English Unlimited Int U6.3
Intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide gist and detailed listening practice using the audio of a radio show about giving reasons for advice in the context of managing one's money.
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide clarification and practice of giving reasons for advice in the context of managing one's money
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To provide fluency speaking practice in a discussion in the context of giving reasons for advice about how to do something you know about
Procedure (36-45 minutes)
- Play 'Hot seat' to elicit the words "marriage, successful, to cause problems" - Elicit the meaning of the words. - Ss discuss the question in pairs: 'Can you think of 2 things that help marriage to be successful and 2 things that can cause problems?' Feedback: T will elicit two or three responses.
-Tell Ss they are going to listen to Jorg on a radio programme. He's giving advice about how couples should mange their money. But before that: - Write 4 sentences on the WB: a. Couples should have a joint account. b. You should have your own account. c. Couples should have a budget. d. Couples should be open about money. - Have Ss look at the sentences and elicit the meanings of the words ' a joint account, own account, to have a budget, to be open about money'. - In pairs Ss discuss the ideas and put them in order from least important to most important according to what they think and tell why.
- Tell Ss to listen to Jorg and compare their ideas. - Discuss in groups about Jorg's advice and whether it's good advice or not. Feedback: Write the answers on the WB near each advice a - 2; b - 4; c - 3; d - 1.
- Give Ss the chart with sentence beginnings and endings. Tell them they have to match them in pairs. - Tell them not to worry about the words now. - After they finish have them listen again and check. Feedback: Give answer keys to each student and work on some difficult words like 'consequesnces', time-consuming, resentment, negotiate.
- Have Ss look at the Answer key, and tell them to unfold the chart. - And there are questions for guided discovery. - Tell Ss to answer the questions individually looking at the sentences above. - Peer - checking Feedback: WCFB, eliciting form, pronunciation drills
- Draw a chart on the WB, which has 2 columns: 1. Give advice 2. Give reasons for advice - Elicit the ways of giving advice and giving reasons for advice. - Tell students that there are 4 people who have certain kinds of problems right now. And they need your advice. - GIve 4 different problems to each 4 students. - Tell them to read the problem and write 3 or 4 advice with reasons for it using the chart on the WB in 3 min. Monitor and help with the language. - After they finish, tell them to find other 3 people with the same problem and make one group. - Tell them to share their ideas in groups. Encourage Ss to ask each other extra questions. - T monitors and collects errors. Feedback: Elicit from each group the most important advice with a reason for each problem. And do error correction if it's needed.