LESSON PLAN

TESOL CERTIFICATION COURSE

Trainer: James Copley

Trainee: Nguyen Hoang Hong Linh

Course date Year Location

3rd April 2023 Ho Chi Minh

 LESSON PLAN
Topic: The country I
would like to visit..

Level: Advanced Age: 23+

Length: 45

Language Skills: TESOL Methodology: Eclectic approach

Vocabulary,

Grammar, Speaking,

Listening, Writing,

Reading

Lesson Objectives: o By the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:
 To practice speaking skills with topic: The
country I would like to visit..
 Using new vocabularies, idioms, phrases: Go off
the beaten track, Local crafts, to go sightseeing,
 busman’s holiday, Breathtaking view, Hordes of
tourists, In the middle of nowhere, the more the
merrier, broaden someone’s horizon and the
sample of useful phrases to make their own
speaking in presentation by creating an
appropriated outline.
 To practice the use of relative clauses to
describe countries and provide additional
information.

Resources: Power
Point, Work sheets,
videos, Text books

Stage Activity Description Resource Timing Teacher

Warm-up Guessing words - Teacher will prepare a list of vocabulary (topic 5 Mr. Linh
for vocabulary: Jobs)
- Divide the class into 2 teams, and stand in 2
side.
- A member of each team will go to see the
word from T secretly, and don’t let the other
players know.
- The person who got the word then acts out
the word using only body languages,
gestures, and facial expressions. They can’t
speak, makes sound, or use props
- The other players must try to guess the word
 that is being acted out.
- Who guessed it, they have to run fast to the
white board and write the word correctly.
- The person guessed the word, it’s their turn to
act out a word for others member to guess.
- Which team write the word first will get one
point.
- Continue playing until two teams guessed all
the word from T.
- List of vocabulary: Accountant, hairdresser,
optician, chambermaid, lawyer, chef, tailor.

Pre-task Talk about - Using power point to show some photo of Mr.Linh
countries countries (Japan, Australia, Paris, Korea...)
- T asks Ss:
- “Which is your favorite country? and why?”
- T picks 1 – 2 Ss to answer the question.

Teaching 1 Discussing and - T allows Ss to view a 2-minute video on 10 mins Mr.Linh

sharing "what makes I love Thailand"
- Following the video, T will query Ss.
- "Who was in Thailand before? And what
brought you there, please explain.
- "How should we pack for a trip to
Thailand?"
-T will use this inquiry to assess the
student's knowledge about Thailand. Then
 T began to inquire about the video.
- “Can you tell me where did Alvin go to visit in
Thailand?”
- Ss will list the name of some places.
- “Does anyone have a different experience with
Alvin in these places? T asks Ss.
- This question can serve as a model for
students as they develop their own
speaking presentations. It will provide
students some options for talking about
Thailand.
- - T discusses some facts about Thailand, a
humorous anecdote about Thais, a current
trend in Thailand,...
- List the cultural suggestions that Alvin gave
for Thailand, and then explain their merits.
- - If Ss are unable to clarify, T will assist Ss
in listing some recommendations.
- - T queries Ss, "After watching this video,
what most interests you about Thailand or
disinterests you?" Let Ss express their
thoughts, T.
- - T allowed Ss to briefly watch the video
once again with English subtitles. And
advise them to look for fresh noun phrases
and terminology...
- T help Ss pronounce new words, noun
 phrase…, explain or define meaning of the
word:
- “Go off the beaten track” means visit an
uncommon place.
- “Local crafts” means things made in the
region.
- “To go sightseeing” means to go visiting
sights of interest.
- “busman’s holiday” means when you spend
your free time similarly to the time when you
work.
- “Breathtaking view” means an amazing
view.
- “Hordes of tourists” means crowds of
tourists; horde is a synonym with crowd: a
large number of people gathered together in a
disorganized or unruly way.
- “In the middle of nowhere” means in a place
that is far away from where most people live.
- “The more the merrier” (idiom) means uses
to say an occasion will be more enjoyable if a
lot of people are there. Merrier means happy.
- “Broaden someone’s horizon” means to
increase the range of things that someone
knows about or has experienced.

