Chen Huang Lin Su Christine Chen

Design

Listening Class

Since this is an English course for adult advance learners, the classes are interactive by holding group and class discussion that encourage the students to practice their newly learned vocabulary. The same layout or schedule applies to every single lesson, but the topic discussed will be different. As the students are all mature adults with good English ability, the classes are more serious and students can participate in enthusiastic discussion instead of having games like most of the children based English lessons. Below is the design for a typical listening class that runs for 90 minutes.

A Typical Listening Session

Goal: Let the students first discover the new words, then consolidate the knowledge by taking part in the class activities and discussion. At the end of the class, the students are expected to have learnt some aspects of all the new vocabulary so they are able to review them at home and do their homework.

Homework: The students are asked to study the new vocabulary and find out or research about the other usages, such as register, grammar, collocation, and so on. They will share the information at the beginning of the next class.

Time	Contents
Revision: 10 Minutes	The teacher will ask the students to share their homework findings with the class. The teacher will first encourage volunteers, but if no one wants to speak first, she will then appoint some students.
Listening: 5 Minutes	1^st time: The word list of the day is handed out with the vocabulary written on it (Appendix 2). Listen to the news in the original speed with visual text and take notes while listening (Appendix 3). The teacher will point out the vocabulary on the poster during the process of listening.
5 Minutes	2^nd time: Listen to the news in slow speed without visual text and continue to take notes while listening (Appendix 3).
Discussion Exercise: 15 Minutes	Ask students to form groups of 2-3 people and let them have discussion of the vocabulary and the content of the news. They are supposed to guess the meanings from context at this stage.
20 Minutes	The teacher will teach the vocabulary and ask the students its meanings in class. The teacher will not only teach the meaning of the word but also give examples of the usages or phrases of the word.
20 Minutes	Each group takes turn making a sentence for each new vocabulary. The teacher takes note about the mistakes that the students are making. Students are encouraged to ask questions.
10 Minutes	Listen to the passages where students have difficulty, and teach those words that are causing problems again.
5 Minutes	Cloze Test (appendix 4)

Reading Class

The reading class is divided into two major sections: the online class, and the actual class. Students are expected to finish the online reading lesson before they come to class so they will be equipped with the knowledge that is necessary in order to participate actively in the actual class in the classroom. The same layout or schedule applies to every single lesson, but the topic discussed will be different. Below is the design for a typical reading class that runs for 40 minutes and the steps that should be taken by the students at home when using the online web-course.

A Typical Reading Session

Goal: Let the students first discover the new word meaning at home using the web-course, then consolidate the knowledge by taking part in the class activities and discussion. At the end of the class, the students are expected to have learnt the new vocabulary as receptive vocabulary.

Homework: The students are asked to finish the online class before they come to class.

Classroom lesson:

Time	Contents
15 Minutes	A worksheet containing a cloze test about the assigned reading and a news article that is related to the article in the web-class is handed out (appendix 5). The students are asked to work on the worksheet individually.
5 Minutes	The teacher checks the correct answers wit the student.
10 Minutes	Students are encouraged to ask questions related to the topic. The teacher will ask some questions that will let the students use the new vocabulary in their answers.