TP 6
Elementary level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide fluency speaking practice in a conversation in the context of TV
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide review of yes/no Qs or wh-Qs in the context of TV and TV programmes
Procedure (36-49 minutes)
T shows a picture of " a couch potato" and elicit by asking some questions; what can you see? is he active? is he fat or thin? are you like this? do you know what does it call in English? a person who watches so much TV.(couch potato)
T will make some questions about " a couch potato" ; Do you watch TV a lot? Who watches TV a lot in your family? What programs do you usually watch? whose finger is on the button in your house? introduce the questionnaire and model the task
T gives the students the handouts with some prompts in the first column. They should make the questions about the prompts individually then check in pairs. T will monitor and give feedback. T will use correction if they have problem in making questions. Prompts are; number of TVs in your house number of hours you watch TV every day watch the news on TV record programs live without TV
Ss mingle and ask the questions from 5 students. They should write their answers in the rest columns. T monitors them and takes notes of their mistakes. After finding different answers, they talk in a group about the ideas. This can be also whole class activity teacher will ask them to talk about the answers they have found.
T will ask whole class to report the findings such as " how many people watch the news?" or " how many people record the programs?" T will also correct their mistakes indirectly with whole class.