A Detailed Lesson plan in

Technology in Language Education

MajSub E7

Prepared by:
Christine M. Macasaol

I. OBJECTIVES
At the end of lesson the student should be able to:
a. Modify the concepts of inquiry based learning and research based learning to facilitate
the learning of a child.

b. Construct a problem and make a free inquiry with their own set of possible solutions
c. Practice the use of technology to obtain learning and facilitate teaching.

II. SUBJECT MATTER

Topic: Integrating Active Learning Approaches in Language Learning, Inquiry Based-Learning
and Research Based Learning
References: Book
Materials: PowerPoint presentation, pictures, manila paper, and marker

III. PROCEDURES

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY STUDENTS’ ACTIVITY

A. Preparatory Activities
A1. OPENING PRAYER
 • May I request everyone to stand. Let me call • (Students will stand)
(Student M) to lead the prayer." In the name of the Father, the Son, and the
Holy Spirit... Amen.
. GREETINGS
•
• "Good afternoon students!" Good afternoon Ma’am!

CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT •
• Alright! Before we start today's lesson, kindly (Students will follow)
arrange your chairs and pick up some pieces
of trash around you.
•
(Students will sit down)
• You may now take your seat
•
•
We are good Ma'am.
• How are you today?

• It's good to hear that.

2

3
•
• Okay before we start, let me check your (The students will follow the Teacher’s
attendance first to see who are the absent for instructions).
today. Please say “present” when your name is
called. (The teacher will start checking the
attendance)

• That’s Great!

B. Review of Previous Discussion

• Before we proceed to our discussion, we will be
reviewing about our topic last meeting.
The importance of ICT Ma’am in the 21st
• Who can remember out topic last meeting? •century learning

It can make learning efficient and effective

•
 • What is the purpose of ICT? •Ma’am

•Information Communications Technology

• What does ICT mean?
(Students will follow teacher’s instruction)
• That’s good you have kept that in your mind.
Today class we will be having a new topic.
Please focus your attention and refrain from
using your phones and talking to your
seatmates as this will cause distractions

C. Lesson Proper
C1. Awareness
• But before we’ll be moving further I have here •(Students will listen attentively)
some pictures, and we will be having a show
and tell. I show the picture, and you tell me
what it is all about.

Searching from different apps that contains

• Do you know what is inquiry? •information from their gadgets or own idea.

(Answers may vary to their own ideas)

• How can you apply inquiry in your daily lives? •
Is it necessary?
(Answers may vary to their own ideas)
• Do you know what is research? •
 • Is research helpful? Can you compare the •(Answers may vary to their own ideas)
research in the past and in the present?

Reading, writing, speaking, and listening

• Do you know the 4 macro skills? •

• Nice idea. Do you agree that we use the 4 •Yes Ma’am

macro skills in inquiry and research?

•Yes Ma’am (Answer may vary)

• Okay. Now based on these pictures does it
show learning?
Inquiry Based Learning & Research Based
•
• With that, what do you think our topic for Learning
today?

(Students will listen attentively)

C2. Activity
•
• Since you already have an idea of out topic for
today, we will be having an activity first. (Students will follow the teacher’s
instructions)
•
• I will divide you into four groups, please have
a count off staring here.
(Students will follow the teacher’s
instructions)
• Please go to your groups silently, •

(Students will listen attentively)

• Here’s what you are going to do, I have two
sets of materials here. The first one are group •
pf pictures, and the other one are group of
words. You don’t need to worry since you will
be doing the same thing, you will write down
your ideas with the picture and the words that
are assigned to you.
(Students will listen attentively)

• You will be given 3 minutes to brainstorm and

when the time is up, each group must have a
•
representative to report in front.

