Diagnostic Observation Lesson Plan Future Forms
Diagnostic Observation Lesson Plan Future Forms
Orientation Course
Diagnostic Observation Lesson Plan
Systems: Grammar
Title: Help learners understand the use of future forms in
expressing intentions and making arrangements
General It is a General English class at B1 Upper Intermediate level. The course runs for one
Overview week with daily two-hour sessions. This bi-lingual general English class currently has 9
students, but they do not all attend regularly.
With the youngest being twenty and the oldest is 54, most of them are Hungarians
with one Turkish and one Burmese. There are 8 women and the 1 man, however this
doesn’t seem to affect class dynamics as they all work together very well and feel
comfortable. Many have learnt English on and off for several years. Some have studied
for a long time in this centre. Generally, the students are really engaging and on the
go because they generally participate in the lessons.
My colleagues and I organised a needs analysis. It demonstrates that for most of the
learners, English is essential in order to improve their employment and educational
potentials. In fact, there are two students who are considering completing their higher
studies in the USA.
Also, some other students want to improve their English for work related reasons; one
student wants to sell her products in the American markets.
Two people have lived abroad in non-English speaking countries (Thailand and
Germany), where English would have made a contribution as a lingua franca.
In accordance with the needs analyses these adult learners concentrate acquiring
fluency skills and listening comprehension skills.
The learners are more active after a pair or group work, for this reason, they often
work in pairs or groups. They like discussion questions, debates and listening to
authentic texts.
The subsequent details about individual learners were collected by talking to the
learners about their learning preferences and their reasons for learning English.
Chaibi Moustafa
Help learners understand the use of future forms in expressing intentions and making arrangements
The Distance Delta
Chaibi Moustafa
Help learners understand the use of future forms in expressing intentions and making arrangements
The Distance Delta
Mutlu Turkish/Turkish/ Needs English for She doesn’t She’s got some
40s/F/ auditory work because she talk as much as fossilized
and somehow tends to work and the other grammar. (tenses
visual/ travel often with classmates, but he and aspects)
kinaesthetic her international is quietly She may overuse
company. confident and will in referring to
She is in very helpful to her all future forms.
International peers.
House learning
English to be able
to understand
Hollywood films.
Chaibi Moustafa
Help learners understand the use of future forms in expressing intentions and making arrangements
The Distance Delta
repeated mistakes
in using the future
in the controlled
practice.
Overall aims and learning outcomes for the lesson in relation to language systems and / or language
skills and learner needs. (5b)
Main aims:
By the end of the lesson the students will be better able to use a range of future forms, specifically; will,
going to and present continuous in expressing intentions and making arrangements when giving a
detailed description of familiar subjects (plans of parties and journeys in the near and distant future).
Personal aim:
I am working toward monitoring in the context of micro teaching and collecting ideas/language to
ensure smooth class feedback and correct my learners’ errors.
Analysis of meaning / use, form, pronunciation or (sub)skill of language relevant to this lesson. (5c)
A MEANING/USE
Basic contrasts: will, going to, present continuous.
1_ The most common types of verb phrases with future reference occur with the modal auxiliary will as
the first verb. This use is uncoloured by ideas such as decision, arrangement, “willingness, etc.
The auxiliary verb will is used to express a spontaneous intention made at the moment of speaking.
Chaibi Moustafa
Help learners understand the use of future forms in expressing intentions and making arrangements
The Distance Delta
Possible CCQs:
Moreover, will, like the other modal auxiliaries has two main areas of meaning: extrinsic (predictability
and prediction) and intrinsic (strong and weak volition). (Thornbury, 2006)
This is not only a predicted event but also expresses an intention (willingness) based on a decision that
has been made beforehand.
2_ Going to expresses an intention based on a decision that has been made beforehand.
Possible CCQs:
- has she decided to take her out for a meal before now? (yes)
- when was this intention happened in the past or present? (in the past)
- when they go out for a meal. Now or in the future? (in the future)
3_ The present continuous is used to express personal arrangements and fixed plans.
Chaibi Moustafa
Help learners understand the use of future forms in expressing intentions and making arrangements
The Distance Delta
Possible CCQs:
- Have Richel and I just thought about meeting or we have planned it? (you have planned it)
- Have they Richel and I planned for seeing each other? (yes)
Present continuous is is mostly used with social and travel arrangements or when the time and place
have been already decided.
B FORM
1- will
Simple future tense is made up of four parts: Subject, auxiliary verb will, Base verb and Object.
Positive:
I will check my emails
Negative:
In negative sentences, we add auxiliary verb and not before main verb.
I will not check my emails
Interrogative sentences.
In interrogative we should start with the auxiliary will followed by the subject and bare infinitive.
Will you check Your emails ?
2- Intentions:
Chaibi Moustafa
Help learners understand the use of future forms in expressing intentions and making arrangements
The Distance Delta
We make the structure with be (in the correct form) + going to + bare infinitive. (Scrivener; 2010)
Whether affirmative, negative or questions form, going to never alter.
