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Tuğba Kaya, Listening-Speaking
Pre-Intermediate, A2-B1 level

Description

In this lesson, the students listen to the story behind a famous painting and speak about another painting. The lesson starts with talking about visiting art galleries as a hobby to set a context. The teacher shows two famous paintings and asks the names of them and the artists who painted them. Then the teacher distributes the pictures of the painting “Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy”, by David Hockney and asks the students if they know the story behind this painting. Before listening about the painting, the teacher asks a few questions about what the students see in the painting. By doing so, the teacher elicits several words they will need to know while listening. Then the students listen to the audio to guess the gist. The teacher elicits the answer to the question about the topic and gives feedback. Then the students listen again to find specific information. They answer True/False questions. The teacher elicits the answers and gives feedback. If the students need guidance, the teacher pauses for each question. After listening, the teacher asks the students to tell what they see in the painting in detail and writes some sample sentences on the board to model for the next activity. After that, if there is enough time, the students work in pairs and do a gap-filling activity with prepositions of place: they complete the sentences with prepositions to describe the painting in question. Then the students work in pairs and the teacher distributes two cards of paintings for each pair for a spot-the-difference activity. The partners don’t show the cards to each other. They ask questions to each other and try to find the differences between two paintings. After the pair work, the teacher elicits the answers and the students check the answers as a class by looking at the both paintings on the board.

Materials

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Main Aims

  • To practise listening in the context of a famous painting.

Subsidiary Aims

  • To practise speaking.

Procedure

Lead-in (5 minutes) • To set a context about famous paintings.

* T talks about visiting galleries as a free time activity. T asks "What can you see in the galleries?" and elicits the word "painting". T asks "Who paints the paintings?" and elicits the word "artist". T asks ss if they know any famous paintings. T shows images of two famous paintings and elicits the names of them and the artists painting them. PPT T-SS * T asks the name of the painting “Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy”. After telling the name and the artist of it, T distributes the pictures of the painting and asks if ss know the story behind this painting to create interest. PPT T-SS

Pre-listening (3 minutes) • To teach several key vocabulary for the students to do later the tasks.

* T shows the painting on PPT and asks how many people they see in the painting. T asks if they’re sister/brother or wife/husband and elicits the answer "wife/husband". T asks "if they are married, they are ...........?" and elicits the word “couple”.T drills the word if necessary and writes it on the board. PPT T-SS * T says “if the wife is going to have a baby soon, she is ……………………..” and elicits the word “pregnant”. T drills the word if necessary and writes it on the board. T-SS

While-listening (8-10 minutes) • To listen for gist.

* T tells they will listen to the story behind this painting and asks ss to tick the things they hear on the hanouts. T distributes the handouts. Hnadouts S * Ss listen for once and check their answers in pairs. Then ss listen again. T gives feedback. PW

While-listening (10-15 minutes) • To listen for details.

* T tells they will listen again and write True or False for the sentences on the handouts. T distributes the handouts. Ss read the sentences first. Then they start listening. Handouts S * After listening for once, ss check answers in pairs. Then they listen again. T gives feedback. If ss can't find the right answer, T pauses the relevant part or reads the relevant sentence out to give guidance. PW

Post-listening (10-12 minutes) • To practise speaking.

* T shows the painting on PPT and says "Now let's talk about the picture more. What can you see in the painting?" T elicits some answers and writes several sample sentences on the board for ss to model in the next task. If ss can't give answers, T categorizes the items in the painting as people, animals, things on the board. T-SS * (If there is enough time and ss need guidance to talk about the painting, ss work in pairs and do a gap-filling activity with prepositions to complete the sentences about the painting. If there's no extra time, but ss still need help, T shows the places the prepositions refer through a chair S) * T says "Now you will have 2 other pictures. Work in pair. I’ll give one picture to everybody. Don’t show your picture to your partner. The pictures are different. You will ask questions and find the differences between 2 pictures.” To clarify the task, T demonstrates the procedure by asking sample questions like “Is there a woman in your picture? What’s she doing?”. Before the task, T checks instructions because it may be first time for ss to do a spot-the-difference task. T gives thinking time of 2 minutes about what to ask. During the task, if they need help, T categorizes the items in the painting as people, animals, things on the board. During the task, T gives feedback on content by monitoring. After the task, T gives feedback on form by eliciting one difference from each pair. Handouts PW

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