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I chose this particular lesson plan because in my opinion, it depicts a very organized lesson with just the right mix of technological and standard classroom approaches. The teacher does a good job of covering all the bases, including every aspect involved in teaching the lesson, even mentioning accommodations that may be necessary.
In my opinion, there were no gaps between the curriculum goals, teaching strategies and technologies used. Because this is lesson plan being used for a Spanish 1 class and the topic is important, it would make sense that not too many technologies will be used in order to not overwhelm the students. As a result, all the information in this lesson plan is in a cohesive order and does not need to have anything added to it.
The various technologies used in this lesson were essential to achieving the curriculum goals. The curriculum goals for this lesson were as follows : “The students will be introduced to basic Spanish words and sounds that will help them grammatically for further knowledge of the Spanish language in writing and speaking.” Because the main goal of this lesson as stated here is to have the students feel comfortable with words and sounds, the technologies utilized in this lesson were very good choices for a number of reasons. One reason would be that the teacher recognized that although the main goal was hearing the words, seeing them is just as important. Some students need to both visualize and hear the word at the same time to memorize its meaning/pronunciation. Therefore the use of the overhead projector while she pronounces the words was a very good idea and really helped to carry out the curriculum goal. Next , the use of the audio tapes was another crucial component in this lesson, more so than the overhead projector in my opinion. Because students catch on to different sounds more so than others, hearing the words pronounced by the teacher as well as the various people in the audio tapes will help them to memorize them in a more concise manner.
You are correct! With learning a new language students should hear, see, and speak the words! This helps with memorization as well as pronunciation. This seems like a very interesting and organized lesson plan. Brava! Buena!
ReplyDeleteOur lesson plans are very similar in that the teachers use the technology to have the students better understand what they are learning. I also agree with you when you say that it is a very important aspect to have students see the words as well as hearing them. That helps the students become familiar with the new words.
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