Materials Development final project
Hiromi
1. Goal & Objectives
・Goal: Students can talk about someone that interests them.
・Objectives:
Language function: To have students practice how to use third person singular verbs.
Communicative function: To enable students to hold a simple dialog based on the
“Does Ken like …? / Yes, he does.
/ No, he doesn’t. ” form.
2. Context
(1) Level: Junior High School first year students
(2) Class size: 4 classes with 16~18 students
(3) Textbook: New Horizon English Course Book 1 ( Tokyoshoseki ),
Unit 6 “Ms. Green’s Family”
(4) Level of proficiency:
Students studied English for two years in elementary school.
conducted once a week.
person general verbs.
Lessons were
They’ve already studied be-verb as well as first and second
Now they are entering the first critical period of English study
because they’ve just learned how to use the third person singular verb.
(5) Aptitude: About 5 % of the students cannot understand what they are studying well.
Most students have improved their four basic skills after studying simple grammar
upon entering JHS.
(6) Attitude towards learning: They don’t like writing English very much, but they are
interested in communicative activities and like talking with their friends in English.
3. Syllabus:
I think a “Task-based approach” is useful for students to learn the usage of third person
singular verbs because it leaves an impressions on the students.
Authentic materials
encourage students to talk about a third person they are interested in.
4. Tools and procedures:
Tools: Handout, photos with a vocabulary list ( photos of famous or familiar people for
JHS students, except one)
5. Procedures:
(1) Pre-task 1
(Showing the picture of Jero)
Do you know this man?
Yes, this is Jero.
He is a very popular enka singer.
He sings enka very well.
He is from America, but he lives in Japan now.
(2) Pre-task 2
The teacher talks about person No. 1 with Student A.
After hearing the
conversation, students write about person No.1 using more than three sentences.
One of the sentences has to use a third person singular verb.
T: Look at No. 1 person.
SA: Yes, he is Ichiro.
Do you know this man?
I love Ichiro.
T: What sports does he like?
SA: He likes baseball.
He plays baseball in America.
T: What’s his favorite food?
Giving more information
Do you know?
SA: No, I don’t.
T: He likes curry and rice best.
He eats it every day!
Giving more information
Did you know that?
SA: Wow!
Really?
Asking for clarification
Now write about person No.1 using more than three sentences.
One of the
sentences has to use a third person singular verb.
No.1
Ichiro
I know about Ichiro.
He (
) baseball.
He (
He (
) curry and rice.
) baseball in America.
He (
) it every day.
(3) Using Example, talk about the other 4 people (No.2~No.5) with your partner and
write about them.
When you need new words, use words from the vocabulary list.
If there is time, try No.6.
T: Look at person No. 1 .
SA: Yes, I do.
Do you know this man?
He is Ichiro.
I love Ichiro.
T: What sports does he like?
SA: He likes baseball.
He plays baseball in America.
T: What’s his favorite food?
Giving more information
Do you know?
SA: No, I don’t.
T: He likes curry and rice best.
He eats it every day!
Did you know that?
SA: Wow!
Really?
Asking for clarification
Giving more information
No.2
No.3
No.4
No.5
No.6
(4) Let’s talk about the 4 people (No.2 ~No.5).
partner and compare your answers.
(5) Make groups of four.
If there is time, try No. 6.
Take turns talking about the people and compare your
answers.
(6) Take turns talking about 4 people in the class.
(7) Self-evaluation
Using your script talk with your
I know about him!
Handout
Name(
1. Look at the 6 people.
Do you know them?
1
Let’s talk about them.
2
3
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eat,
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man
live, do judo,
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men’s 100-and 200-meter
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track and field,
gold medals,
Lightning Bolt,
cricket,
practice,
medals,
32 years old,
have(has),
gold medals
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5
6
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mountain climber,
go
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woman
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astronaut,
engineer,
clean the mountains,
know,
study,
space,
talk
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NASDA
2. The teacher talks about person No. 1 with Student A.
After hearing the conversation,
students write about person No.1 using more than three sentences.
One of the
sentences has to use a third person singular verb.
No.1
Ichiro
I know about Ichiro.
He (
) baseball. He (
He (
) curry and rice. He (
) baseball in America.
) it every day.
3. Using the example, talk about the other 4 people (No.2~No.5) with your partner and write
about them.
When you need new words, use the words from the vocabulary list.
If
there is time, try No.6.
[ Example]
T: Look at person No. 1.
SA: Yes, he is.
Do you know this man?
He is Ichiro.
I love Ichiro.
T: What sports does he like?
SA: He likes baseball.
He plays baseball in America.
T: What’s his favorite food?
Giving more information
Do you know?
SA: No, I don’t.
T: He likes curry and rice best.
He eats it every day!
Did you know that?
SA: Wow!
No.2
No.3
Really?
Asking for clarification
Giving more information
No.4
No.5
No.6
4. Let’s talk about the 4 people (No.2 ~No.5).
compare your answers.
5. Make groups of four.
Using your script talk with your partner and
If there is time, try No. 6.
Take turns talking about the people and compare your answers.
6. Take turns talking about 4 people in the class. ( If there is time, talk about the person
No.6 )
7. Self-evaluation
Self-evaluation
Item
Self-evaluation
What do you think of this activity?
１ Eye Contact
A
・
B
・
C
２ Volume（×Japanese）
A
・
B
・
C
３ Attitude
A
・
B
・
C
４ Understanding
A
・
B
・
C