Positive:
I am going to play tennis
3-Arrangements:
We form the -ing form by adding ing to the base form. (Scrivener; 2010)
Positive:
I am visit ing France
Interrogative:
Are you visiting France ?
a) will
The contraction ‘ll is more common than the full form of will
Chaibi Moustafa
Help learners understand the use of future forms in expressing intentions and making arrangements
The Distance Delta
We stress will when it is uncontracted to emphasise a strong intention that something is going to
happen or be done.
Example: I WILL attend the meeting.
/aɪ wɪl əˈtɛnd ðə ˈmiːtɪŋ. /
b) be going to
It is often surprising to learners that going to has a different pronunciation apart from /ˈgəʊɪŋ tuː/ or
/ˈgəʊɪŋ ta/ which is the common native speakers’ pronunciation / ˈgənə /
I’m gonna see Richel at college /aɪm ˈgənə siː Richel æt ˈkɒlɪʤ /
Also, Iam in contracted to I’m /aɪm/
c) Present continuous
- Elision of “g” in seeing; /ˈsiːɪŋ/
The uncontracted form of am/is/are can be used to emphasise a point, especially to give an answer.
The contracted form of ‘m/’s/‘re makes the speaker sounds more emphatic.
Example: She’s visiting France this summer.
/ʃiːz ˈvɪzɪtɪŋ ˈfrɑːns ðɪs ˈsʌmə. /
She is visiting France this summer.
/ʃiː ɪz ˈvɪzɪtɪŋ ˈfrɑːns ðɪs ˈsʌmə /
Relevant links between this lesson and relevant aspects of previous and subsequent lesson(s) and the
course as a whole. (5d)
These learners have been studying here for more than a week, they have already experienced a range
of grammar lessons and activities, for instance, they just finished a grammar input about the present
perfect continuous with my delta mate Siham, including pair work, group work, mingle activities,
surveys and quizzes. Task teach task was used and will be used in numerous classes as well as I was
told by the three of my DELTA mates. This lesson introduces brainstorming atsk and I am hoping it will
be received actively, because the learners have spent many lessons discussing topics with each other.
This lesson requires students to express in details their plans and intentions in the future which will be
overly challenging in the beginning but not in the end when they will have exposed to the grammar
Chaibi Moustafa
Help learners understand the use of future forms in expressing intentions and making arrangements
The Distance Delta
input. This language lesson also is appropriate to their level as they are only reviewing and reinforcing
grammar lessons they know before, I assume this will additionally help students prepare for the follow
up future forms for predicting and fixed plans lesson which is going to be an escalating part of this one.
Later in the course, learners will be looking at different grammar. As they’re going to tackle past modal
verbs, then the use of the passives.
States assumptions about the learners’ knowledge, abilities and interests relevant to the aims and
learning outcomes of the lesson (5e)
This is the second week, the learners have been looking at getting together (social events and people
around us) vocabulary lesson with my colleague Siham which I believe will be perfectly linked to this
grammar lesson in terms of speaking of social arrangements and plans.
Students will find the topic of grammar future forms an engaging lesson as they will see practical side
of the lesson on which tenses they use to refer to express future arrangements and intentions.
Because they know present continuous and future simple tenses but don’t have knowledge when to
use what in referring to a range of future forms.
Task Teach Task will motivate my learners to speak about their future arrangements and intentions.
Also, they will enjoy the challenge of working together on grammar activities and of making their
own individual answers referring to future plans.
I assume, students will like sharing ideas together and get to know more about other peers’ plans and
intentions as they will l have some fun completing sharing their answers by the end of the lesson.
In next slots, we will go on to extend the use of future forms to express predictions (With and without
evidence ) and speak about timetable events (Present simple to refer to fixed activities).
Potential problems in relation to the lesson aims and learning outcomes; the learners and the learning
context; the equipment, materials and resources to be used (5f) and appropriate solutions to these
problems. (5g)
Anticipated problems with meaning / use, form Appropriate solutions to the problems
and pronunciation and / or skills
Example:
A: We’re visiting France this weekend. Will you join
us.
B:Great, I’ll call my boss and see if I can go.
Chaibi Moustafa
Help learners understand the use of future forms in expressing intentions and making arrangements
The Distance Delta
Form
Teacher does more monitoring and provides
Learners may overuse will to refer to all future
individual micro teaching support by referring
forms. This could be reflected in their utterances. back to the timetable of the form of the three
tenses.
Anticipated Problems with the Learners, the Appropriate solutions to the problems
Learning Context, the Equipment, Materials and
Resources
Learners
My students may interact passively to the lesson Teacher energises learners with a nice engaging
Chaibi Moustafa
Help learners understand the use of future forms in expressing intentions and making arrangements
The Distance Delta
due to their exposure to grammar lesson already start which is the lead-in stage where student
with my delta mate siham. produce language actively through schematic
techniques.
Learning Context
Materials / Resources
There is no IWB in the centre, so using the flat
Teacher asks gently students follow him whenever
screen TV and the traditional board at once feels
he moves from TV to the board. Teacher might
somehow irritating for the students.
also just point to data written on TV but keep
attention on the board.
