Assessed Teaching Practce 5
Intermediate B1 level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide the students with speaking for fluency practice in the context of strictly confidential and two other debates ( CCTV cameras in classrooms and Public transport in Istanbul). First the vocabulary introduced in two controlled activities and then the target language is used in two free practices.
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide the students with the essential vocabulary to function and produce more fluent spoken English.
Procedure (18-45 minutes)
Group work ( 3 groups ) Hand out the cut ups : List of words : students to classify their meanings as negative or positive and write them on the board. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Group work) Next: Give each group a copy of the hand out ( definitions): students to match the definitions to the words. ( Elicit as many answers as possible: get all the students to participate) 1- Is it an advantage or disadvantage to speak more than one language, and why? 2- Is it a good thing to have an antivirus on your computer? 3-Is it a good thing to have security cameras in shops?
- Divide the class into three groups. - Ask the students to complete exercise 1 " Functional Language" - Ask the students to chose the correct words to complete the sentences.( make sure the understand the word italic) while the students are doing the task : Monitor and check for early finishers. Feedback : ask the students to check their answers with other groups and after that give them an answer sheet.
Give each student a copy of the tape script from the listening task 2.25 : ask the students to under line the target language used to present arguments. Feedback : ask the students to write the answers on the board . ( in full sentences)
Divide the class into of three . ( Demo the game with a group of three) During the demo ask the students to gather around you , so they can see how to play) ( make sure they know how to play the game) - Give each group one board ( copy of p 232 TB).and about 30 tokens . - In each group one student starts by moving the playing piece from the start to the first square. - The next player must states one advantage or disadvantage about the topic, if they say something clear and other people in the group accept as a good point , the player takes one token from the bank. - The next player doesn't move the piece . He/ She must state something about the topic , but taking an opposite view.( If the first player stated a disadvantage, the next player must state an advantage) if they succeed they also take a token. - The next player now has the chance to state a disadvantage- and so on until one player can't think of any more pros and cons. - Then they can move the piece, and make statements about another topic . And continue till the tokens run out . -At the end , the winner is the person with the most tokens. -
Re- arrange the groups Write on the whiteboard : Discuss the pros and cons ( advantages and disadvantages) of using the public transport in Istanbul. Monitor the students, if they stopped talking move them to other groups.