Lesson 11 development
Does it collocate?
Homework
10 mins 
Individual
Teacher asks learners to select five abstracts from prominent journals in their fields of study and have them available for the following class.
Introduction
30 mins Teacher-Learners
Teacher shows an abstract on Collocaid and how the tool works. Teacher draws learners attention to the fact that the tool provides collocation suggestions/options that learners should select/choose from.
Development
10 mins Individual
Learners paste one of the abstracts onto Collocaid to observe the collocations suggested by the tool.
20 mins Teacher-Learners (working individually)
Teacher asks learners to paste the other pre-selected abstracts onto Collocaid to analyse the suggested collocation options (verbal, noun, and adverbial collocations).
10 mins Teacher-Learners
Teacher and learners discuss the options offered by Collocaid.
Application
30 mins Individual
Learners write their own abstracts and paste them onto Collocaid.
Conclusion (discussion)
20 mins Learners-Learners
Teacher and learners discuss the suitability of the options provided by the tool. They also discuss what each learner has learned.
Assessment
Teacher selects abstracts from different areas and omits the collocations used in the original texts. Learners are asked to complete the abstracts the appropriate collocations with the support of Collocaid.
Discussion about the collocations learners did not know or did not frequently that use before.
