Materials
Main Aims
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To give Ss practice in reading for gist and detail in the context of online frienships
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide fluency speaking practice in a discussion in the context of online friendships
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To provide clarification and practice of collocations in the context of using the Internet
Procedure (30-49 minutes)
T sticks some pictures on the WB and tells Ss to think about what they might mean
T explains the words 'blog' and 'socialising' to Ss
T asks Ss to answer and discuss the Qs in ex 1 and then after that T takes FB by asking the Ss what was the answer of their partner
T asks Ss to turn the sheet of paper to its back and answer ex 3 after that T takes FB from the Ss and tells them where is the answer key
T explains to the Ss the difficult words in the article
T asks Ss to answer the Qs about the title of ex 2a and say what they think about it. T asks Ss to write what they think on the WB.
T asks Ss to skim the text to get the general idea and find whether what they have written on the WB is true or not and them compare their answers with their group. in the end, T takes FB and checks whether Ss understood the text and whether they have got any words that blocked their understanding
T asks Ss to read the text and answer the Qs in ex 3. T takes FB and tells each group to go to a particular spot in the class to check their answers
T asks the Ss to talk about the questions in ex 4. T monitors and correct some Ss speaking mistakes, if necessary
If time, T does some delayed error correction