I Love English lesson plan for Grades 9, 10 and 11

Topic: English as an international language

Grades: 9, 10, 11

Level: Intermediate and upwards

Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:

• extend their knowledge about the English language

• develop awareness of the importance to study English

• increase their motivation to study English

Materials and Equipment:

• blackboard to put the names of the teams and keep the score

• copies of the Quiz (2-3 for each team depending on the number of students in each team)

Stage

Purpose

Procedure

Interaction

Time

Lead-in

To arouse interest.

To introduce the topic.

To activate students' background knowledge.

1. Teacher says, "Hello, students. Today we are going to talk about English as an international language. Why is English called an international language?"

Students answer the question. Possible answers: It is spoken all over the world. A lot of people study it as a foreign language. People use it to speak when they do not know each other's native language. Etc.

2. Teacher says, "We are going to have a competition and find out who knows more about the English language." Teacher divides students into small groups of 5-6 students and says, "Think of a name for your group."

3. Students think of the names for their groups, and the teacher puts the names onto the board.

Whole class

5 mins

Doing the quiz

To extend students' knowledge about English.

1. Teacher distributes the quiz. Students work in groups. They read the questions, discuss them in their groups, and write the correct answers.

Groups

15 mins

Checking

To check students' answers

1. Teacher asks the first team to read the first question and give their answer. A student from the first group reads the question and says which answer the group has chosen. Teacher listens, but does not say whether the answer is correct or not. Teacher asks other groups to say which answer they have chosen. When all the groups say which answer they think is the correct one, the teacher provides the correct answer and gives one point to all teams that gave the same answer.

2. The teacher asks the second group to read the second question and say which answer they think is the correct one. Then the teacher repeats the procedure described in step 1 until all the questions in the quiz are checked.

Answers to the quiz:

1. d) 2 million+

2. a) China b) Turkey c) China d) Spain e) India

3. c) 86%

4. b) 329

5. b) about 300 million

6. These are the most important countries: the USA, Australia, the UK, the Republic of Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Canada (but remember that a minority here speak French

7. Zee

8. Q

9. I

10. a) Shakespeare

11. a) fall b) eraser c) check d) subway e) chips

12. Possible answers:

Goodbye, see you, see you later, talk to you later, see you soon, bye,

bye-bye, so long, take care, have a good day, farewell, have a good one,

I must be going, good night, I'm off, It was nice seeing you

Whole class

20 mins

Round-up

To sum up

1. Teacher says, "Count how many points each group has."Teacher says, "Let's congratulate the winners." Students clap for the winners.

2. Teacher says, "Work with somebody sitting next to you. What is the most interesting fact about the English language you have learned today? Tell your partner."

3. Teacher says, "Thank you for the lesson. Hope you have learned something interesting about the English language" and dismisses the students.

Whole class

Pairs

Whole class

5 mins

Quiz

1. How many words do you think there are in the English language?

a) 70,000 b) 170,000 c) 500,000 d) 2 million+

2. The following English words come from other languages. Can you guess which language they come from?

a) Tea b) Coffee c) Ketchup d) Potato e) Shampoo

3. What percentage of the Internet is in English?

a) 55% b) 69% c) 86% d) 92% e) 95%

4. How many languages are spoken in the United States?

a) 457 b) 329 c) 275 d) 203 e) 162

5. How many native speakers of English are there in the world?

1. about 3 million b) about 300 million c) about 3 billion

6. In which countries is English used as a native language?

7. Whereas the English alphabet goes from A to Zed, the American alphabet goes from A to what?

8. Which letter does not occur in any of the US state names?

9. What is the most commonly used word in English conversations?

10. Who was the first to use "U" as a substitute for "you"?

1. Shakespeare b) Mark Twain c) Michael Jackson

11. What are the American equivalents for the following words?

1. autumn b) rubbish c) bill d) underground e) crisps

12. How can you say goodbye in English? Think of as many ways as possible.

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