Reflection+on+my+friends'+lesson+plan

I want to reflect on Hasan, Mesut, Burak and Bekir’s lesson plan. Their students level was elementary and they were 20, 8 grade students attending Doğa College. The topic was Conditionals. Their first aim was to introduce and practice “Conditionals Type 1”. When I heard this, I was wondering about how they were going to teach as it is a very difficult topic. The second aim was to provide a background for “Conditionals” with other types. Target language skills to be taught was ‘If + Present Simple, Will or Can’. The duration of the lesson was 45 minutes. Bekir started the lesson by asking ‘ Hi, class how are you today? We have a lot to do today, we have to rush.’ And he showed the picture of Cappodocia and taught the spelling and pronuncition on it. Then he asked ‘ If you have enough money, where will you go?’ Students answered in full sentences. He said ‘ before we go we have to call a travel agency, which is a very good transition according to me. Then students read a text. It suited students’ level and it was interesting. The conditional sentences were in bold attracting my attention. Students first read the text silently. Then two students read the text in dialogues which is very good for other students to see pronunciation. Then students answered true/ false questions which evaluated their comprehension of the text. Then, students tried to translate sentences in bold. Teacher ; Mesut, wrote them on the board and analyzed the sentences. However, I even did not understand some points because terminology was very difficult. He would be teaching really if he were a teacher of Intermediate level students but for young learners it was a bit complicated and difficult to understand. Lastly, he wrote the formula of the conditionals on the board. There was only one example on the board. It would be better if there were more than one example. Students should see the variability in terms of sentences. They did not apply the post part but as they explain, students are distributed some worksheets having ‘fill in the blanks and matching activities’.Then, teacher puts them in pairs and they talk on ‘where they would go?’ by using conditional sentences. Pairing activity is very good to let them use the structure they have just learned according to me. In general, ‘the lesson was very good but students at that age needs more guidance’ ( Işıl Hoca) J  I totaly agree with her. We can not be sure whether they have learned or not...
 * Reflection on My Friends’ Lesson Plan **