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Module 4
 Exam Question
Exam Question: Devise a lesson plan for the Present Perfect for recent events (present result of a past action). Contrast this use with the Past Simple. You are to present it as a refresher lesson to a group of Intermediate students. You may wish to use an appropriate reading text and use this as a springboard for the lesson. Include all materials and detail how you would stage each part of the lesson. Assume that the lesson is to last for 1 hour.
This is often found to be quite challenging by some students. What is needed is adherence to the format of earlier lesson plans (see the exam questions in Modules 1 and 2). This means that your lesson should have a clear beginning, middle and an ending.
Another key point here is to note that this is a revision lesson. Therefore your class are already familiar with the present perfect simple and past simple and the purpose of this lesson is to revise their knowledge and understanding of when to use each form. You will not be rewarded for trying to teach the 3 uses of the present perfect as this would be simple repetition for the students and probably a bit boring.
The key to this lesson is finding or creating useful material and exercises that focus on the present perfect where news is being given of recent events and contrasting this with the past simple for events which are viewed as completed. One of the ways of doing this is looking at TV or radio news. Often the headlines are in the present perfect:
e.g. in sport, England’s batsmen have collapsed again.
Whereas the actual reports are in the past simple:
e.g. England’s batting collapsed again this morning against the Australian bowlers. They were all out for a total of 79 as Australia won the first test by an innings.
Getting students to understand this can help them to appreciate when to use each tense appropriately.
You can choose a receptive skills focus (reading/listening) or a productive skills focus (writing/speaking). However a good revision lesson will probably contain some of both receptive and productive skills. Ideally some kind of oral practice will help you to ascertain whether your class can understand when to use each form. There are 60 marks for this question, so it is worth spending some time here. This is also the final lesson plan that you will have to prepare on the course.
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