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Muhammad Soeharto
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Chapter III
Its My Birthday
Activity 1
Skill(s) focus: Reading and Listening
Extended lesson:
1. Reading the names of days in the week
http://www.umiuma.net/2015/05/nama-hari-dan-bulan-dalam-bahasa-inggris-danartinya.html
Activity 2
Skill(s) focus: Reading
Extended lesson:
1. Learning the present tense verb to be is/are
Alex Fernandez, Grammar without Tears, page 56 and 60.
http://www.learnenglish.de/grammar/verbtobe.html
http://www.tinyteflteacher.co.uk/learning-english/grammar/be.html
Extended task: The teacher explains present tense verb (is and are) and prepositions of time
(before, after) and the students pay attention to him/her then asks them to make the example of its.
Then, they read the conversation in pair monitored by the teacher. The purpose is to make the
students able to converse about days with their friends.
Assessment: Contextualized multiple-choice grammar task
Reason: In this assessment the students will be asked to choose the true answer of the grammar
task question. This contextualized multiple-choice assessment will be useful for the students in
practicing English and make the teacher easier to identify whether the students have understood
the material or not.
Activity 3
Skill(s) focus: Reading and Speaking
Extended lesson:
1. Adverbs of time yesterday, today, and tomorrow
http://www.learn-english-online.org/Lesson28/Lesson28.htm
Extended task: In this activity, the teacher explains the use of adverbs of time yesterday, today,
and tomorrow and verb (was/were) in simple past tense and the students pay attention then asks
them to make the example of each.
Assessment: Gap-filling Tasks Sentence completion task
Reason: In this assessment the students will be asked to read and complete the sentences which
has blank space by writing a phrase. Why using this assessment because this assessment has many
advantages they are; little scope for the learner to guess the correct answer, useful for assessing
recall, scoring can be perfectly reliable, rapid and economic, and cheating is likely to be more
difficult. Yet the disadvantage as the brown states is its questionable assessment of reading ability.
Activity 4
Skill(s) focus: Reading and Listening
Extended lesson:
1. Schools schedule (timetable)
Green Light One, page 66
http://www.yorksj.ac.uk/changing-englishes/changing-englishes/unit-3-learning-english.aspx
2. Preposition of time on
Grammar Form and Function 1A, page 39
http://www.espressoenglish.net/prepositions-of-time-in-english/
Extended task: In this activity, the students are asked to read schools schedule by using table and
identify school subjects and days following to the teacher. Then, the teacher explains the use of
preposition of time on and the students pay attention then asks them to put in a sentence.
Assessment: Information transfer: chart-filling
Reason: In this assessment the students will be asked to see the blanks schools schedule
(timetable) and listen to the audio and write the blank table base on that they hear from the audio.
Why using this type of assessment because as Brown considers that chart filling task is good
example of aural scanning strategies. A listener must discern from a number of pieces of
information which pieces are relevant.
Activity 5
Skill(s) focus: Speaking and Writing
Extended lesson:
1. Present tense the use verb has/have
http://www.englishpractice.com/quiz/verb-simple-present-tense/
Activity 6
Skill(s) focus: Listening and Writing
Extended lesson:
1. Vocabulary activities in school
http://chagall-col.spip.ac-rouen.fr/IMG/didapages/comparative/index.html
2. Simple present tense verb for first, second and third person
Interchange, page 37
Extended task: In this activity, the teacher gives vocabularies of school activity and asks the
students to read the use of it in a sentence. Then, the teacher explains the use of simple present
tense verb for first, second and third person.
Assessment : Writing (Picture-cued task)
Reason: In this assessment the students will be given the pictures of school activity and ask them
to describe each pictures with correct written english sentences. This type of assessment has high
authenticity, reliability, and validity that makes the teacher able to measure the students writing
ability.
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Activity 7
Skill(s) focus: Speaking
Extended lesson:
1. Wh- Question (When) with do, does
Grammar Form and Function, page 80-81
ICON International Communication through English, page 46
http://www.learnenglish-online.com/grammar/whquestions.html
Extended task: In this activity, the teacher makes a question by using wh- question with do, does
orally and the students pay attention then asks them to make the the different questions but the
same form. The purpose is to make the students able to make question orally.
Assessment: Speaking Dialogue completion task
Reason: In this assessment the students will be asked to respond the teachers wh- questions about
names of days orally. Using this assessment is to measure the students speaking ability and as
Brown argues that the advantage of this technique lies in its moderate control of the output of the
test-taker. While individual variations in responses are accepted, the technique taped into learners
ability to discern expectancies in conversation and to produce sociolinguistically correct language.
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Activity 8
Skill: Reading, Listening and Speaking
Extended lesson:
1. Learning numbers
New to English First Step to Academic Success, page 6
https://www.vocabulary.cl/Basic/Numbers.htm
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Extended task: In this task, the students are asked to watch video about numbers and repeat after
it. Then, the teacher teaches them how to pronounce it accurately. The purpose is to make the
students able to count the numbers in oral correctly.
Assessment : Imitative Speaking
Reason: In this assessment the students will be asked to pronounce the numbers with the correct
pronunciation and base on Brown statement that a common form of scoring simply indicates a two
or three point system for each response. 2: acceptable pronunciation 1: comprehensible, partially
correct pronunciation 0: silence, seriously incorrect pronunciation. This assessment is effective to
measure the students speaking ability specifically in pronunciation because it forces the students
to produce the language.