Punctuality / Attendance
Teacher does some briefings and précis of the
Some learners may arrive late for class and miss
stage and encourages peer work and peer
the first lead-in activities and end up confused
checkings.
about the lesson.
Material and /or resources used and their sources. (5i) (Also see Appendices)
Whiteboard
Markers
Graffiti brainstorming papers
Matching flashcards
Conversation papers Cutting Edge, Upper intermediate book, unit 5
Projector/computer PPP
Handouts Cutting Edge, Upper intermediate book, unit 5
A commentary of between 500 and 750 words, providing a rationale for the lesson with reference to
learner characteristics and needs and the candidate’s reading and research in the background essay.
(5k)
Future forms to express intentions and make arrangements are a frequent introduced aspect in English
Chaibi Moustafa
Help learners understand the use of future forms in expressing intentions and making arrangements
The Distance Delta
learning process, which in my opinion presents a challenge to English language learners. According to
M, lewis. English possesses no formal future tense but, of course, it is possible to talk about Future
Time. A number of different verb forms are possible and the choice of the correct one is frequently a
source of confusion for foreign learners. This aspect is also a very commonly used in real world
communication.
Research has shown me that it is not a matter of collision and that the context and the setting in which
this grammar aspect is used affects choice of structure. Moreover, the structure of the future forms are
modified by contexts of intentions, plans or arrangements.
Therefore I was convinced to contextualise this lesson using task based approach because I believe in
this approach the students are free of language control. In all first stages they must use all their language
resources rather than just practising one pre-selected item.
(https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/a-task-based-approach)
My choice of task-based approach was influenced by wanting to developed a lesson from the students'
experiences with the language that is personalised and relevant to them as the students will have a
much more varied exposure to language with task based learning. They will be exposed to a whole range
of lexical phrases.
Furthermore, it is an enjoyable and motivating approach owing to the fact that it is a strong
communicative approach where students spend a lot of time communicating.
According to my background research In behaviourism and teaching and learning process, lesson plan
plays a major role in helping both teachers and learners in their learning. Teachers mainly use lesson
plan as their guide to ensure that they are on the right track and students feel engaged and smoothly
and technically guided and approached.
Per my background essay, my lesson starts with an agreeable activity that will involve my students and
introduce them in an accessible way to an authentic text reading which they enjoy most as they
mentioned in their needs analysis.
Later, learners are exposed to an input with different interactions (Individual work, pair and group work)
as they usually feel confident and more engaged after pair/group work.
In MPF, the idea of displaying form adds pleasure to the lesson which I believe is necessary in such
grammar lesson. Also, mingle and flash activity helps learners to collaborate with each other in
discussing future forms situations.
In the end, freer practice contributes as a snapshot of the lesson.
Bibliography
Scrivener. 2010 Teaching English Grammar, What to Teach and How to Teach it Macmillan
Chaibi Moustafa
Help learners understand the use of future forms in expressing intentions and making arrangements
The Distance Delta
Description of procedures and activities appropriate to achieving the stated overall aims and stage
aims. (5h) Appropriate timing for each stage and /or group of stages in the procedure. (5j)
Stage Aims
Peer check
Class feedback
Chaibi Moustafa
Help learners understand the use of future forms in expressing intentions and making arrangements
The Distance Delta
b) T covers MPF
To get them out
of their seats and OK, I’ll call and book a table
to introduce the
target grammar in Possible CCQs:
context with the
text. - Is he calling right now? (no, later) T-Ss
Possible CCQs:
T-Ss
- was the decision made at the time of
speaking? (no)
Chaibi Moustafa
Help learners understand the use of future forms in expressing intentions and making arrangements
The Distance Delta
Possible CCQs:
15mn Task T plays Mingle and flash with the learners. T-Ss Appendix 4
Chaibi Moustafa
Help learners understand the use of future forms in expressing intentions and making arrangements
The Distance Delta
Appendices:
Appendix 1
Chaibi Moustafa
Help learners understand the use of future forms in expressing intentions and making arrangements
The Distance Delta
Graffiti brainstorming
Plans for a party or celebration in the near future
Your career plans
Journeys you are making in the next few months
Your plans for the rest of this week
Your plans for when you finish this English course
Your plans for this weekend
Your plans for this evening
Your next birthday
What you’re planning to do with your money over the next few months
Appendix 2
Chaibi Moustafa
Help learners understand the use of future forms in expressing intentions and making arrangements
The Distance Delta
Appendix 3
Chaibi Moustafa
Help learners understand the use of future forms in expressing intentions and making arrangements
The Distance Delta
2) We’re going to take her out for a b) an arrangement that has been
meal made
3) OK, I’ll call and book a table d) a plan that is made at the
moment of speaking.
Appendix 4
5 A: John _____________(leave). His bags are packed and his taxi is waiting.
B: __________he_________(fly) with British Airways?
Chaibi Moustafa
Help learners understand the use of future forms in expressing intentions and making arrangements
The Distance Delta
Chaibi Moustafa
Help learners understand the use of future forms in expressing intentions and making arrangements