Topic > British Literature Class Reflection - 1361

I Introduction Since my subject is British Literature, a lot of thought went into the priorities of the course. On the one hand, my main goal is to help students appreciate the artistic part of written language. On the other hand, I was tempted by the idea of ​​using my time to teach a more language-oriented lesson. The session used to write this essay is one of my first attempts to pursue the latter. In choosing the materials, I chose a short play written in the 1950s (Pinter 2006, 1254-1259) essentially because I thought it might be of interest to my group of teenagers. The main objective of the session was then defined. I understand that the process should be the other way around: first the purpose, then the materials (Nunan 1995, 40). However I compromised myself with two seemingly opposing guidelines: obviously, the need to base the lesson on passages of British literature and this ICELT (C3-1) task which requires vocabulary to be taught. Apart from this, there is another difficulty; my students are a week away from graduating. Obviously, their energy and motivation are no longer tied to the learning experience but to the prom (see Appendix 1). Therefore, it was imperative to design a lesson that was both practical and fun. In general terms I can say that it worked, but next time I should find a work that is less difficult to access.II Areas of successII.a Areas of successClassroom managementTaking into account the fact that the students were extremely distracted due to the end of the school year, I think they were sufficiently involved in the lesson. Most of them worked well during the Practice phase 1 (see Appendix 1) and were really enthusiastic about the discussions of P...... half of the document ...... professional development will consist of reading it carefully in order to understand more about classroom management and lesson planning. Works Cited Holden, Susan and Mickey Rogers. English language teaching. By England Swan Communication Ltd. Mexico: Delti, 1998.Macmillan ELT. Challenge and change in language teaching. Edited by Jane Willis and Dave Willis. London: Macmillan Heinemann English Language Teaching Oxford, 1996. Mcdougal Littell. The Language of Literature: British Literature - Teacher's Edition (Purple). Mcdougal Littell, 2006.Nunan, David. Design activities for the communication classroom. 1995. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995.Pinter, Harold. «"That's all".» En The Language of Literature: British Literature, by McDougal Littell, 1255-1259. McDougal Littell, 2006. Scrivener, Jim. Learning Teaching. Oxford: Macmillan Education, 2005.