How to Present a Grammatical Point- session handouts
Sub-stages of the Presentation Stage of a Language-Focused Lesson
Stage
Number
Stage Label Stage Purpose
1 Introduction To engage learners in structure and
purpose of the lesson
2 Engagement of interest To engage learners’ interest and curiosity
in the topic of the contextualisation
3 Contextualisation To provide sufficient information for the
meaning of the new language to be well
supported and understood
4 Checking of comprehension To make sure that learners have
understood enough of the context for the
lesson to proceed
5 Focus on meaning To make sure that the meaning of the
target language is quite clear to the
learners
6 Concept questions To make sure that learners have
understood enough of the target
concept(s) for the lesson to proceed
7 Focus on form To ensure that the learners can construct
the new language effectively and
accurately
8 Identification [of target utterance(s)
from context]
To check that the learners can recognise
the target language in context
9 Establishment of marker sentence To complete the presentation by
highlighting the new language
References:
- Scrivener J. (2005), ‘Learning Teaching’ Second Edition, Macmillan
- Thornbury S. (2007), ‘The CELTA Course Trainee Book’, Cambridge University Press
- Haines S., Stewart B. (2000), ‘Landmark: Student’s Book Upper Intermediate’, Oxford University Press