Example of an instructional sequence around a task
Hello everyone! Today I want to share with you something I learnt in the Teacher Trainning College. We've been reading about Task-Based Language Teaching and for homework we had to create an instructional sequence following the steps presented by David Nunan in his book "task-based language teaching"
Below the chart you will find one task presented with its Microfunctions, Macrofunctions and the grammar involved within it. This idea of representing the Functions of language comes originally from Michael Halliday, and Nunan adapted it to the world of tasks.
I hope you like it and that you can implement this in your classrooms. Its a good way of planning and also of reflecting on your practice if you are a teacher. And if you are not, maybe you can learn about how we teachers plan having in mind all these different concepts.
BTW: The video mentioned in the tasks can be found here ;)
Step 1
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Watch a short clip
about Clarence’s morning day (TV show). Identify the different parts and his
actions (verbs). Match them with the corresponding images.
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Step 2
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Listen to Clarence
telling his mom what he did that morning and practice the conversation.
Mention the things he forgot to tell and move away from the original
conversation, creating a new one.
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Step 3
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Listen to three
different native speakers talking about their routines and habits. Extend the
language incorporating new verbs and some vocabulary.
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Step 4
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Listen to the
conversation between Clarence and his mom again and focus on the form of
negatives and interrogatives, copying their intonations and repeating.
Roleplay the conversation.
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Step 5
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Students get in
groups of two and they both choose a character from a cartoon or movie they
like. They must each interview each other to find out about their routines
and habits.
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Step 6
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Students write what
they did today, using at least the verbs. They include two false things that they
did not do. They get in groups of 4/5, each read aloud their routine and the
rest must find out what is false.
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Task
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Macrofunction
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Microfunction
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Grammar
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Choose a character
from a cartoon or movie that you like. You will be interviewed and you must
tell the interviewer about your morning routine. Then you will have to ask
the same to him/her.
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Interpersonal/Social
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Exchanging personal
information
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Past simple
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I want to be Ikari Shinji in the second activity❤
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Lovely tasks!! Very original and attractive for students!! On Thursday I'll give you more detailed feedback
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