- T gives Ss a sample of useful phrases which

 relates to the topic.
- T helps Ss brainstorm the ideas for creating
their own presentation with “WH-question?”
- "Which country is it?"
- What are your prior knowledge of this
nation?
- When do you wish to travel to this
nation?
- - "Why do you want to travel to this
nation?"
- Decide on the tense they'll speak in.
- Asking students to take note of the
concepts by providing one to three
justifications for each query.
- Give one or two justifications for each
notion in the answer's detail idea.
They are not required to provide
justification for every response if it is
not necessary.
- Organize the topics to be covered in
the desired sequence.
- Jot down a few unique concepts
associated with their subject.
- Once the outline has been completed,
students can begin crafting a brief speech
that incorporates conjunctions and other
 linking words to connect their sentences.
- Give Ss a topic: “describe a country you
would like to visit” then ask Ss to brainstorm
and take note all the ideas, information for a
short presentation.
- Students might choose a few good phrases
from the example to improve their own
speeches.
- Thus, by according to the instructions,
pupils have the chance to create a fresh,
brief speech about conveying their
perspective, expertise, etc.
- The teacher will visit each student to assess
how they are practicing and provide
assistance as necessary.

Task 1 Practice speaking - By using the outline Ss have just created, they 8 minutes Mr.Linh
with the outline will create their own short paragraph.
- After they ‘ve done it a few mins, then work in
pair to exchange about their work.
- T will check their work by going around the
class, and support them, giving feedback for
each group as needed.

Teaching 2 Relative clause A scene: Planning a dream vacation. 10 minutes Mr.Linh

- Begin by creating a dialogue to set the context
for the lesson.
- This is a group of friends, Mike, Lisa, and
Sarah. They are best friends and have been
planning this trip for a long time. Mike loves
history and wants to visit ancient ruins, Lisa is
a foodie and wants to try authentic Italian
cuisine, and Sarah is an art enthusiast and
wants to visit famous museums. They choose
to travel to Italy.
- T asks Ss “Can you think of some things they
might want to see or do during their trip?” T
pick 2 – 4 Ss to answer the question.
- Then T start to introduce concept and usage of
“Relative clause” grammar (it is a type of
dependent clause that provides additional
information about a noun in a sentence, they
are used to add more details or descriptions to
a sentence and help provide a clearer picture
or better understanding of the noun being
referred to. They can be used to provide
essential or non-essential information).
- Function of Relative clauses is as an adjective,
modifying or describing the noun, and it
typically begins with a relative pronoun (such
as who, whom, whose, which, or that) or a
relative adverb (such as where or when).
- T gives more example to explain the concept
 of relative clauses.

- For instance:
- Amazing buildings, “amazing” is an adjective,
and “buildings” is a noun, adjective provide
more information about the noun they are
describing and help to create a more detailed.
 “Amazing” gives more information to
“buildings”
 these buildings are amazing.
- A long the same way as adjective function, we
can use relative clause to give additional
information about a noun or pronoun, noun
phrase in a sentence.
- According to the dialogue, Sarah mentioned:
- “We can try Lasagna which Lisa loves the
most in Boccadama restaurant”
- In this sentence “Lasagna” is a noun , “which
Lisa loves the most” provides more
information to “Lasagna”, with Which is a
relative pronoun,
 Lisa loves Lasagna in Boccadama
restaurant.
- Another example:
- "The hotel where we will stay is near the
beach." In this sentence, “where we will stay”
is essential to understand the place
 mentioned, is “the Hotel”, because “the hotel”
is a place, we use “where” to add more
information, “where” is a relative adverb.
 They are going to stay in the hotel.

- T uses CCQ to check student’s

understanding: “What kind of information
does the relative clause provide?”, “Can
you think of other words or phrases that can
be used as relative pronouns or adverbs in
this context?"
- T asks to open text book at pages… and ask
student to work in pair to identify “relative
clause” in the short passage, and discuss what
information does relative clause give. (2
minutes)
- The teacher picks 4 – 5 students to show their
works, correct their answer, guidance, and
encouragement to students, motivating them
to practice and improve their use of Relative
Clauses.

- Divide the class into 3 teams.

Task 2 Relative Clauses 8 minutes Mr.Linh
- In this activity, the teacher prepares a board
board game game that includes spaces with sentences
that require a relative clause.
- Each member of group takes turns rolling a
die and moving their game piece along the
board. When they land on a space, they must
read the sentence and add a relative clause
 to it. If they get it right, they earn points or
move ahead on the board. The group with the
most points at the end of the game wins.

Follow-up Sentence - T provides sentence completion exercises 4 minutes Mr.Linh

Completion where the Ss can practice using relative
clauses in context related to “The country I
would like to visit…”
- Provide students with a set of sentence stems,
such as "Singapore _____ I want to travel for a
wonderful experience with my family.” Ask
them to complete the sentence using relative
clauses
- T asks Ss speak out loud their answer and
check if they are correct.

Homework - T gives Ss some homework to do at home.