YLE-TP1: Months
Elementary level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide review and practice of months and days in the context of time.
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide fluency speaking practice in a song in the context of days.
Procedure (28-43 minutes)
The T starts the lesson by writing some years on the board. After ensuring the Ss know the concept of "year" the T writes the months. Asking questions to the learners about what is their favourite month and why, the T gets 2 sentences from everyone. The Ss are paired and encouraged to talk to each other and have a little chat about the topic.
Here in this stage the T gives importance on the form by delivering a handout. After the Ss finish the activity, the T gives the answers by simply using the OP.
The T now provides further practice by focusing on pronunciation. After the T's modeling, the Ss make repeated drilling.
The T delivers the last handouts to provide a freer practice of the TL. The Ss are asked to write why do (or not) they love the relevant month. Later on, the Ss are told to stand up, walk around and mingle so that they can tell their ideas about the months to their friends.
In this stage of the course the Ss are asked to sing along the song Friday I'm In Love by The Cure.