Assignment Paper

TSL 706

Assessment 2

Assessment Type: Lesson Plan – 1,800 word response (+/- 10%) – individual assessment
Purpose: The assessment requires students to demonstrate how popular culture and new technologies can be used in teaching English through its integration into a lesson plan. The lesson plan should be inspired (at least in part) by the findings of the case study. The lesson plan should be 1-2 pages, followed by an explanation and justification for the choices made. This assessment contributes specifically to Learning Outcomes c and d.
Value: 30%
Due Date: Friday of Week 10 – submit by 11:45PM to Turnitin via Moodle. Include a cover page.
Submission: Upload a soft copy.
Topic: A lesson plan for a topic in language learning illustrating the use technology, followed by an explanation and justification for the lesson plan.
Task Details: This assessment task will help students develop their higher level thinking skills as they use their findings from their case study to create a lesson plan for a class of students of a similar age and language level. Students will use their understanding to language learning technologies to create a lesson plan that is dynamic and engaging. The 1-2 page lesson plan must be followed by an explanation and justification for the methods used, the technologies employed and the order of activities.
Research requirements: Students need to refer to their case study findings and a minimum of 5 academic texts to support the choices they have made in their lesson plan.
Presentation: Appropriate headings and sub-headings, APA referencing, single spaced, Times New Roman 12pt, Calibri 11pt or Arial 10pt.
A personal tone may be taken. The paper must be thoroughly edited and proofread before being submitted.
 
STEPS:

 Reread Assessment 1. Create a list of short bullet points outlining what you learned about your participants’ use of technology.

 Consider these questions as part of your brainstorm:
o Are your participants comfortable or uncomfortable with technology?
o How are they using technology in their language learning? (Games, social sites, media, testing, etc.?)
o What kind of technology could help their language learning? What specific resources or website will you use or have them use in your mock lesson?

 How will the findings from the first step inform, shape or inspire your lesson plan? You will need to create explicit links.

 Create your lesson plan on Planboard (or a Word doc.).
 First outline and then write up the explanation and justification for your lesson plan.

SECTIONS:

 Cover Page
 Abstract
 Acknowledgements
 Introduction (with a brief summary of your Findings from Assessment 1)
 The Lesson Plan
 Explanation/Justification (This should be a perfect marrying of the findings from your primary research, theory and the application of a skill, exercise or resource.)
 Conclusion
 References (Please use RefWorks.)
 Appendices (Screen shots of the technology that you are using.)