Requirements for in-class presentations, lesson plans and long
essays
In-class presentations
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duration: 20-30 minutes
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handout (to be sent in via email three days before presentation)
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adequate structure and language, free delivery
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adequate use of media
Assessment sheet for presentations
Lesson plans
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without didactic commentary: 1-2 pages, otherwise 3-4
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content of the lesson plan:
 description of the class/group (age, size, school form, if possible level)
 statement of overall aim of the lesson (concrete enough as to not be applicable to
any lesson)
 statement of fine or elementary aims (1-2 cognitive aims, 1 methodological aim, if
applicable 1 affective aim), as concrete as possible
 overview of the lesson in table form (landscape format), containing
- the estimated time
- the phase (introduction, work phase, transition, securing …)
- what the teacher does
- what the students do
- the social form (class plenary, group work, pairwork, individual work) and
the forms of interaction (teacher-student conversation, teacher’s question,
student’s question, student’s contribution, teacher’s contribution, role play,
discussion, …)
- the media used
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content of the didactic commentary:
 a step-by-step commentary on why that procedure has been chosen (over other
possibilities)
Long essays
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10-12 pages, excluding table of contents and literature
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format:
 left margin 3cm, right margin 3cm
 justification (Blocksatz)
 font size: Times New Roman 12pt, Arial 11pt
 space 1.5
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references to literature: please follow the conventions set out by the English Language
Teaching Journal