TP2
Pre-intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide practice of language used for discussing completed actions in the past and the phonological features of past tense verbs in the context of school days
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide accuracy speaking practice in a conversation and drilling in the context of school days and school memories
Procedure (37-50 minutes)
As a lead-in, I will review the past form for affirmative and interrogative sentences by writing a few words mixed up on the board and having the students create at least one affirmative and one interrogative sentence as a group.
First, I will tell the students that I "listen-ed" to my favorite music on the way to class tonight. I will purposefully mispronounce this, and ask them if they can tell me the error. I will then go on to discuss the various ways to pronounce regular past tense verbs. At this point, I will put the pronunciation table with examples on the projector and go over the differences in sounds and pronunciation.
I will give out the handouts at this point and play the recording for them to listen to pronunciation 1. I will have the students work in pairs for pronunciation 2. I will allow them to check their answers by listening to the recording.
At this point in time, I will ask the students to get up and change partners. I will label each person a number, 1-4, and have them group by numbers. Once the students have been regrouped, I will ask them if they know of any popular TV shows or movies about school? This will be a brief discussion. I will ask them to think about the speaking prompt by asking them if they have any memories of a favorite teacher from their school days. I will have them brainstorm and try to come up with answers to the questions listed there in speaking 2 in order to formulate sentences. I will walk around and monitor as this goes on.
As the last exercise, I will ask students to share with the class some of the sentences that they wrote. I will make notes of errors on the board and draw attention to the correct form as feedback.