Lesson Plan | Lesson Plan Iteratif Teachy | Expansion of the English Language

Goal

Duration: (10 - 15 minutes)

The aim of this section is to get students ready for engaging in practical activities, ensuring everyone grasps the main concepts surrounding the growth of the English language. This will lead to a more nuanced understanding, linking historical events with the current digital world.

Goal Utama:

1. Examine the historical factors that led to the growth of the English language, particularly colonisation.

2. Analyse how the rise of the American market after World War I contributed to the popularity of the English language.

Goal Sekunder:

1. Connect the current prevalence of English on social media and the internet to the historical factors discussed.

Introduction

Duration: (10 - 15 minutes)

📚 The purpose of this stage is to prepare students for a more in-depth engagement in practical activities, ensuring they understand the key concepts related to the English language's expansion. This will foster a more contextualised and critical appreciation, interlinking historical events with our modern digital context.

Warming Up

🔍 Today's lesson is focused on The Expansion of the English Language. Let's kick things off by asking students to use their phones to find a captivating fact about the growth of the English language. They can research topics such as colonisation, the influence of the post-World War I American market, or the role of social media in promoting the language. After they find an interesting fact, each student will share it with the class.

Initial Thoughts

1. What was the key reason for the spread of English during the colonisation period?

2. How did the American market's growth after World War I influence the popularity of English?

3. In what ways do we see English being used on social media today?

4. What are the pros and cons of a language becoming global?

5. How does the presence of English on the internet impact the learning of other languages?

Development

Duration: (65 - 75 minutes)

This stage aims to put students in charge of their learning, providing a practical and relevant experience using digital tools they engage with daily. This promotes a deeper and more engaging understanding of the factors that contributed to the English language's growth.

Activity Suggestions

Activity Recommendations

Activity 1 - Digital Colonisers: Create a TikTok Documentary

> Duration: (60 - 70 minutes)

- Goal: To develop research skills, information synthesis, and digital communication, while contextualising the expansion of the English language through popular platforms with youth.

- Deskripsi Activity: Students will team up to create a mini-documentary in the form of short TikTok videos. Each group will investigate a specific aspect of the English language's growth, such as British colonisation, the influence of the American market post-World War I, or the presence of English on modern social media.

- Instructions:

• Divide students into groups of up to 5.

• Each group must choose a theme related to the growth of the English language.

• Using their phones and TikTok, create a series of short videos (1 to 3 minutes) explaining their theme.

• Encourage creativity through visual aids, fictional interviews, and even historical reenactments.

• At the end of the activity, each group will share their videos with the class, explaining their creative process and the content they covered.

Activity 2 - Historical Influencers: Instagram Campaign

> Duration: (60 - 70 minutes)

- Goal: To enhance historical knowledge and digital communication skills by creating social media content that contextualises the expansion of the English language.

- Deskripsi Activity: Students will craft an Instagram campaign as if they were digital influencers from the time of the English language's expansion. Each group should choose a historical phase or figure and create posts promoting the English language.

- Instructions:

• Divide students into groups of up to 5.

• Each group selects a historical phase or figure related to English's expansion (e.g., Queen Victoria, British explorers, post-World War I).

• Using their phones and photo-editing apps, create Instagram posts with images, captions, and hashtags.

• Posts should be creative and educational, detailing how the English language expanded during that time.

• Groups will share their posts on a fictional Instagram account created for the lesson and present their campaign to the class.

Activity 3 - Historical Gamification: Interactive Quiz

> Duration: (60 - 70 minutes)

- Goal: To encourage collaborative learning and content review through a fun and interactive approach, using digital tools to assess and reinforce knowledge about the expansion of the English language.

- Deskripsi Activity: Students will design an interactive quiz using a gamification platform, like Kahoot!, based on the historical elements studied regarding the language's expansion. They will formulate questions and answers for the entire class Quiz.

- Instructions:

• Divide students into groups of up to 5.

• Each group must develop a series of questions (at least 10) related to the historical factors that contributed to English's expansion.

• Use Kahoot! to create the interactive quiz, including questions and multiple-choice answers.

• Each group should provide explanations for the correct answers to enhance learning.

• Conduct the quiz for the whole class, with groups presenting their questions and explanations at the end.

Feedback

Duration: (20 - 25 minutes)

🔍 Purpose: This stage is to provide a space for reflection and evaluation of the learning journey, underlining the significance of collaboration and the use of digital tools in education. This cultivates critical and transferable skills, promoting continuous learning.

Group Discussion

🤔 Group Discussion: Let’s have a collective discussion where each group shares their experiences and findings from the activities. Use this guide to facilitate the discussion:

1. Ask each group about the main challenges they encountered when creating their content.
2. Request each group to highlight the most intriguing or surprising points they discovered during their research.
3. Encourage feedback on group collaboration, noting what worked well and what could improve.
4. Prompt each group to reflect on how their use of digital platforms (TikTok, Instagram, Kahoot!) influenced their learning and information sharing.

Reflections

1. 📝 Reflection Questions:

1. How did the use of digital platforms help in understanding the historical aspects of English's expansion?
2. In what ways did group collaboration and task sharing contribute to your learning?
3. What were the primary lessons learned regarding historical influences on the English language's growth?

Feedback 360º

🗣️ 360° Feedback: Instruct students to conduct a 360° feedback session. Each student should receive constructive feedback from group members. Guide the class to follow these principles for constructive feedback:

1. Be specific: Offer clear examples of what worked well or what could be improved.
2. Be positive and constructive: Start with positive observations before suggesting improvements.
3. Be respectful: Avoid personal criticisms, focusing on behavior or effort relevant to the activity.

Conclusion

Duration: (10 - 15 minutes)

📚 Purpose: This stage's goal is to consolidate what we've learned by linking it to the real world and emphasizing the practical significance of what we've covered. This helps students appreciate the relevance of the content and see how they can apply it in their lives, fostering a lasting connection to the topic.

Summary

📝 Class Summary: Let’s play a quick game! Imagine you're racing paper cars where each lap represents a topic we've studied. On the first lap, we discovered how British colonisation started to spread the English language far and wide. On the second lap, we zoomed ahead with the growth of the American market which led to increased popularity of English. Finally, on the last lap, we looked into how modern social media and the internet continue to promote the language globally!

World

🌍 In Today's Context: Today's lesson highlighted that English is not just a subject in school but a worldwide phenomenon that influences communication, culture, and even economic interactions in our everyday lives. Understanding the historical processes that propelled its expansion helps us see its presence in nearly every aspect of our digital and social interactions.

Applications

💡 Applications: Mastering English opens doors to educational, professional, and cultural exchange opportunities. It also provides access to digital content like YouTube tutorials, online courses, memes, and discussions on social platforms, allowing for deeper integration and involvement in our global community.