yatcb outline of modes 1 2 and 3

You Are The Course Book
Outline of Modes 1, 2, and 3
Mode 1 – Part 1:
Warmer
1. Vocabulary
2. Text
2.1 Original Text
2.2 Corrections
2.3 Improvements
3. Grammar Point
4. Verb Forms Revision
Personal Study
Mode 1 – Part 2:

Warmer
5. Pronunciation
6. Free Practice
Personal Study

Mode 2 – Part 1:
Warmer
1. Vocabulary
2. Text
3. Grammar Point
4. Verb Forms Revision
2.2 Corrections

Mode 3 – Part 1:
Warmer
1. Discussion
2. Vocabulary

3. Q & A
4. Sentence Building
5. Pronunciation
Personal Study

Personal Study

Mode 3 – Part 2:
Warmer
Vocabulary Revision
Free Practice – Activity 1
Free Practice – Activity 2

Mode 2 – Part 2:

Warmer
5. Pronunciation
6. Free Practice
Personal Study

Personal Study

This is the general order of activities for each mode. I would suggest a time period of around 90 minutes for each part, although this is absolutely flexible, of course. If you did each
part above in 90 minutes, the three modes together would fill nine hours of lesson time. You could follow the three modes with an input lesson (of 90 minutes) on one of the topics
that would be most useful to your students, e.g. Clear Alphabet, or Using Articles, then start again at Mode 1. The order generally works because the VOCABULARY either comes
from the TEXT, or is used to create it; work on the text leads naturally into the GRAMMAR POINT – where you can study grammar problems that have arisen. From the
grammar point we move seamlessly into VERB FORMS REVISION, then there is a break. If the lesson finishes, SS could continue working on topics and material thrown up by
the lesson in PERSONAL STUDY time (or homework, as you might prefer to call it). The sentences used to study PRONUNCIATION come from the text, and the topics and
material used for FREE PRACTICE also spring naturally from the text and vocabulary stages. By this time, SS have worked really hard, so it is only fair to give them some free
practice activities during which time they can let their hair down a bit – as well as practise everything they have been learning during this process. Again, the work SS have done is

reinforced during personal study time, where they could do written work – WRITING is the seventh stage of YATCB Modes 1 and 2 – hidden under the banner of Personal Study,
because it is not done in class. It would be good practice to begin each part with a 10-minute WARMER.

You Are The Course Book – Lesson Plans

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