This document contains a summary of topics and lesson plans for teaching English to adult learners using songs. It includes 12 topics that will be covered in the course over 2 weeks. The topics focus on differences between child and adult language learning, pronunciation, vocabulary, listening skills, and reading skills. Several lesson plans are also provided that describe warm-up activities, previews, predictions, guided practice, and closures. The lesson plans incorporate group work, videos, songs, and other materials. The timetable schedules the topics and lessons across each day of the 2-week period.

1. TOPIC CONTENT AREA
Use of social forms LT, LLP, PE, LC
Learning in a group LA, LC
Function of the Common European Framework LA, LC, LLP, LT, PE
of Reference
Which are the different learner types LLP, LC
The four skills LA, LLP, LT
Speaking activities LT, LA, LLP
How do we draw up a lesson plan? LLP, PE
How do I present a grammar structure? LT, PE
Micro-peer teaching LT, PE, SA
Different types of exercises in language LA, LT, LLP
classrooms
Using pictures in a language classroom LT, PE, LLP
Feedback rules PE, SA
Pronunciation training LA, LT, PE
Learning strategies and learner autonomy LLP
Difficult classroom situations LT, PE, SA
Progress tests LT, LLP, PE, SA
The use of media e-learning / blended learning LT, PE
Intercultural learning LC, LA

2. TOPIC ONE
SUBJECT: TEACHING ENGLISH LESSONS WITH SONGS.
LESSON PLAN
Performance Objective: By the end of the lesson students will be able to understand the
use of songs, video and movies for ESL.
COURSE: ENGLISH 3 Level: LOW INTERMEDIATE GROUP: 3 B
Segment Description of Activities Didactic Materials
resources
1.- Ice breakers.
Using ice breakers in class
Differences between child and
adult foreign language learning.
2. Introduction teaching Printed material
The brain process
3. pronunciation Understanding differences Ppt presentation. Projector
between child and adult
pronunciation process computer

3. 4. sounds Understanding how sounds are Team work Video
perceived by adults
Printed material
Main concerns for adult Pair work Board
learners
5. words and intonation printed material
notepads
Understanding motivations, video
acquisitions and learning.
6. adult learners and their Projector
characteristics and learning abilities
worksheets
Songs. Lyrics.
Videos.
7. listening Listening levels. workbook
Listening skills
Listening principles
music and songs Team work Notebooks.
8. Listening materials. types of rhythms
9. activities Some activities to apply in the
classroom.

4. TOPIC TWO: READING SKILLS
SUBJECT: PRESENT CONTINUOUS
LESSON PLAN
Performance Objective: By the end of the lesson students will be able to apply effective reading techniques.
COURSE: ENGLISH 3 Level: LOW INTERMEDIATE GROUP: 3 B
Segment Description of Activities Didactic Materials Time
resources
1.- Ice breakers.
Using ice breakers in class 45 min
2. Warm up and /or preview Short readings(2) Printed materials
a) uses previously learned content to Reading short stories 1 hr
begin a new lesson,

5. 3. Preview. Read titles. Look at pictures (if Printed materials 1hr.
there is any). Read a few of the
Focusing students attention to English first sentences the first Ppt presentation Projector
language structures. paragraph. Read first line of
Short readings speakers
other paragraphs. Read the
sentences of the last paragraph.
4. Predicting Predicting the contents of the Team work Notebooks,
reading by using pictures. With notepads
Focusing student attention on the lesson- the above information, students 45 min
asking questions, using visual. Stating the will predict what happens next.
objective, relating the objective to previous
learning.
3. Scanning Students practice scanning Pair work board 1 hr
important data (numbers, dates,
Practice is guided through materials and etc) and then write them board notepads
may be whole group, small group, pairs, or and in their workbook.
individuals. Instructor models each activity,
monitors progress and provides feed back.
4. Looking for unknown words and new Students will underline the Team work Notepads 90 min
meanings for sentences unknown words, find their
meaning and try to understand Notebooks
Opportunity to see the application of new

6. knowledge. Practice is guided by material their application on the context. dictionary
5.- Skimming for patterns or Students will look for patterns Team work Workbook 45 min
organization. like cause-effect, comparison
and contrasts, etc. notepad
Opportunity to see the application of
patterns, that will help students with
reading and writing skills.
6. Application/Closure Conduct a classroom discussion Team work
on what the short reading was
An activity that requires students to apply about. 30 min
new knowledge to their own lives or a new
situation.

7. TIME TABLE FOR TWO WEEK COURSE
SUBJECT: TEACHING ENGLISH WITH SONGS.
WEEK 1 9-10:30 10:35 -12:00 1:00- 2:30
Monday Using ice breakers. Differences between The brain process:
Introduction child and adult foreign lateralization
language learning.
Tuesday Understanding Examples of strong Adults as a specific ESL
differences between accents, broken English learning group.
child and adult and other issues. Pronunciation techniques
pronunciation process
Wednesday sounds Understanding how Learning sounds
sounds are perceived by different from the native
adults language
Thursday Words and intonation. Language learning Understanding adult
Main concerns for adult abilities for adult motivations, acquisitions
learners learners. Intonation and learning.
patterns
Friday Listening levels. Listening materials Some activities to apply
Listening skills in the classroom
WEEK 1 9-10:30 10:35 -12:00 1:00- 2:30
Monday Using ice breakers. Reading short stories Understanding the
Introduction (2) contents.
Tuesday Read titles. Look at Predicting the contents . With the above
pictures (if there is any). of the reading by using information, students will
Read a few of the first pictures predict what happens
sentences the first next
paragraph. Read first line
of other paragraphs.
Read the sentences of
the last paragraph.
Wednesday Reading another kind of Students practice Discussion about the

8. printed material: scanning important data importance of scanning
Magazine (numbers, dates, etc) for reading
Newspaper and then write them comprehension
An article with board and in their
technological information workbook.
Thursday Reading another short Students will underline Students will write
story the unknown words, find sentences extracted form
their meaning and try to the story in order to
understand their understand the meaning.
application on the Then they´ll use the
context same sentences to write
a short text.
Friday
Students will look for Students will change the Group discussion about
patterns like cause- pattern of the reading the impact of the pattern
effect, comparison and in a short story.
contrasts, etc.