Dear all,
I'd like to comment about one aspect of lesson planning which is very important in language teaching 'how to anticipate problems.' When you're making a lesson plan you have to ask yourself what problems with M, F, P might students have with the target language. In other words, M F P stands for Meaning, Form and Pronunciation. For example, meaning: how could students get confused with the meaning or misunderstand the target language? Form: how could students mix up the components and misform the structure/ tense/ pattern? Pronunciation: how could students say it wrong, with wrong stress or sounds? For example, suppose you're going to teach speaking or writing. So, we apply the Preemptive Focus on Form. Instead of letting errors dictate the discourse, this method chooses to anticipate problems and focus on the students' abilities to "uptake" a particular form. Uptake refers to the act of taking a new form and correctly incorporating it into a student's speaking and writing.
I guess that when you 'anticipate' something you both expect it and do something that will either avoid it or handle it in some way. That's what your planned lesson does. What our tutors want to see is that you can see in advance problems that may arise, and that your plans will avoid those potential problems.
On the other hand, we all know that student learning is enhanced when they are forced to confront their own misconceptions. So, it means we can take advantage of their mistakes by anticipating what they might misunderstand and work on it in a way that they will get the meaning/form/pronunciation more effectively.
So, all in all I can say that this new method of teaching proves to be very effective and makes teachers feel more confident when problems arise, which in turn maximizes time effectiveness.
Talk to you later,
Flávia Chiacchia
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