• Okay, time is up. Group 1 please come in front

to present. The rest of the group will follow

• In this picture, a boy has questions or

curiosity in life. In that way, it could help him
to further his knowledge and make sense of
the world. It could develop his key skills in
how to solve problems or answer things by
himself. (Answer may vary)
 •
This picture shows that through the use of
technology we learn and acquire more
knowledge and information from it. And this
picture shows that through the guidance of
teachers we learn a lot, and help us to
improve and correct our mistakes (Answer
may vary)
•
❖ Structured Inquiry & Controlled Inquiry
Structured inquiry- it let's the students
investigate or understand the questions that
their teacher presented through step by step
guidelines. And controlled inquiry- the
teacher provides several essential questions
and let the students explore it.
•

❖ Guided Inquiry & Free inquiry Guided inquiry -In this type of inquiry,
teachers help students use their own
language for constructing knowledge by
active listening and questioning. And free
inquiry - students are free to choose what
topic they want to investigate or to
understand. It is a policy of allowing the
•students that all their points of view about
an issue to be heard.

(Students will follow teacher’s instructions)

• Okay thank you for your active participation.
Let’s give a round of applause for each group. •
You may now go back to your seats.

C3. Analysis

(Students will follow teacher’s instructions)

• Okay, now I believe that you have learned •
something from the activity that was held a
while ago. I want you all to focus your
attention and take some notes as we will
 about to begin our discussion.

• Now I want you to focus your attention with The boy is curious about something Ma’am.
the picture used in the activity. Can you He has a question in his mind. (Answer may
describe what was happening in the picture vary)
Student E?
 Nice idea Student E. Student Q, please stand. Ask Ma’am
•If you have a question, what will you do? •

We ask to obtain the answer.

•
Yes’ Ma’am
Great, now class based on your observation,
•the thing that I am doing right now, which is
•
asking questions do you consider it as
“inquiry”?

•Good job, inquiry is the process of asking

questions, therefore what I am doing right
now is an example of inquiry.

•
We obtain knowledge and information by
inquiring. That is why it is called inquiry based
I think Ma’am they are all the same. (Answer
learning
may vary)
•
What is the relationship between inquiry
based learning and research based learning?
Are they similar or not? Student T. •

•
Nice idea Student T, well when we have a
question, we tend to ask or make some
research. Therefore, we can also obtain
information through research. That is why it is
called Research based learning. There is a comparison between the old and
the new car (Answer may vary)

Now, class I want you to focus in this second Yes, because we tend to improve ourselves
picture that was used in the activity. What (Answer may vary)
•does the picture depicts? •

Yes. That means there is a development from

(The students will listen attentively)
the old one, to the recent one. Student J, do
you believe that through inquiry, we can •
•
develop?
 Because of the questioning mind of the •
people the society evolves or develops. That
is why inside the classroom it is expected that
there would be lots of inquiry in order for the
teacher to facilitate the learnings of the child.

• According to Future Jobs Report three out of

the 10 skills needed by the child are:
❖ Complex Problem Solving
❖ Critical thinking and
❖ Creativity
• Okay, now Student Y, during your senior high •Yes Ma’am
school days, did you experience having
research paper?

Yes Ma’am
• And is it an example of inquiry based learning •
and research based learning? Student U

Speaking, Listening, Writing, and Reading

• And what are the macro skills that was •
targeted? Student I

• That is why the K-12 curriculum make use of

this type of learning in relation to the
prescribed curriculum to enhance the skills of
the student.

• Just as I have said a while ago IBI can provide

students with opportunities to learn about the
current issues and can contribute to the
development by sharing and debating
personal experiences.

• That is why we have these 4 types of inquiry.

1. Structured Inquiry
2. Controlled inquiry Structured inquiry lets the students follow
3. Guided inquiry the lead of the teacher as the entire class
4. Free inquiry engages

• Now, let us look your answers in the activity Controlled inquiry the teacher chooses
•topics and identifies the resources that the
starting off with the structured inquiry.
Student O please read. students will use to answer questions

Guided inquiry the teacher chooses topics pr

• Student P, please read the controlled inquiry •
questions and students design the product
or solution

• Student A, please read the guided inquiry •

 Free inquiry students are allowed to choose
• Student A, please read the free inquiry •
their own topics without any reference to a
prescribed outcome.

