Dear internet,
It is Sunday morning. On Monday morning I will teach my first lesson. I don’t know what I’m going to do - but I have about 23 hours to plan something. Here is a complete list of the things that I know:
- The guidance I have been given is “Oral English.”
- The room is small, with fixed lecture-style desks and a chalk board.
- The class will consist of 40 girls.
- The lesson will be in two halves of 45 minutes, with a ten minute break.
That’s it. I don’t know the students’ ability level at all. However, I am making the reasonable assumption that their level will be appropriate to the text book I have been provided with. This is not so much a comfort, as I have been given no indication if they’ve ever used this text book before, how far they are through it, etc. That said, I am in the fortunate position to not have to stick to it. Thus, I’ll be using it only for guidance.
Oral English is practice in listening and speaking, conversationally. How do I attain this in such a large class? My instinct is that group-work is the way forward, but it’s going to be difficult getting people moving around in a lecture hall style room.
I’ll think of something.
