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Language Analysis and Anticipated Problems

This document provides an analysis of key language concepts for a lesson, including memorabilia, headline, and auction. For each concept, the document outlines the meaning, how the meaning will be conveyed to students, how understanding will be checked, potential difficulties students may face, and solutions to address those difficulties. The document also analyzes the form, pronunciation, and appropriateness of each concept. The teacher plans to use definitions, examples, questions, and visuals to help students understand clearly and avoid potential confusions between similar concepts.

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Language Analysis and Anticipated Problems

This document provides an analysis of key language concepts for a lesson, including memorabilia, headline, and auction. For each concept, the document outlines the meaning, how the meaning will be conveyed to students, how understanding will be checked, potential difficulties students may face, and solutions to address those difficulties. The document also analyzes the form, pronunciation, and appropriateness of each concept. The teacher plans to use definitions, examples, questions, and visuals to help students understand clearly and avoid potential confusions between similar concepts.

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Language Analysis

Name:
Date:

Level:

TP Number:

Target language (e.g. past continuous, adjectives describing personality):

What is the
meaning?
(e.g. definition and
model sentence)

How will you convey


meaning to
students?
(e.g. a visual, a
context)

Analysis of meaning
How will you check if
What
students understand the difficulties/problems do
meaning? (CCQs, etc)
you expect students to
have with meaning?

CCQs:
Memorabilia Objects valued for
their connection with
historical events,
culture, or
entertainment.

Visuals (for all).


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Headline - The title


or caption of a
newspaper article,
usually set in large
type.

Do you find a
headline in a
newspaper?
Do you buy things
at an auction?
Is eBay a type of
auction?
Why would I go to
an auction?
What else can be
memorabilia?

Problem: Ss may confuse


the concept of
headline (large type)
with that of the small
text of a newspaper.

What are the solutions to


these problems?

Solution:

T will use clear definitions,


contextualized examples and
CCQs to ensure that Ss are
clear on the difference in
Problem: Ss may confuse meaning.
the concept of auction
with that of audition as
the two sound similar.

Auction - A public
sale in which
property or items of
merchandise are sold
to the highest bidder.
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Analysis of form
What is the form of the target language? How will you analyse
What difficulties/problems do
What are the solutions to
it for students on the whiteboard/on a handout?
you expect students to have with these problems?
form?
Memorabilia - noun
Headline - noun
Auction - noun

Problem: Ss may not know the


correct word type.

Solution: I will keep the


written record on the
whiteboard for them to refer
to for future use.

The form will be presented on the whiteboard/OHP.

Analysis of pronunciation
Analyse the pronunciation of your target language transcribe What difficulties/problems do
What are the solutions to
it using the phonemic alphabet and highlight stress and other
you expect students to have with these problems?
relevant features.
pronunciation?
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Memorabilia - / memrbli / (noun) (six syllables stressed


on / bl /)
Headline - / hedlan / (noun) (2 syllables stressed on / hed /)
Auction - / knn / (noun) (2 syllables stressed on / k /)

Problem: Ss may mispronounce a Solution: ensure correct


word.
pronunciation by highlighting
and drilling the pronunciation
during the pre-teaching key
vocab stage.

Analysis of appropriacy
Is the language specific to certain situations? E.g. formal.
What difficulties/problems do
What are the solutions to
Informal, slang.
you expect students to have with these problems?
appropriacy?
Neutral

Problem: students may use one


of the words in the wrong
context.

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Solution: refer the Ss to an


example sentence on the
whiteboard.

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