• Researchers make a lot of inquiry and that

enable them to provide solutions to the
emerging issues that affects the society just
like what you did in your senior high school.
To facilitate the learnings of the child.
•He/she guides the learners.
• Student S, what do you think is the role of the
teacher in IBL?
Prior knowledge and capacity
•Context
• The teacher also has to consider the following
Content and Learning Materials
fields when designing IBL. Student G please
•Process
read
Strategy of reactions and behavior Course
•outcomes

None Ma’am
•
• Do you have any questions before we
proceed? It offers ways on how to obtain information
•that is needed (Answer may vary)
• What do you think is the role of technology in
IBL? Student H When I don’t know how to pronounce a
word. I will make some research (Answer
• Give me an example wherein you use •may vary)
technology in IBL. Student K
None Ma’am

• Nice idea.do you have any questions before

we proceed?

•
• Okay great work everyone I hope you have
learned something with our lesson today. It is the process of asking questions

Inquiry Based Learning

C4. Abstraction •
• So again what is Inquiry, Student A?

•
• When we obtain knowledge and information
by inquiring we call it as a? Student B
Structured, Controlled, Guided, and Free
Inquiry
• What are the four types of inquiry? Student H

• Student G, what is structured inquiry?

• The students follow the lead of the teacher
 • Student J what is controlled inquiry? •The teacher chooses the topics and identifies
the resources

•
• Student D, what is guided inquiry? The teacher chooses topics or questions and
student designs the product

•
• Great, what is the last type of inquiry and what Free Inquiry. The students are allowed to
do you mean by that? choose their own topics.
•
• What can the inquiry based learning or Development Ma’am
research based learning contribute to the
community or society?
•To facilitate the child, and improve their
• What is the role of the teacher in IBL/RBL? macro skills

•Provide sources of information.

• What can technology contribute to the
IBL/RBL?
•None Ma’am

• Job well, done. I hope you will keep that in

your mind as we are about to have an activity.

C5. Application •(Students will listen to the teacher)

• Do you have any questions before we proceed

class? (Students will follow teacher’s instruction)
•

• In our activity, you are required to make a free

inquiry (Students will listen to the teacher)
•

• Find/create a problem that interests you, and

formulate a possible solution. Write in a ½
sheet of paper. I will be giving you 3 minutes (Student will follow teacher’s instruction)
to finish
•
• After completing, I will select a student to
present their work in front of the class
 • Okay time is up. Student K, please come in
front and share what your free inquiry is all
about.

• Very well said. Thank you all for participating I

hope you will keep that in mind.

IV. Evaluation

To test if you really understood the lesson let’s have a short quiz. Please get ½ sheet of paper
crosswise, and answer the following questions.

A. Multiple Choice. Select the best answer. Write the letter only (2points each)
1. What is the process of asking questions
a. Inquiry
b. Free inquiry
c. Controlled inquiry
d. Structured inquiry

2. What are the macro skills that will be targeted in doing a research? a.
Context
b. Process
c. Speaking, listening, writing, and reading
d. Course outcomes

3. Student are allowed to choose their own topic without any reference to a prescribed
outcome

a. Guided inquiry
b. Free inquiry
c. Structured inquiry
d. Controlled inquiry

4. The teacher choose topic question and students design the product or solution. a.

Free inquiry

b. Controlled inquiry
 c. Guided inquiry
d. Structured inquiry

5. The teacher choose topics and identifies the resources that the students will use to
answer questions

a. Controlled inquiry
b. Structured inquiry
c. Guided inquiry
d. Free inquiry

B. Enumeration
1-4. 4 types of Inquiry
5-7. Top 3 skills out of the 10 skills needed by a child
8-11. 4 Macro skills

C. Essay (5 points each)

1. What is inquiry based learning? Give an example which
IBL is used.
2. What do you think is the role of the teacher in IBL/RBL? V.

Assignment.

Research in advance the Project based Learning and Problem Based Learning.