Luis Alberto Prez Galvis

Self Access Material Course

Universidad de la Sabana
August 12th 2012
Introduction

Asking for and giving direction is a lesson plan for early level
of language learning (beginners) which is intended to develop
language skills on the use of preposition of place.

The author of this lesson plan wishes to post a complete work

on this topic by providing not only a lesson plan, a worksheet
on directions as well.

Needless to say that this lesson plan has already worked out
with students from the English Level 2 at Corporacin
Unniversitaria del Caribe CECAR
 Part I
Lesson Plan
 Lesson Plan.

Objectives

Students will be able to:

kindly ask for directions

Use preposition of place to give directions

Understand an audio text regarding directions and location in

the city.

Interact in communicative situations regarding exchange of

information on directions and locations
Functions

Asking about location

Giving a location
Asking for directions
Giving directions

Level

English Level 2

Prerequisites

In order to complete this lesson, students need previous

knowledge of direct and indirect questions, polite requests.
Preposition of place, building in the city.
Time

4 hours of class work and 4 hours of independent work

Resources and Materials

Audio, video, worksheet copies, dictionary, video beam, flash

cards and slides, Computer

Instructional procedures

Students understand, learn, and retain information from lessons

that are meaningful to them. In order to make this lesson
meaningful, the way you teach the lesson needs careful
consideration. Instructional procedures involves a description
of what you will do in teaching the lesson, how you will
introduce the lesson to students, actual teaching techniques,
and how you will close the lesson. Includes specific things
learners will do during the lesson.
a. Preparation (Warm up)

The teacher introduces the topic of the lesson by reviewing

prepositions of place with a game of locations in which he/she
uses a set of realia like toys houses, geometrical figures in 3d
with colors.

The methodology implemented by the teacher corresponds to

TPR is an excellent way to provide input and immediate intake
posterior output when students learn by doing and interacting
actively, this way the emotional and affective filter is disable and
learner are more open to the class.

b. Presentation

The teacher who has previously reviewed prepositions of place

with a TPR methodology will move from preparation into
presentation of the linguistic and topical content of the lesson.
The teacher models the topic by providing clear example

c. Practice

The teacher will distribute the lesson worksheet to every

student which contains the instructions for class and
independent work.

Students will follow every step of the worksheet which is

based and structured as a SAM.

d. Evaluation

When all students have completed the communication

practice task, reconvene the class as a group to recap the
lesson. Ask students to give examples of how they used the
linguistic content and learning or communication strategies to
carry out the communication task
 Part II
Listening and Speaking
Worksheet with SAM
Structure
 Institucin Educativa Simn Araujo
Asking for and Giving Directions
Name ____________________________________________________________
Date __________________

1. Preposition of Place word search

B I H I N D H B I H M M
Vocabulary
S R H B I H A R H B O R
1. Behind I O N E E W T E B R E A
2. In front of N S O N E E W T F N T C
3. Between
F S W T F N T L R E X R
4. Diagonal from
5. Next to R F H R F G A O V N E O
6. On the corner O H H O B N C A E O N S
7. Across from
N H N N O E G T S T E S
T N O G H B I H V T B F
O O A T W T F N T X T R
F I N N E W T E B E W O
D O O N E E W T G N E M
2. Getting acquainted with directions

Activity 1
Watch the video, explore the vocabulary and the structure, then write
list of useful words and expressions on your notebook
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dUK4cC2WxE&feature=related

Activity 2
Use the list of vocabulary and elaborate your own puzzle, then ask your
partner to solve it.

Activity 3
Use the vocabulary and expression list and identify the location of
these building on the map, explain how to get there also.

Buildings
You are on the corner of River Street
Cemetery
with First avenue
State college
Bus station
Water plant
Country hospital
Elementary school
3. Listening

Activity 1: Watch and listen to the video, get acquainted with the
pronunciation and structure of the language

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGDtIRNnCyQ&feature=related
4. Listening

Activity 1: This link will direct you to a online listening exercise

http://www.esl-lab.com/place1.htm
5.. Speaking
This part of the worksheet is based on modeling, which means that you
will be given some model to follow and practice with your partner.

Asking about locations

1.Im looking for The AMES. Do you know where it is?

2. Do you know where
3. Can you tell me where the post office is please?
4. Is there a post office around here?
Giving locations

1. Its
in the Plaza
on Market St
near Westfield
opposite the Railway Station
its on the corner of Mall and Green St
2. Sorry, I dont know the area
3. Sorry, Im not from around here
4. Sorry, Im not really sure
Asking for directions

1. Excuse me, can you tell me

how to get to the station please?
how I can get to the station please?
2. Do you know how to get to Westfield?

Giving directions
1.Yes
2. Sure
3. Just
. go straight down
..turn left/right at
.. turn left/right into
.. keep going straight ahead
4.You cant miss it
5.Youll see it on your right
6. Its just there
Activity 1
Read these conversations, practice with your partner

Dialogue 1 Location

A: Excuse me, could you tell me where the post office is?
B: Yep, sure. Thats easy. Do you know where The Plaza is?
A: Yes
B: OK, well the post office is just in The Plaza, on the bottom
level.
A: Great, thanks for that
B: No problem
Dialogue 2 Directions

A: Excuse me, could you tell me how to get to the library

please?
B: Yep,, you go straight down Burwood Rd
A: Ok
B: Keep going past the railway station and take the first street
on the right after the
train station. That should be Deanne St. Keep going down
Deanne St and take the
second street on the left. Thats Marmaduke St. The library is
on the left hand side.
You cant miss it.
A: Ok, great. Thanks.
Activity 2. Now it is time to use what you have learnt. Use the
map and with your partner have a conversation in which you ask
for and give directions
6. Assessment
Complete this chart about your performance during the
development of the worksheet and the class

Criteria Excellent Good Average Poor

Achievement of objectives

Understanding the listening material

Interacting about location and

direction
Using proper vocabulary on location
and direction
Solving exercises

Working autonomously

Using SAM resources