Lesson # 1 Hello!

Goal Competen cies Preparatio n Summary

To enhance Learner Response and set the pace for following English Communicative Lessons. None/Not applicable o Handouts of Personal Information Sheet (LP1-1) and Curriculum Content(LP1-2) in Hindi o White Board with Marker Pens o Flip Charts We need to foster Learner Response through informal methods in their mother tongue. The Lesson Plan is divided into 2 Sections o Personal Introduction followed by relevance of Language Communication (60 min.) o A Summary about their Learning Requirements connecting it with the Curriculum Content (60 min.)

Section 1

Personal Introduction

Time: 60 minutes

Objective: To explain the concept of Communication to participants. Activity 1: We will use the Chinese Whispers Technique for the above which has been explained in simple steps. 1. Distribute a photocopy of Personal Information Sheet to all participants and ask them to fill in their Name, Marital Status, Name of Husband/Father, Names of Children (if any) and Age of Children, City, Favorite Food and Hobbies on them. Also, write the same Information Heads on the White Board. LP1-1: __________________________________________________________ ? - / _________________________________________ / - ________________________________________________ - __________________________________________________ - ____________________________________________________ - ____________________________________________________ - ____________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ 2. Collect the papers after 10 minutes and request the participants to sit in a closed circle. 3. Ask them to exchange the same Personal Information with their neighbor on the right side discreetly through whispers in her

ears. 4. After 5 minutes, the neighbor has to whisper the same information to her neighbor on the right who in turn will share it in the same pattern till the circle is completed and reaches the concerned participant. 5. The concerned participant will now share the communicated Personal Information aloud while you point out the errors with the help of the papers submitted at the beginning of the exercise. 6. The above exercise will have to be repeated as per the number of participants present in the session. 7. Laugh out loud with the participants following each error like names getting mixed up, wrong age of kids etc. and make it as exciting/dramatic as possible. After the excitement dies down, summarize the learning from the exercise above in a low tone of voice as follows 1. The main objective of any Language Communication is to share Information. 2. There are three components of Language Communication Speaker, Listener/Reader and Information. Make the following Diagram on the White Board/Flip Chart for better understanding.

3. Language Communication has to be very strong between the Speaker and Listener/Reader for correct transfer of the Information. 4. There are errors that occur while the information gets transferred because of ineffective Speaker Speech or/and Listener/Reader Comprehension. 5. Errors happen even if the Speaker and Listener/Reader are well versed with the Language Medium nuances like Parts of Speech, History of Language etc. Therefore, the focus of learning any new language should be more on its real life application for effective communication.

Section 2

Building the Learning Requirements

Time: 60 minutes

Objective: To help the Learners identify their Learning Needs. Activity 2: 1. Pose the basic question to all the learners - Why do you want to learn to speak English Language? and record their response on the White Board/Flip Chart. Classify the responses into broad categories like Brighter Career Prospects, Handling Foreign Tourists and Personal Grooming as follows. (Write down the heads mentioned below in Hindi script on the Board/Flip Chart.) interview

2. Pick up each Category of responses and ask them to come up with related situations giving them enough time to do so. Keep recording their responses. 3. Ask them the next question How will you communicate in English? If required, give them prompts like speaking, reading etc. 4. Classify their responses into broad categories like Speaking, Sentence Structuring, Vocabulary, Pronunciation, Comprehension and Grammar which is Bol, Vakya Nirmaan, Shabdkosh, Uchchaaran, Samajh and Vyakaran respectively. (Write down the words mentioned in italics in Hindi script on the Board/Flip Chart.) - ! All is Well! - , , , Noun

5. Distribute the Curriculum Content Document in Hindi to the learners comparing it to their responses mentioned in Point 2. LP1-2:
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6. Emphasize on the fact that it is they themselves who have conjured the Importance of learning English Language along with identifying the requisite competencies and created situations to apply the same. So, they are capable of learning the language usage too.

7. Ask volunteer participants to read out ten content heads each to the rest of the learners aloud. Pause in between for the ideas to settle in. 8. Explain further the importance of learning English Language as made visible from the list of situations from the Curriculum Content Document. 9. Finally, set the Target in front of the Learners by flipping to the Competency Chart and establishing the Curriculum Content Document as the means of achieving it. 10. Motivate the learners by talking about the importance of Interaction during classes which would help in quick learning. .