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Activity 9
Skill focus: Listening, Reading and Speaking
Extended lesson:
1. Listen and practice to talk about time in English
New to English: First Step to Academic Success, page 12
http://www.learnenglish.de/basics/time.html
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Activity 10
Skill focus: Reading and Writing
Extended lesson:
1. Reading a paragraph about someones daily activity
Grammar: Form and Function 1A, page 82.
2. Learning vocabulary related to daily activity
New to English: First Step to Academic Success, page 60
http://www.vocabulary.cl/Lists/Daily_Routines.htm
Extended task: In this activity, the students are asked to read someones daily activity. Then, they
try to identify some vocabularies related to daily activity guided by the teacher.
Assessment: Writing: Picture-cued story sequence
The reason: In this assessment task, the students are given some picture about daily activity which
contains the time, then they are asked to write short and simple sequence sentences. This task is
appropriate to be conducted because this task covers high content validity which covers students
comprehension about time and vocabularies theyve learned in this and previous activity.
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Activity 11
Skill focus: Listening, Speaking and Reading
Extended lesson:
1. Listening to parts of the day
Interchange 3rd Edition, page. 31
http://www.learnersdictionary.com/qa/parts-of-the-day-early-morning-late-morning-etc
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Extended task: In this activity, the students listen to the teacher about parts of day and repeat after
him/her. Then, the teacher explains the use adverbs of time (always, usually, never, and sometimes)
in expression about someones activities. After that, they read daily routines based on parts of the
day.
Assessment: Information transfer: chart-filling
The reason: In this assessment task, the students are given a chart (weekly calendar grid). Then,
they are asked to listen to daily schedule, then they fill in the schedule to provide the information.
This task is appropriate for checking students comprehension about daily activities based on parts
of the day because it is a good strategy for increasing students aural scanning. Moreover, this task
consists of highly content validity, face validity, practicality and rater reliability.
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Activity 12
Skill focus: Listening and Speaking
Extended lesson:
1. Learning months of the year
New to English: First Step to Academic Success, page 8
2. Practice to pronounce months of the year
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=68&v=OUjnPRgZKl0
http://www.elementalenglish.com/months-of-the-year-pronunciation/
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Extended task: In this activity, the students listen to the teacher about months of the year. Then,
they practice to pronounce months of the year following to the teacher.
Assessment: Picture-cued tasks
The reason: In this task, the students are given some pictures, then they begin telling appropriate
month based on each picture. This task is chosen because it contains of content and face validity.
Through telling appropriate month based on the picture, the test administration can assess students
comprehension about months of the year. Moreover, this task consists of high rater reliability
because of assuming ambiguity in identifying the pictures.
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Activity 13
Skill focus: Reading and Writing
Extended lesson:
1. Reading expression about months of the year
http://www.learnamericanenglishonline.com/Blue%20Level/B18%20Months.html
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Extended task: In this activity, the students read aloud some expression about months of the year
following to the teacher. Then, the teacher explains the use of preposition of time in in expression
about months of the year.
Assessment: Ordering Tasks
The reason: In this assessment task, the students have to reorder words in a sentence correctly.
This task is the best task for assessing students comprehension about months of the year because
by reordering words into grammatical word-ordering rules, it means that the test-takers understand
the concept of both preposition; before and after and the position of each month of the year.
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Activity 14
Skill focus: Reading and Speaking
1. Wh- Questions to ask time, day, and month
Grammar: Form and Function 1A, page 36.
https://books.google.com/books?id=EBCFAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT154&lpg=PT154&dq=conve
rsation+nama+hari&source=bl&ots=6gwQIm662_&sig=6nSsxC3TYKNSujb1qu7DkgLcT4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAWoVChMIhf2P1fSKyQIVQismCh2t5A1g#v
=onepage&q=conversation%20nama%20hari&f=false
http://iteslj.org/questions/days.html
Extended task: The teacher explain the distinctions between wh- question to ask time, day and
month. Then, the students are asked to read the sentences and try to identify the pattern of each
question. After that, they repeat to say the questions after the teacher. The purpose is to make the
students able to ask in written and oral language.
Assessment: Oral Questionnaire Directed response tasks
The reason: This task is chosen because this task is responsive rather than intensive in speaking
which the test-takers respond with appropriate lines. Moreover this task consists of high content
and face validity, high authenticity (asking and telling about months) and beneficial wash back
(the test-takers can use the appropriate question form).
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Activity 15
Skill focus: Reading, Listening and Speaking
Extended lesson:
1. Reading and Listening ordinal numbers and its words.
Interchange, page 72.
2. Practice pronouncing ordinal numbers and date
http://www.learn-english-online.org/Lesson22/Lesson22.htm
Extended task: In this task, the students are asked to read ordinal numbers and its words. Then, the
teacher teaches them to pronounce each ordinal numbers accurately.
Assessment: Converting numbers and abbreviations to words
The reason: In this assessment task, the students are given a paper which consists of ordinal
numbers. Then, they are asked to fill in the blanks by with appropriate words based on each
numbers. This task is chosen because converting abbreviations to words is more authentic that
ordinal numbers of course are often abbreviated with numbers. Moreover, this task consists of high
content validity and face validity.
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Activity 16
Skill focus: Reading and Speaking
Extended lesson:
1. Learning date format
http://www.learnenglish.de/basics/dates.html
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Activity 17
Skill focus: Speaking
1. National days in Indonesia
http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/
https://indonesiawafa.wordpress.com/2015/06/21/glosarium-of-indonesian-national-days/
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