web sites to
  research different majors offered
• http//www.snhu.edu
• http//www.unh.edu
• http//www.plymouth.edu
• http//www.dartmouth.edu

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Procedure

• Day Three Student Practice
• Students will return to the same university web
  sites.
• Students are to narrow their research to specific
  majors that they are interested in.
• Students will begin to collect information on
  majors that they are interested in.

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Procedure

• Day Four Student Practice
• Students will return to same university web
  sites.
• Students will continue to research and collect
  information on specific majors that they are
  interested in.

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Procedure

• Day Five Student Practice
• Students will return to same web sites.
• Students will finish collecting information on
  specific majors that they are interested in.
• Students will use MS Word to begin writing their
  short reports.
• Students are to work on their reports for
  homework.

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Procedure

• Day Six Student Practice
• Students will finish their short reports using MS
  Word.
• Students will check each others short reports to
  help with any corrections or suggestions.
• Students will print their revised versions.

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Procedure

• Day Seven Student Practice
• Students will present their short report on the
  majors that they are interested in.
• Students will have discussion and provide
  feedback after each presentation.
• Day Eight Student Practice
• Remaining students will present their reports.

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Procedure

• Follow up Activities
• Students will use the Internet to research
  universities that they are interested in that
  offer the majors that the students researched.
• Students will use the Internet to research
  universities that offer other majors that the
  students are interested in.

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Closing

• Potential Problems
• Student Motivation
• - Some students might not be interested in going
  to university.
• - Hopefully the research is meaningful to
  students because it focuses on their interests of
  study.

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Closing

• Evaluation of Students Learning
• Assessment of students written and oral report
• Assessment of each students progress from
  previous work (language and computer skills)
• Assessment of students collaborative work