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Types of foreign language lessons. Requirements for the lesson.

There is no common opinion concerning types of the lessons. But according to the majority of methodologists there are the following types of lessons:

1. Presentation and primary consolidation

2. Practice of language and speech habits

3. Production

4. Combined

5. Non-traditional

Non-traditional forms of organizing a lesson are usually used after studying one or several topics. They create the atmosphere of a holiday, increase motivation for studying a language. They require participation of all students of a class, the use of different visual aids. The aims of such lessons are:

• to assess students' knowledge

• to provide interest in the language

• to minimize teacher's involvement in the lesson

Some examples of non-traditional lessons are:

Internet can be used for the following purposes: to include materials of the net into the lesson, for

independent work of students at home, for getting rid of gaps in the knowledge.

Watching a film students perceive information about other culture, form their own point of view, develop their attention and memory.

After studying one or several lessons, for example on the topic "Town", students make an excursion about the town, tell the "foreign guests" about the places of interest.

Preparation for the performance develops students' speech, creative abilities, promotes better understanding of the language and culture.

It is a form of a dialog on extracting information. Topics for the interview might be: biography, spare time, plans for the future.

Students have a discussion on a certain problem or topic

The main aim of such lessons is to teach students to put the acquired knowledge into practice, to work in cooperation with other students, to do research. The project may be done in different ways: article, recommendations, poster, album, brochure.

"What? Where? When?"; "The field of wonders"; "Linguistic express" and many other games can be used at the lesson.

English can be integrated with such subjects as: History, Literature, Computer studies. Such lessons form students' aesthetic taste, teach them to guess, analyze, make conclusions.

In the organization of the lesson there is always a wide range of possibilities. However, there are certain requirements which should be observed:

• Every lesson should begin with a greeting in the foreign language and a brief talk between the teacher and the students.

• There should be a variety of activities at every lesson, including pronunciation drill, oral activities, exercises for reading and writing.

• The lesson should be conducted at a high speed when oral drill exercises are performed. Students shouldn't stand up to say a word, a phrase or a sentence.

• The lesson should provide a certain sequence in students' assimilating language material and developing habits and skills: perception, comprehension, memorizing, usage following a model, usage in new situations.

• The lesson should provide time for the activity of each student in class.

• The lesson should provide conditions for students to learn.

• The work done during the lesson should prepare students for their independent work at home.

• The lesson should be well equipped with teaching aids and materials.

According to the type of the lesson there are different formats of the lesson. The receptive skills (reading or listening) lesson plan may include the following:

1. warm-up (to create interest and establish the theme)

2. pre-reading or pre-listening (teaching vocabulary, making predictions about the content based upon pictures, title, etc)

3. presentation( reading/listening for gist)

4. reading/listening for details

5. follow up(talking for fluency using new vocabulary)

6. wrap up (review of what was covered in the lesson, giving homework)
The language lesson plan may include the following:

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